I had a conversation this afternoon with the director of my regional public library, about Libby. She said that tagging books as Notify Me is what tells her what to buy. Libby notifies her about the requests for books from users, and if any book has more than three requests, she orders it. So using Notify Me is important!!!
#Libby #PublicLibraries #Books

The #Libby app is so cool.

At some point, Libby removed the ability to read books in-app and relies entirely on passing things to Amazon and the Kindle app.
This sucks because I deleted the Kindle app for being annoyingly full of attempts to sell me things.
#Libby #Kindle #libraries

Librarians, oh please convince your boards to use the Palace Project instead of #Libby / #OverDrive! It is a far better experience and just all the chef's kisses, and it appears to treat libraries better too! I'm subscribed to 9 non-resident libraries and none of them use this! Here's a sample page. https://market.thepalaceproject.org/item/6367851 #Library #Libraries #Librarian #PalaceProject #ThePalaceProject

Do you have a #Kobo but can't use #OneDrive or #Libby, leaving you stuck with Adobe Digital Editions? I found a simple workaround to make borrowing #ebooks from #libraries with DRM so much easier! It’s a bit technical but super straightforward—just copy and paste!

https://docs.marisabel.nl/?p=26

I am in the Netherlands, I did ask the library if they knew of any plans on allowing OneDrive soon. Not in the scope. So there we go! :)

Does Libby have an accurate timeline of how many copies of a book a library has? This always happens to me.

1. Click, place book on hold.

2. See that it's several months wait for a book. This is fine by me because my TBR is over 50 books long at this point. I place the book on hold.

3. Wake up the next day to see that the book Libby said would be ready in 9 months is ready to be checked out.

4. Check to see if I didn't sleep for 9 months.

5. Check out book.

Developers, if you're designing a book app, turning the page for VoiceOver users isn't exactly intuitive. When I am reading a book on the Libby app, for example, an eBook, I have to turn a page every time VoiceOver makes it to the end of the page when I am having it read all. I'd love it if the app would just automatically go to the next page but this is super hard in app development for some reason. Even the Bookshare app is like this. Why? Even when I am reading via Braille display I don't wanna stop to turn a page. It's a digital file. It isn't a print book. Let me scroll like it's 1999 and an HTML document or a giant text file or Word document or *anything else* than what this fresh hell is. #Apple #Libby #WebDev #Accessibility #A11y

Pass the Salt is in queer liberation library! Check it out at https://share.libbyapp.com/title/10584475 @books@lemmy.ml @books@a.gup.pe @bookstodon @bookstadon #Books #Library #LibbyApp #Libby #EBook #EBooks

I really want to like Libby, it's such a wonderful idea, but I'm a little unnerved by the thought of a central repository of reading history...

Am I off my rocker?

Still pleased Queer Liberation Library bought all my books so far! QLL is a free nationwide, online, Queer library! https://libbyapp.com/search/queerliblib/creator-1071868/page-1 @reading @bookstodon #Library #Libraries #Libby #LibbyApp

I’m trying to figure out if this is a glitch in Libby or the libraries. What usually happens is, I have an e-book and or audiobook that is about ready to be do. When I go to renew the title, it says that other people are waiting on this title and there’s usually four or five people Ahead of me. When I request to be placed on hold, as soon as my checkout period is over, I receive a notification in my email that says the book is ready for you, but I checked on the title and it says that there are three people ahead of me, but I can still check it out. I’m not sure this is a glitch or a relief! #Books #Libby #LibbyApp @bookstodon

If your library uses Libby, request Pass the Salt here! https://share.libbyapp.com/title/10584475 #Books #EBook #EBooks @books @bookstadon @bookstodon #Publishing #Libby #OverDrive #Library #Libraries

For the #Amazon strike, if you're a #Kindle #reader now would be a great opportunity to try another #ebook store. This isn't comprehensive and I'm not being paid for it. It's just some options to think about.

#Smashwords is great for folks who like to read #IndieAuthors. They also publish things that Amazon things are too naughty for you and they have one of the better author payouts as far as I can tell. #Kobo has a subscription service which is competitively priced with Amazon's #KindleUnlimited and, because they don't require exclusivity, you can get a wider variety of books in #KoboPlus.

Your local #library may also partner with a service like #Hoopla, #Libby, or #cloudLibrary to offer you access to free ebooks and #AudioBooks and the writers still get paid with those options.

Does anyone know more about the technology of Overdrive/Libby, used for ebooks/audiobooks by some library systems in the world? It is also supported by some e-readers (notably Rakuten Kobo).

It seems to be a commercial and proprietary technology ? Would be a shame that it is not an open standard and that libraries have again made themselves dependent on a 3rd party for such a fundamental part of their mission.

Just finished The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. Whoa, what a world she created, and what a story! I've got the next book in the trilogy on hold in Libby already.