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Overdrive/Libby used to have a preorder function, but I don’t see it any more.If the book is on Hoopla, there’s no wait, but brand new books sometimes don’t show up.
The only way to preorder nowadays is to use the overdrive app and recommend it for purchase as far as I know. I would look into other local libraries that also use the libby app. I'm in California and have four library cards to systems that use libby and now with all of my cards added the desktop libby site will compare the wait time on all my cards for a title so I can put a hold on the one with the least time.
HeyT wrote: "The only way to preorder nowadays is to use the overdrive app and recommend it for purchase as far as I know. "This is a good idea. Does it connect you with the item when it finally shows up in Libby? I'm not sure, since I've never done it before. I do know that my library does peruse these requests when deciding what to buy.
Also, some library catalogs (I didn't see the button on the LA catalog, however) allow you to save a search and get a notification if results to it ever pop up. So you could build a specific search with the title, author and format of the upcoming book and the catalog will email you when it finally gets a result. You'd then have to go to Libby to get on the list.
When you put in a recommendation on overdrive it automatically puts you on the waitlist when the library purchases it in order of the request. So like I requested the book Meet Me in Another Life on overdrive and my library recently purchased it so I'm now number two out of ten on the waitlist in libby.
Ha, I recommend the newest Murderbot book, Fugitive Telemetry and got #145 on the audio and the e-book, a six month wait . So I just brought it on Audible because 6 months is too long and Martha Well deserves my money for a creation of a fabulous character. But I love Overdrive and Libby ( which is phone friendly.)
^ If that's LAPL, they now have 34 copies. It's common for LAPL (and probably other libraries) to first get one copy on Overdrive, then assess demand and get a bunch more. I've also seen LAPL add even more copies if the book is really popular.
John (Taloni) wrote: "^ If that's LAPL, they now have 34 copies. It's common for LAPL (and probably other libraries) to first get one copy on Overdrive, then assess demand and get a bunch more. I've also seen LAPL add e..."Yeah, I've noticed that. It says 10 weeks now.
That was Bambi's hold for the eBook, but the audiobook now says 8 weeks!
I use Libby for most of my audiobooks. When I know a new book is out, I check several times until I see it's there & put a hold, but I somehow always miss the short hold window & have a 6 month hold by the time I see it's in the library. I don't think it changes the app, but I use a Los Angeles library card.
Is there a trick to knowing when a specific new title drops into Libby?