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Nov 28, 2018 06:59PM
I’ll have read about 110 audiobooks by year end, and about 40% of them have come to me free through the Libby app. Last year, my reads were 100% sourced from Audible. I’m saving a ton of money. This is why we pay taxes! Yay for public libraries!
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Also, the Libby UX far surpasses Audible’s UX.
I just finished my first book on Libby and it was a wonderful experience. So much better than Hoopla or Overdrive. I too, am finding more of my favorite non-fiction books at the library and am seriously considering weaning myself off of Audible as well. When my platinum subscription comes up for renewal in May, I'll likely reduce that to gold. Audible's value to me is for the newest releases and not having to wait for the library.
Agreed! I just cancelled my Audible subscription and started listening to Libby. There are queues for popular titles but the UI and overall experience is well worth the wait.
I don't mind waiting for books and I've borrowed hundreds of books, but some of the books I want to read are Audible Exclusives. Also some are old books. I belong to 4 libraries and if they haven't bought the old books by now they probably never will. So I'm not ready to cancel my Audible membership.
Have started to do the same along with collecting different library cards to increase availability.
What is UX? What is the appeal of Libby? I have used Overdrive for a long time and like it just fine. I assume Libby works with smartphones. Just curious about the pros and cons.
Karen wrote: "What is UX? What is the appeal of Libby? I have used Overdrive for a long time and like it just fine. I assume Libby works with smartphones. Just curious about the pros and cons."Unlike Overdrive, Libby allows me to sign into more than one library at the same time. This is the primary benefit for me.
@6 Seth and @8 Em_Jay, how do you get to different libraries or sign up for others? I'm sorry if this sounds silly, but I am surrounded by a huge county with 44 thousand audiobooks available, and I can't tell if that's average, or high, or not. It sounds huuuuuuge to me, and I've always got more books than I can read, and of course, new books are being added weekly, although not in my interest fields that often, but they do take requests. They ignore about half of mine. lol
But there are several books that are no longer available, and they're disappearing, just like paper books do. I find this disturbing. I can't get an audiobook of The Feminine Mystique, but that's the title I checked out.
Only when I opened it did I find out that it was only a critique. The labeling is squirrelly.
It's not as if there isn't a copy available. It was released in 2009. Is is no longer of interest to a large library system? Why isn't there, or even available to request?
Just sayin.
@ post #9 I use the goodreads/overdrive extension in chrome to show me which of the libraries I belong to have the "goodreads" book title i'm looking for. I show that Austin Tx, Brooklyn NY, and the free Charlotte Mecklenburg libraries (those are one I use for out of state) have the book you are looking for. looks like they are calling it the 50th anniversary copy
This is how the extension shows the inf to me: hovering over the info displays the library name
Availability on Overdrive:
2/2 holds
3/2 holds
not found
1 available
not found
not found
not found
so if you are looking for a copy of the book in the oerdrive system it is there in some of the libraries - you can also search overdrive for the book and see what libraries might have it
maybe this will help you - maybe not???
I've never even thought of trying to get a library card from a library out of state. How do you go about doing that? Can you just do it online? I belong to my county library system which connects me to all the libraries in our county, but nothing beyond that.
I assume you are in the USA? if so there are several libraries that will allow out of state users for a fee - the fee varies per library. you can request out of state use online for many libraries, but some might require you to show up in person ( these libraries I don't use).The ones I use and know about are ( I live in rural Texas)
Austin Texas - 120.00 a year - 6 month option available
Houston Texas - free for Texas residents
Brooklyn New York - 50.00 a year
Charlotte Mecklenburg - forgot the fee
The free Library of Philadelphia - 50.00 a year
Fairfax County Public library - forgot fee - senior rate an option
there may be more and I know there are many threads on goodreads about out of state/non resident library options
check it out
JZ wrote: "@6 Seth and @8 Em_Jay, how do you get to different libraries or sign up for others? I'm sorry if this sounds silly, but I am surrounded by a huge county with 44 thousand audiobooks available, and ..."
libraries have to buy licenses for books in overdrive - if the license expires then the library no longer has a copy of the book - but you can still reserve under the hope that maybe they will buy again
Sadie wrote: "I've never even thought of trying to get a library card from a library out of state. How do you go about doing that? Can you just do it online? I belong to my county library system which connects m..."See this thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Paris (kerbytejas) wrote: "I assume you are in the USA? if so there are several libraries that will allow out of state users for a fee - the fee varies per library. you can request out of state use online for many libraries,..."Thanks Paris!
Faith wrote: "Sadie wrote: "I've never even thought of trying to get a library card from a library out of state. How do you go about doing that? Can you just do it online? I belong to my county library system wh..."Thanks Faith! So helpful!
Paris wrote: The ones I use and know about are ( I live in rural Texas)Austin Texas - 120.00 a year - 6 month option available
Houston Texas - free for Texas residents
I live in Austin, and it's a wonderful library system, but I didn't realize I could also get a Houston online card for free :) Thanks for the tip, Paris!
Anne ✨ wrote: "Paris wrote: The ones I use and know about are ( I live in rural Texas)Austin Texas - 120.00 a year - 6 month option available
Houston Texas - free for Texas residents
I live in Austin, and it's ..."
no problem - Houston has some long wait times, but has many books that Austin doesn't.
I use "recommend" a lot at Houston to get books as soon as they buy them.
And I loved using Austin but the fee is just to high right now - I guess they have to pay for the "new" library hey just built - lol
Just started using Libby a few days ago. How do I find ISBN for audiobooks on Libby?
Camelia Rose wrote: "Link it to your public library card or cards"I have linked Libby to my cards but I don't see the ISBN of the books on the Title Details.
I didn't try to search with ISBN. I will give that a try. Thank you...
