OverDrive eBooks and eAudioBooks
Getting started on OverDrive
Borrow ebooks, and audiobooks, to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app, opens a new window by OverDrive. Our OverDrive collection contains thousands of fiction and non-fiction titles for adults, young adults and children. We also have eBooks in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Tagalog.
You can browse our OverDrive collection, opens a new window of ebooks and audiobooks, on your computer through the website or via the Libby app.
Using Overdrive you can:
- Borrow up to 30 titles from home at any time;
- Place a hold on up to ten titles;
- Use on a mobile device using Libby app;
- Download titles and read or listen to offline;
- Transfer titles to eReaders (except kindle)
- Avoid late fees — the items self expire or you can return items early if you have finished with them.
OverDrive eBooks are compatible with most eBook readers and mobile devices except the Kindle Reader and app. The Kindle Fire Tablets are fine. Devices compatible with Libby.
Libby - the OverDrive app
OverDrive FAQs
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The Libby app is a one-tap reading app for borrowing eBooks and eAudiobooks from your library. This free app, created by OverDrive, is available for Android, iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), and Windows 10 devices.
- Install the Libby app from your device’s app store.
- In Libby, follow the prompts to find your library and sign in with a library card and PIN/password
- Browse your library's catalog, then borrow a book or audiobook or open a magazine.
- Borrowed titles appear on your Shelf and download to the app automatically so you can read them when you’re offline. Tap Open In Libby or Open Audiobook to start reading or listening in the app.
Happy reading!
Libby Help has more information on navigating the app
Download the Libby app
- iOS devices: Apple App Store
- Android devices: Google Play
- Amazon Fire tablets: Amazon Appstore
For Windows, Mac, and Chromebooks open libbyapp.com
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You can borrow, read and listen to OverDrive eBooks and eAudiobooks directly from the catalogue.
There is no longer an option to download OverDrive titles from catalogue.
The easiest way to download OverDrive eBooks and eAudiobooks for offline use is in OverDrive's Libby app on your mobile device.
Download the Libby app
You can still download OverDrive ebooks to your Windows or Mac computer for offline use, or transfer to an eReader in
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You'll find titles that aren't offered in our digital collection with Deep Search. Deep Search activates when you run a search and the title is not found in our collection. If there is a title you want to read that Christchurch City Libraries doesn't have, add a Notify Me tag to express your interest in that title. You will be notified if that title gets added to our collection.
Learn more: https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6260.htm
- To activate deep search click the filter button
- Scroll to the bottom and click deep search show the titles that are now available to show
- To add the Notify me tag click the grey card with the bell
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- Libby’s minimum iOS version is now iOS 10. To use Libby on an iOS device, users are required to update their device’s operating system to iOS 10 or newer. These are the steps to update your iOS operating system version.
- The legacy OverDrive for Mac desktop app is only supported on macOS versions 10.12.1 through 10.14.
Users on legacy web browsers may experience issues loading libbyapp.com or your OverDrive website and should upgrade to a newer browser version, if possible.
For more information and troubleshooting tips, check out Libby Help and OverDrive Help.
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Yes you can now subscribe to magazines in Libby and when a new issue becomes available it will appear on your magazine rack. For more information see Libby Help - Subscribing to Magazines
