Libby, by OverDrive

OverDrive, Inc.

About this app

All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.

• Browse your library’s digital catalog of books — from classics to NYT best-sellers
• Borrow and enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines
• Download titles for offline reading, or stream them to save space
• Send ebooks to your Kindle (U.S. libraries only)
• Listen to audiobooks via Android Auto
• Use tags to create your must-read list and any other book lists you want
• Keep your reading position automatically synced on all your devices

In our beautiful, intuitive ebook reader:
• Adjust text size, background color, and book design
• Zoom into magazines and comic books
• Define and search for words and phrases
• Read and listen to read-alongs with your kids
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights

In our ground-breaking audio player:
• Slow down or speed up the audio (0.6 to 3.0x)
• Set a sleep timer
• Simply swipe to skip forward and backward
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights

Libby is built by the team at OverDrive, in support of local libraries everywhere.

Happy reading!

Ratings and reviews

This app is not the best app for listening to audiobooks. There are a few bugs, most of which are device specific. Ex: I can pause an audiobook by pressing the button on my Bluetooth, but I need to open the app to play it again. Also the play/pause on my phone's drop down menu doesn't work. However, the quirks are tolerable when you consider the price. I have never received a bill from them (unless you count taxes), and they don't require a credit card - only a library card.

This app is super convenient when used on a smartphone to listen to audio books. I listen to books when I'm walking, driving, or "reading" in bed at night without keeping my spouse awake. I find it difficult to locate the books I want. I've had to search by title, then by author, then try again in order to locate a book that I _know_ is available. And it annoys me to search by author and get only a partial listing and then a bunch of others author thrown in instead of a complete list

I love the accessibility to reading that libby offers, and their versatile options for Audiobooks. My only Issue is that I struggle to enjoy the reading experience due to the inability to, at least, have a toggle option for continuous scrolling. As someone with a neurodevelopmental disorder, it's difficult to keep my place on the page without using the top of the screen as a guide. I've always loved reading, so having this app as a viable resource is nice.

What's new

Fixed a downloading issue that caused audiobooks to skip, be missing content, or start playback in an unexpected place. If you have an affected audiobook, delete and re-download it after updating the app.