Kobo and multiple Libby accounts

PeterT · 10-24-2026, 01:27 PM

I'd seen mention on Bad eReader of Kobo adding multiple library support but was having a hard time finding where it had been posted.

Looks to have been kobobooks_au in a now deleted post. See the image for a copy of their posting

JSWolf · 10-24-2026, 01:34 PM

Will this also apply to older Kobo?

PeterT · 10-24-2026, 02:13 PM

No idea at all! As I day this was a post from Kobo Australia that has been dropped now

MGlitch · 10-25-2026, 09:20 PM

You can already kind of do this just with the single Libby account unless kobo somehow borked that up

The tldr is make the Libby account add cards to it, sign in to the account on your kobo instead of adding the card, the next step has you add a card anyway.

And now you can just use a different device to browse and borrow syncing your kobo will pull from any library connected to your Libby for borrowed books

Mind this was back when overdrive still was in use as an app and account and I think you logged in on your kobo to the OD account. Not sure if the Libby account works (it should though)

Obviously native support would be better as this requires using another device to browse and borrow books from multiple libraries.

Cactus Chef · Yesterday, 08:55 AM

I guess they announced it before it was fully baked.

meeera · Today, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

I guess they announced it before it was fully baked.

That augurs well for it actually happening, though, which is good

10-24-2026, 01:27 PM	#1
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 14,183 Karma: 84699244 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Kobo and multiple Libby accounts I'd seen mention on Bad eReader of Kobo adding multiple library support but was having a hard time finding where it had been posted. Looks to have been kobobooks_au in a now deleted post. See the image for a copy of their posting

10-24-2026, 01:34 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 85,442 Karma: 154365103 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Will this also apply to older Kobo? Last edited by JSWolf; 10-24-2026 at 01:41 PM.

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10-24-2026, 02:13 PM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 14,183 Karma: 84699244 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	No idea at all! As I day this was a post from Kobo Australia that has been dropped now

10-25-2026, 09:20 PM	#4
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,900 Karma: 23142258 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	You can already kind of do this just with the single Libby account unless kobo somehow borked that up The tldr is make the Libby account add cards to it, sign in to the account on your kobo instead of adding the card, the next step has you add a card anyway. And now you can just use a different device to browse and borrow syncing your kobo will pull from any library connected to your Libby for borrowed books Mind this was back when overdrive still was in use as an app and account and I think you logged in on your kobo to the OD account. Not sure if the Libby account works (it should though) Obviously native support would be better as this requires using another device to browse and borrow books from multiple libraries.

Yesterday, 08:55 AM	#5
Cactus Chef Guru Posts: 985 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: East Coast, United States Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Clara HD, Galaxy Tab S5e, Kindle 4th Gen	I guess they announced it before it was fully baked.