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monophoto · 08-11-2022, 08:54 AM

I noticed an announcement that OverDrive would be dreprecated in 2023, so I went ahead to convert to Libby. It has a slightly different feel, but I suppose its something I can become accustomed to over time. Although after several days of using it, I've concluded that its nowhere near as user-friendly and intuitive as OverDrive. Probably another example of software written by developers who don't actually use it themselves.

But I noticed that while I can transition my OverDrive 'Wishlist" to Libby, I can't find any way to move my OverDrive history. That's a big problem - I've been using OverDrive to access books from our public library for years, and I really need to have a way to flag books that I've already read. Any suggestions? OverDrive confirmed that there is no way to port history data from OverDrive, but it is possible to download OverDrive history as a .csv file (at least currently - no guarantee that ability will continue to be available when OverDrive officially goes away).

08-11-2022, 08:54 AM	#3
monophoto Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 2492712 Join Date: Jun 2022 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Amazon Fire HD8 (2020)	I noticed an announcement that OverDrive would be dreprecated in 2023, so I went ahead to convert to Libby. It has a slightly different feel, but I suppose its something I can become accustomed to over time. Although after several days of using it, I've concluded that its nowhere near as user-friendly and intuitive as OverDrive. Probably another example of software written by developers who don't actually use it themselves. But I noticed that while I can transition my OverDrive 'Wishlist" to Libby, I can't find any way to move my OverDrive history. That's a big problem - I've been using OverDrive to access books from our public library for years, and I really need to have a way to flag books that I've already read. Any suggestions? OverDrive confirmed that there is no way to port history data from OverDrive, but it is possible to download OverDrive history as a .csv file (at least currently - no guarantee that ability will continue to be available when OverDrive officially goes away). Last edited by monophoto; 08-14-2022 at 07:49 PM.