Magazines on kobo from libby

mdovell · 12-12-2025, 04:24 PM

did notice is on when I use Libby it almost implies going to the menu that there's magazines. It literally says magazines on the Kobo for a half second and then it disappears. Now when I go to Libby in calibra the plug-in states at the book I have has DRM and it's an epub which is fine but the magazines have a format of "Libby magazine". I have a feeling that from a technological perspective this is possible It's just a licensing issue. I can't imagine why magazines would be such a bad thing through a library any ideas?

I use calibre and yes I get get a fair amount on it but this is odd that it comes and goes so dast

PeterT · 12-12-2025, 08:19 PM

There was a time long, long ago that Kobo supported electronic versions of newspapers. I used to subscribe to some.

The issue with the Libby Magazines is that the DRM and means to download is different from the regular Libby content, and I don't believe it has been reverse engineered.

Quoth · Yesterday, 09:53 AM

The Irish libraries use (or did when I last looked) Libby for magazines and newspapers, but it was only for big tablet app, never for Kobo.

12-12-2025, 04:24 PM	#1
mdovell Groupie Posts: 150 Karma: 3168 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle DX	Magazines on kobo from libby did notice is on when I use Libby it almost implies going to the menu that there's magazines. It literally says magazines on the Kobo for a half second and then it disappears. Now when I go to Libby in calibra the plug-in states at the book I have has DRM and it's an epub which is fine but the magazines have a format of "Libby magazine". I have a feeling that from a technological perspective this is possible It's just a licensing issue. I can't imagine why magazines would be such a bad thing through a library any ideas? I use calibre and yes I get get a fair amount on it but this is odd that it comes and goes so dast

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12-12-2025, 08:19 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,750 Karma: 80104526 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	There was a time long, long ago that Kobo supported electronic versions of newspapers. I used to subscribe to some. The issue with the Libby Magazines is that the DRM and means to download is different from the regular Libby content, and I don't believe it has been reverse engineered.

Yesterday, 09:53 AM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 15,243 Karma: 111120239 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	The Irish libraries use (or did when I last looked) Libby for magazines and newspapers, but it was only for big tablet app, never for Kobo.