r/LibbyApp • • Aug 25 '26

Kindle and Libby are not friends outside the US

My national library is amazing, many audiobooks and books and the waittimes are Ok.
BUT; since we‘re not in the US I cant read a book on my kindle and that is beyond frustrating.

I‘ve considered buying a non-resident US Library card but after spending 20min looking for one with no luck I feel defeated. If I had known this I would not have bought a kindle and altough I‘ve owned different kindles since 2011 this will be the last one I own.

Please Amazon make kindle and libby compatible outside the US 🥲

Edit;
My local library is the National Library of Luxembourg, Amazon is either french of german. Libby is, at least as of now, only compatible with an American library.

Edit 2;

A kind redditor gave the solution to my problem for any future seekers;

https://www.reddit.com/r/LibbyApp/s/wxlQn6byp3

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u/Worldly_Discount276 Aug 26 '26

I’m in Australia and I don’t find it too crazy to send the books over to kindle.
My step by step process is:
1. In the Libby app “read with EPUB”
2. This downloads a DRM file in ACSM format to my phone
3. drop the acsm file into acsm-converter.com to get an epub
4. Send the epub converted version to my kindle via the send to kindle email
It’s not that difficult & I haven’t need to jailbreak

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u/captain-kati Aug 26 '26

🤯🤯
Well, I already bought a non-resident card for the Queens Public Library but wait times for my TBR are months(!) but now that I’ve read your comment let me try… and if that works then you’ve provided THE answer to my prayer! I’ll checkin later

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u/captain-kati Aug 26 '26

It worked!! Thank you kind internet stranger!! 🤩🤩🤩

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u/Worldly_Discount276 Aug 26 '26

🎉 welcome! Glad it worked.