Overdrive Pioneer Library System (2024)

FAQs

Why are libraries getting rid of OverDrive? ›

Discontinuing the OverDrive app allows our development teams to focus their efforts on Libby. We also want to make it as easy a possible to promote your digital library to your users. Having one app simplifies how you train your users, answer questions, and stay up to date with changes.

Noteworthy achievements include Toronto Public Library attaining the highest number of checkouts in OverDrive history for the 8^th time (8 million), Santa Clara County Library (CA) attaining the highest year-over-year circulation growth (147%) of any Million Checkout Club library and Los Angeles Public Library earning ...

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If you use one iOS or Android device to browse, download, and read or listen to digital books, we recommend trying Libby. It's a great one-device experience. If you like to read books on many devices, or prefer to browse for new titles on your computer, stick with the OverDrive app for now.

Upgrade to Libby. On May 1, 2023, the OverDrive app was discontinued. We encourage you to make the switch to Libby, our newer reading app. Libby is made by the same people, with the same goal of connecting you to your library and to your favorite books, audiobooks, and magazines.

Libby has the same titles as the OverDrive app and still works with local libraries. You can read and check books out from a distance, which is useful for both librarians and citizens.

How do I start using OverDrive Read? To get started, open your web browser and borrow a title that's available in the OverDrive Read format from your library's OverDrive website. Then, click or tap the Read now in browser button to begin reading it immediately using OverDrive Read.

Libby is the newer library reading app by OverDrive, loved by millions of readers worldwide!

Which library has the most books on Libby? ›

For the first time, Los Angeles Public Library topped the list achieving a new record of serving readers with more than 10 million digital titles circulated.

OverDrive/Libby and cloudLibrary offer comparable collections, but the annual platform fee for cloudLibrary is significantly less. Our goal is to offer the largest collection possible at the best price. Instead of having two e-book platforms that do the same thing we will be offering one go-to platform.

Yes, Libby is completely free. The Libby app is free to install, and all the digital content from your library in Libby is free to borrow with a valid library card. There are no subscription costs, no in-app purchases, and no late fees. (Digital titles are automatically returned on their due dates.)

The Internet itself can be considered the biggest online library. However, The internet Archive (IA) is currently the largest, online library. The Internet Archive is also FREE!

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As of May 1, 2023, the OverDrive app will be discontinued.

For patrons who use the legacy OverDrive app on their desktop computer to download eAudiobooks and transfer them to MP3 players; this software will remain for those who have already downloaded it and are using it.

It was discontinued at the end of April 2023. OverDrive's 2nd generation and only app to use is called Libby.

Libby is built by OverDrive, who also developed the legacy OverDrive app. Libby features the same free digital content from your library that you may have enjoyed in the OverDrive app. However, Libby was designed to make finding, borrowing, and enjoying free digital titles easier than ever.

Overdrive turned on or off? That depends on your hardware, your own preference, and the brand of the monitor you have. Overdrive also has downsides, like when you increase the overdrive settings too much. This can result in inverse ghosting or trailing effects, so the images appear on the screen too soon.