Libby App Tutorial (2 of 2)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video, I'll give a tutorials of the Libby app -- the app the library provides to check out eBooks and audiobooks.
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Hi, everyone! This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel. Today is the second in a two part series about the app that my public library uses to access digital books and audiobooks -- the Libby App.
In my first video, I talked about the pros and cons of using the Libby app to check out digital and audiobooks from the library. For me the positives obviously far outweigh the negatives, since I use this app all of the time. So, now let me show you around.
So, my public library has a partnership with Overdrive, which is a distributor for digital resources like eBooks and audiobooks. Their Libby app allows library patrons to check out these resources using their library credentials. I'm going to show you the iPhone version of Libby, but they also make versions for Android and the iPad.
Once you download Libby, you'll need to sign in using your library card. It will take you through a series of intro screens to link your account using your library card. You can copy your information from another device, search for your library, or have Libby guess your library based on your location. Once you have your library account linked, it'll take you to your library's home page -- in my case, Fairfax County Library. There are 4 different areas of the Libby app, the Library section (which is where you are now), Your Shelf, which takes you to holds and checked out items, this little Libby icon in the center, which takes you to what you are currently reading in the app, and the menu, which you can get to by hitting the Libby icon in the upper right hand corner. So, let's start with the
Library
So, this is how you are going to find eBooks and audiobooks to check out. There are two ways to find books -- you can search for a book title up here or you can browse. Libby presents you with some options, gives you some links to new, popular or available books, or it let's you browse by subject. Up here you can enter the preferences to use for searching. You can specify format (books or audiobooks), language, audience, compatibility (I prefer Kindle books), availability (meaning you can limit your search to only books that are available to be checked out now) and how the search findings are sorted. For example, if I go into Explore and look for books under the Mystery and Thriller category, I can see that most of these books are not available to be checked out today. Instead, I would have to put a hold on them. I can see that by hitting the 3 dots to the right of the book. I can put myself on the waiting list for this book by hitting Place Hold and then Place Hold again. This screen tells me that I have 3 of 10 books already checked out and 4 of 10 books on hold. 10 is the maximum for each. If I want to find a book to read right now, I can change my preferences to Availibility -- Available Now. Now it only brings up books that I can check out today. To do that, hit the 3 dots, then Borrow and Borrow again. So, that is how you find a book or audiobook and check it out or put a hold on it. Easy. The other thing you can do here is apply a tag. Go back into the 3 dots and this time hit Tag. So, you can pick one of these default tags, which look like book list, thumbs up and thumbs down, or you can make your own tag using text or emojis. Okay -- now let's go to your
Shelf
This area shows your loans, your holds, and your tags. Loans are the books you currently have checked out. It tells you how much time you have until the book is due, whether it is downloaded to the Libby app, and how many people are waiting for it. Your holds show you the books you have on hold. It gives you an approximate amount of time that you still need to wait, allows you to read a sample, and gives you a way to manage your hold. In this screen you can see when you placed the hold, and can cancel or suspend the hold. And finally, your Tags show you any books that you've applied a tag to in the Library section, which is a nice way to organize your books to read or rate the ones you've already read.
Current Book
Digital Book - As I said, you can choose whether to read your books within the Libby app or on a Kindle. It appears that whatever choice you make will apply to all of the books that you've checked out. If you choose to read them within the Libby app, you can get to your book by hitting Open in Libby. To get back to it, the book's icon will appear down here and you can just hit that to start reading again. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
I still prefer the original Overdrive app. I browse and order primarily on my desktop. Libby is designed for mobile devices and everything seems to be extra steps. I will hang on to original overdrive until the very last second.
Thank you! Excellent presentation and information provided!
Thank you for showing some of the Libby features. I find it much harder to find audiobooks with Libby than Overdrive. I can not find my "wishlist". Sometimes I look for a group of audiobooks to download later when I do not have time to browse. Libby turns itself off, making it take longer to listen to books if you are interrupted by phone call , etc.
Thx! I had trouble putting in my library card.
Thanks so much! Now I finally know the relationship between Libby and Overdrive!
Well done.
Thank You for the info. Quick question Does returning audiobook free up space on phone?
Yes, it does!
Thank you for your demonstration. I wish you can give more details about how to stream or download audiofiles.
Hi, there. There’s not much to share about audio files. You have to listen to them within the Libby app (unlike text files, which you can transfer to the Kindle), so no ability to transfer or download.
And also do the downloads take my space from my phone?
Hello, as a visually impaired person I need to learn how to use “read screen “ an iOS feature with libi ebooks. Or alternatively the voiceover.. thanks
Thanks for the tutorial. Do you happen to know how to get the iPhone's Accessibility feature to speak the text to you when the book is not an audio book? I really hate reading scrolling through books on my screen. TY
I think you can click three times rapidly to turn on the iPhone’s voiceover feature for any app!
@@marblejarchannel Thanks for the reply. Doesn't seem to be working for me. Maybe a trip to the Apple Store - lol.
Thank you. I live in Canada and our version is different. It would be nice to see a current version
I did a revised video somewhat recently. Hope this helps: My VideoLibby App - A Tutorial (Part 2 - with Updated Interface)
th-cam.com/video/Y32GNFKL8s0/w-d-xo.html
Do you happen to know if the audiobook is downloaded for offline listening or do you need a connection to listen to it?
You can download for offline listening. That is crucial for me since I have limited data!
How do you change the volume when listening to an audiobook with your IPhone 8?
Hi, John -- the audio controls on your phone should work for the Libby app as well.
Thanks twice!
How to avoid Libby’s navigation mode when book is being read to me through the iPhone accessibility settings?
Hi I have a quick question on how to use a text to read (or screen reader) to read Ebooks on the Libby App? Since not all books have Audiobook versions. I am a busy mom and only has time to listen to audio books instead of reading on a device or physical book. I tried using the Speechify app and it couldn't read it from the Libby App.
Hi, Esther - I haven’t figured out how to do this either. If you find a technique, please let us know!
@@marblejarchannel Is there another way to listen to "Libby App's" Ebook? It doesn't have to be Speechify. I tried with my iphone's IOS spoken content (under accessibility), it says it is in Page Mode, but it doesn't read the Ebook itself, it only reads the "navigation bar" part. So it'll read something like "page 100, turn page"...etc. If there is aw ay to listen to Ebook on Libby App that would be so helpful.
How do I return to the home page to return a book once I’ve read it? If I am at the last page of the book, what do I do to get to the beginning?
Top in the center of the screen to get all of your options - to go back to the home screen and to navigate within the book.
Thank u! Question: how do I unlink someone's Libby library/library card acc and make a account that I can have on my own instead? Thank u in advance!!
You want to go into the section on Your Libraries > Manage Cards to delete one card and add another. For me, it’s in the section with 3 horizontal lines. Hope that helps!
@@marblejarchannel that's what I did but I'm still linked into my friends acc bc it still shows their books they read.
How do I add additional libraries to choose books?
You can add multiple libraries to Libby if you belong to multiple libraries!
I found this helpful though outdated 2 years later. Time for a new video with icons and titles that match the current site. I was using my phone and moving along but your rate of speech was very fast so I was pausing a lot. That's ok. I asked for audio books only but no selection had the earbuds icon. I wonder if that is new since you made the video
Hi, Mary - thanks for the comment. It looks like the app has changed some since I published this video. I will look into redoing it with more updated screenshots. Thanks for the heads up!
How many books can I read at a time?
How do you quickly switch to a map at the beginning of a book when you are half way through the book?
Hi, Thelma -- I usually use the bookmark function to get back quickly to pages (like maps) that I reference frequently. Hope that helps!
Hi. This is a great video! Im curious, do the number of borrows you get from a library is that at one time? So like 10 audiobooks or ebooks at once or is it per month so only 10 per month?
I think it depends on the rules set by your library institution. My library has a 10 book limit.
Good information in this video. I like Libby, but I don't have the History button shown top right corner on yours. What can I do about that?
That’s strange, do you mean the Libby icon?
@@marblejarchannel No, I use it for audio books, and it should be in the upper right hand corner while I am listening, right?
I'm using an android phone
Hi, Kathleen - it’s possible they changed the interface since I did my video. Also, since I use Libby on an iPhone it might be different than the Android app!
@@marblejarchannel Thanks. I wonder how I can find out where that button is.
I like ur voice!
Thanks for the info I have Trouble getting the book to my kindle I did all the steps goes to amazon give me the option to send to my kindle but never see it
I’m new to kindle world
Make sure you are looking at your “Library” on your Kindle and make sure you are connected to wifi so that it will update. It should automatically load your book even if you didn’t send it to that specific Kindle.
Is Libby only for Kindle device? How about other ebook devices such as BOOX, KOBO ...
Libby only seems to offer Kindle as an external option. You can also use the innate Libby reading platform.
Thank you for your tutorial, but why is there a hold if they are all digital?
Hi, Talha -- the library only has so many licenses per book, so you can only check out a book if it is available. Otherwise, you get placed on hold. I'm going to address your other questions in this response as well. My library lets me check out 10 books at a time, but this may be specific to library system. And yes, the downloads will take up space on your phone -- not much for text downloads, but quite a bit for audio. Thanks!
Marble Jar Channel thank you so much, you’ve really saved me a lot of time. Thank you for your helpful tutorial!!
Marble Jar Channel and also once the books are returned, I get my storage back correct?
Yep!
I don't think I'm suspending my hold correctly. Not trying to cancel it, just suspend. Every time I've done it, it always downloads the book, even if I haven't reactivated the hold.
Hi, Stargzr. I haven’t used this function yet, so I won’t be much help. My app tells me that by suspending the hold, I should keep my place, but that others will move ahead of me until I lift it. I haven’t tried to suspend yet, but I’ll let you know if I’m successful in doing it!
What does it mean when your hold lapses?
It just means that you didn't pick up your book when it was available.
How do I get the setup code so I can stream on my Sonos speaker?
Sorry - I’m not familiar with the Sonos requirements.
@@marblejarchannel I finally figured it out. I had to put Libby on a 2nd device. (iPad) then I went back to my iphone pressed the upper right icon for 2 seconds and it generated a code. Gave me 50 secs to put the code in the alternative device. I placed the code in the Libby app in the Sonos app on my phone. For some reason I couldn’t trigger the code simply from another app within my phone. Had to put Libby on an entirely different device. I hope this makes sense. Wish somebody would do a vid on it.
How could I return my borrowed library material?
Your material returns itself automatically, but you can also opt to return things early if you want to.
Is there an app to read Libby ebooks?
I usually read on a Kindle, but I think you can also open and read books in the Libby app.
Thanks. I should have asked, "is there an app to hear Libby ebooks?
How do I only listen to audiobooks
Just check out audiobooks and listen to them on the app!
@@marblejarchannel how can I change the speed of
Some of the info is not totally correct on this video, You can do more than 30 minutes on the sleep timer by dragging down the half moon and choosing a different time up to 2 hours or if you prefer to stop at the end of the chapter so you can turn over and get some zzz
Haveing issues loging in with card
You don't show how to transfer audio to ipad.
Hi, there - Libby requires you to listen to audio files within their app, so no ability to download or transfer these files.
What's the difference between the overdrive app and Libby app
I think Overdrive is their old app.
You can transfer the books to your mp3 player or just keep if you are so inclined. The older app is much better.
I liked your videos, but I find you speak very fast and it is difficult to absorb everything you are saying. I think you should have videos for seniors where you take a few topics and explain them in more depth and slowly.
Ann from Ottawa
Hi, there! I do have a tendency to speak quickly unfortunately. I did want to give you some options: 1) you can slow down the speed of the video by hitting the three dots in the upper right hand corner, then Playback Speed, then choosing a slower speed and 2) I actually have scripts for all of my videos up at my website at www.marblejar.net. You can search that site for the script you are looking for, which may help to go back or review material. Thanks for the comment and I hope those options help!
Talked too fast and moved too fast through items being demonstrated.
Hi, Maureen! Sorry for my quick pace, but generally you can change the speed on TH-cam videos to half speed of 3/4 speed. In addition, I have scripts of all of my videos at www.marblejar.net if that helps. Thanks!
@@marblejarchannel, Thank you for this information. I did not know you could adjust the speed on TH-cam videos. I will try this. Also I will search for the scripts on your website. Thank you for your reply.
This worked for me. Thanks for sharing this tip.