Was in my local bricks-and-mortar library today.
I noticed a little business-sized card telling about something called "Libby." I looked at it briefly. I noticed that there was something about "Overdrive" on it, and that really piqued my interest; I inquired of a library worker at the reference desk as to what it is all about.
Come to find out, Libby is an ebook lending app of Overdrive's. The library worker had the impression that any library that offers Overdrive, also supports Libby.
I probably have more questions than I do answers, at this point. However, this much I did find out:
- The app is _free_.
- The app is available at Google Play as "Libby, Overdrive App."
- The kudos for the app:
- It is #7 of the top _free_ apps (I suppose that that means at Google Play).
- It is an "editor's choice."
- It is rated 4.1 out of 5,000 ratings."
Great. There's nothing as bad (I'm speaking hyperbolically) as having to deal with a poor app.
But the question that I'm most interested in knowing the answer to is, are there additional ebooks that we will have access to, with this app, that we don't already have access to through our libraries' regular Overdrive subscription? My point in making this post is not so much to tell you about a new app (if it was, I know that this post would belong somewhere else on this website) as it is to tell you about a potential new source from which to borrow ebooks, free (and legitimately).
I'll leave it with you to do more exploring. Or, not.
If you do some research on your own, please let us know what you found out!