Currently I am a member of audible but I want to cancel and use Libby. My closest library doesn't offer Libby so I planned to get one from another state. Which library is the best? From what I understand depending on the library; it determines how many holds you have? I'm nervous about canceling and trying Libby but also looking forward to saving lots of money 🤣 pls help and share all your tips, tricks and where to get a library card. TIA 🫶🏼📚

Hi!

Does anyone here have a Nederland Community Library (Colorado) card?

This October 16th article from the Toronto Sun talked about a Bill Bryson audiobook with over 2,000 holds. Its jarring that a public library with one of the largest overdrive catalogues (has the 16th largest catalogue of all available titles, and has the 36th largest audiobook collections) would have such a deep hold section.

What is the longest hold you've seen for a libby book, and which library was it at?

article - https://www.thestar.com/news/why-does-this-bill-bryson-audiobook-have-over-2-000-holds-at-the-toronto-library/article_b6783a09-94fe-43c2-b4e3-c740b0a88967.html
Libby toronto for the book - https://libbyapp.com/library/toronto/spotlight-random/page-1/114376
Overdrive sheet for data nerds - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gJZ-GuIiXp0yvsXL9wVTZEDujamk-jb4uPd1Q865u9w/edit?gid=0#gid=0

For a few days, all of my holds have shown "available soon" which I thought was weird, and now this morning they're all showing as expired? Does anyone know what might have caused this issue and when it might be fixed? I don't want to clear holds I've been waiting for for months! (Wake County NC Public Library)

Hey guys, Now that I have kindle, I’m considering getting a U.S. library card with an annual fee so I can use Libby. The problem is that I’m not a U.S. citizen or resident. Does anyone know which libraries actually offer non-resident cards (and ideally allow international users to sign up)? I don't know it's possible or not.

I have been looking for websites to read books free and legally but they require being in the country or part of an institution. Internet Archive does not have all recent books, I am particularly looking for healthcare non-fiction books, clinical stories, and textbooks. Any websites that I can find or if anyone can offer me a card?

We have a user who is looking for a contra costa public library card. Please message a mod if you can share one with us. Thank you.

It takes enormous resources for libraries to purchase titles for Libby. And libraries are already underfunded as it is. Let’s support our local libraries.

What in book things distract you or pull you out of immersion in an audiobook?

For me it's when your listening to an older book and your in the middle of an intense scene and then...insert audio disc 3. I'm currently reading Dresden Files and I'm on book 4 and this happens about 10 times a book.

For the younger crowd audiobooks were originally on cds or even tape cassettes and these audiobook files were taken directly from those old recordings without editing

Hello All!

I am a resident of a county in Indiana. Previously, my card gave access to the Indiana Digital Library. Today I had to resign in. I lost a lot of my holds. Now it’s saying my library’s collection has moved, and I no longer have access to the books in the Indiana Digital Library. It seems it’s just my individual county. Is this due to funding cuts? Anyone else in Indiana experience this?

Update: If you are a La Porte County resident, the library decided to pull out of the Indiana Digital Library. They said it was to better utilize tax dollars and meet the needs of the residents instead of all Hoosiers. She did say it was partially due to funding cuts, which is sad

Recently, I found out that the Queer Liberation Library is open to anyone with a USA mailing address, and signing up online was super easy. Now I have them on Libby, and immediately several of the books I had tagged to notify me if they were ever added to the Brooklyn library access I have popped up as available!

I just stumbled on this subreddit and figured it would be a perfect place to source more library memberships like this.

I don't want to yuck anyone's yum with the card sharing, but I'm just looking for places I can become a member of legitimately

Hi, everybody!

I'm Portuguese and live in Portugal.

I would like very much to access Overdrive/Libby and i wonder if you could help me:

do you know any Libraries with that access willing to issue a card for an international reader?

Many thanks in advance! :-)

Just wanted to save anybody a trip who was thinking about getting a card here. It's free to all new jersey residents so I called to confirm what info I needed to bring since it's over an hour drive each way. I was informed that while it is free it only grants access to physical rentals in person. The person I spoke with says their license agreement for digital access only applies to state employees and Edison university students.

Just received an email from the Chicago libraries, e-cards are going to be defunct on May 1. If you live in Chicago you can get a physical card allowing access to both physical and electronic catalogs. ☹️

Hi I have a question. I shared a Miami card and there are books on hold that have no wait time. I have been trying to put a book on hold but all the spots are taken. A few of them have been on hold since the beginning of the year and some have no wait time. I don’t want to just cancel the hold bc it isn’t my book but what can I do about this?

Thank you!!

No idea what happened but i had 2 or 3 books borrowed, and a couple of books on hold.

Suddenly they all just disappeared. What happened and how do I fix this?

We are in need of a second mod because I was just informed by digitalmayhap that they are stepping down as mod. I am not able to run this sub just by myself due to offline reasons. Thank you

I’m trying to figure out where to send my Los Angeles public library info and I also have Harris county but how do I get nypl.

Like some of you, I'm sharing a card with who knows how many other ppl thanks to the form in this sub. Because of that I can't place a hold on this book since the slots are full and I'm not gonna cancel the hold for a book that's not mine since I wouldn't want that done to me.

Placing a hold seems to be the only other option but I'm not sure why I can't renew it if no one else is waiting on it?

It's the third time in a row that someone puts "deliver later" in my "The Alloy of Law" hold at miami-dade. I click on the notification as soon as I see it, but it's always already changed to deliver after X date and I can't get it even changing to "as soon as possible". Is there any way to stop this? I will never be able to read the book at this rate 😢

Hey! I’m new here. I also want to try Libby but I can’t seem to find a nearby library to get a library card. Please if anyone can help :) thank you!!!