![]() ![]() If you are using a Kindle Fire or some older tablets, you will need to download the OverDrive legacy app from the app store.įor most other Android and Apple smartphone and tablet users, we recommend the Libby app to browse and read/listen to books available through OverDrive. More recently OverDrive, the service, introduced Libby as their new app for browsing, reading, and listening to your books. When the service originated, it was called OverDrive, and the first app for smart devices was simply called OverDrive. ![]() With the launch of this eBook service, you'll see the words OverDrive and Libby mentioned a lot, sometimes interchangeably. Is there a difference between OverDrive and Libby? If something is currently checked out on CloudLibrary, it just might be available on OverDrive. CloudLibrary and OverDrive will have many popular titles in common, but they are distinct collections of books. If you have five things checked out, and you find something else you want, you can simply return one of your borrowed books early. Second, your familiarity with CloudLibrary and Hoopla will help you jump into using OverDrive and the Libby app.īorrowing rules are just like CloudLibrary: you can have five books/audiobooks out within OverDrive at any given time. If you are familiar with those, I have some good news and some more good news.įirst, we will continue to offer CloudLibrary and Hoopla in addition to OverDrive. You may have grown familiar with other eBook services available with your Edwardsville Public Library card, like CloudLibrary and Hoopla. Since then, OverDrive has introduced an app for smartphones and tablets called Libby. ![]() OverDrive is back by popular demand! When we were last able to provide OverDrive to our patrons, it was our premier eBook service for use on dedicated eReaders like Kindle Paperwhite and Nook Glowlight. Published Wednesday, Ma(Re)Introducing OverDrive and Libby ![]()
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