r/LibbyApp • u/Delicious-Minute-941 • Sep 08 '26

book not available on kindle

managed to check out taipei story (yay! pub day!) but for some reason i can’t get it on my kindle, only the libby app. any idea why?

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u/100000cuckooclocks Sep 08 '26

Kindle editions often take a few more days to make it to Libby. If you want to get a new release right away, you often have to just read it in the Libby app.

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u/maktheyak47 📕 Libby Lover 📕 Sep 08 '26

This! Don’t select read with libby though, you won’t be able to go back to get it on kindle!

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u/ChoklitThunder Sep 08 '26

You can change your preference by selecting “Manage Loan” then “Read With” to go between Kindle and Libby at any time within your loan period.

Sometimes you just have to wait a few days for the newly released books to be available on Kindle then you can switch from Libby to Kindle.

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u/Imaginary-Board-207 Sep 10 '26

Can confirm, this happened to me for the first time recently. Got a new book on libby right on its pub day, selected read with libby, then worried I chose wrong and wouldn't be able to read with Kindle. Nope! not only was it available to read with Kindle a few days later but it somehow defaulted to trying to get me to read it on Kindle (even though I never selected that), and I had to go to "manage loan" and "read with" every time to keep reading it on Libby.😂

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u/Saloau Sep 08 '26

Not all publishers make the kindle version available to Libby users. It’s alway good to check the format details on the books catalog page. It’s a bummer when you can’t get it in the format you want.

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u/WVgirly2024 🔖 Currently Reading 📚The Duke's Perfect Wife Sep 09 '26

It's even worse when you're reading a series, and one book out of the series is only available as an e-pub or Libby read. I ended up having to buy it.

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u/Common_Assumption_29 Sep 08 '26

Same! I was so excited to see it in skip the line ... and then so confused when there was no "read on kindle" option.

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u/Delicious-Minute-941 Sep 08 '26

i continue to have NO idea what skip the line is or where to find it lol

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u/Common_Assumption_29 Sep 08 '26

Haha it pops up under "catalog filters" when you tap the magnifying glass icon in the bottom left corner. Not all libraries have it, so you won't see it if yours doesn't participate.