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Originally Posted by Cootey
I’ve not had Overdrive sell my information, and I’ve used them for years. I hope that sets those particular fears to rest.
In order to utilize Libby for multi-library loans, please follow these steps exactly. You need to log into Overdrive on your Kobo with your Overdrive account, NOT your individual library card. Choose a local library when prompted. This will become the main library that you borrow from within the Kobo device. Then log in using your Overdrive account. At this point, I would select Browse and surf the Kobo store. Attempt to borrow any random ebook to make sure that syncing and downloading works. Then return the ebook by long pressing on the book in Home or My Books. Make sure that works, too.
You don’t access Libby on your Kobo. You access it on your mobile device. Open the app, and in this case, you opt to log in with the library card of the main library you selected on you Kobo. Now your Kobo is synced to the Libby app through your Overdrive account.
Skip Kindle. Presto! Any book you borrow will appear on your Kobo.
Press the middle icon in Libby and add all your cards. Any book you borrow in the app from any library will sync to your Kobo *provided it is available through the Kobo Store*. I hope this helps.
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That doesn't work for me. AFAICS, there's nothing setting up a linkage between the Overdrive account on the Kobo and the library cards in Libby.
The Kobo seems to imply I can create that linkage if I sign into Overdrive with an Overdrive account on the Kobo and then, also on the Kobo immediately afterwards, tell it to Add a Library. But, doing that just results in my being shoved out to the initial Overdrive screen without being logged in. There doesn't seem to be any way to add libraries after the fact to the Overdrive account on the Kobo.
There's also nothing that I can find on overdrive.com (I can't even find a way to login on overdrive.com). And, of course, the libraries only have Libby logins with a library card. Not with an Overdrive account.
EDIT: But, this really isn't the thread for this discussion. However, it does increase my desire for Libby on whatever new Kobo is coming out.