#libby library

[overthinking-snail]

nothing satisfies me more then being the first person to borrow a very popular newly added book on libby

[cowlicks-and-curls]

Finished book 1/12

I accidently forgot about this book when I switched phones and it automatically returned for me on Libby.

Looking for a book the other day, scrolling through a randomized list, I came across it again and actually managed to finish it on time this time. Good read. Very insightful, because the therapist is in therapy, and it allows you to kind of see both sides of a problem and explains the thought processes that go into successful therapy. Also defines a lot of problems we tend to deal with without realizing it, and offers general ways to approach them

[lexaprolexicon]

I just got a library card for the first time as an adult because I found out you can apply online and that Libby exists.

Some skinny pretty white girl needs to post a tiktok like "Come with me to get a library card 💞💞" and record herself going to the library and filling out the application and etc and it needs to go viral so people start going to the library

[criminalizegolf]

> read library book

> it's good

Thank you library

[crookedbluebirdkingdom]

Books on Libby have started disappearing.

My friend pointed it out first, and then I started noticing too. Why would books that multiple libraries definitely, 100% had digital access to a couple of months/weeks/days ago disappear?

Amazon is invoking exclusive rights to them.*

Ebooks that the public library once had digital copies of are now only available through Amazon. Audible boasts on their covers about Audible-exclusive audiobooks that did not used to be Audible-exclusive. Entire series and collections are disappearing overnight.

Keep your eyes on the privatization of media and your libraries.

*earlier versions said "getting"; Amazon has likely always had these rights, but in the face of boycotts they're tightening the leash, so to say

**librarians in the notes have also noted that, in addition to Amazon often refusing to sell to libraries/increasing their number of exclusive/privatized titles, libraries have to repurchase eBooks/audiobooks every eight uses, so cuts to library funding have reduced their access to media as well

[novella-november]

Do you have the Libby library app?

If not, download it to your phone, and under "Add library card" select the button to search for a library and start typing in "queer"...

Sign up with an email, no actual address required, and you are good to go 🏳️‍🌈

[ID: A screenshot of the Queer Liberation Library Libby main page, showing 6 titles, one of which is an audio book. The titles displayed are the Trans Teen Survival Guide; Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the next); We Will Be Shelter: Poems for Survival; Tomboy Survival Guide; A Burst of Light and Other Essays; and Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction. End ID]

(thank you @teddypoi-qd for the ID!]

EDIT: Here is the Queer Liberation Library's donation page!

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

I love you PBS I love you NPR I love you public libraries I love you wikipedia I love you project gutenberg I love you librivox I love you libby I love you hoopla I love you openlibrary I love you internet archive I love you resources that make information free and accessible to the public

[eightglass]

"you should use your libby for ebooks" "you shouldn't pirate your ebooks" BITCH you can do both.

Simply borrow the ebook from libby, download it as a .ascm (drm epub thing) on your computer, then run the .ascm file through a drm remover of your choice (third-party plugins in Calibre is what to do). you can then keep the drm-free .epub and return the libby loan. Boom.

Win/win/win.

You get to keep the ebook (ALSO libby usually has high-quality files. so it's better than piracy).

You're borrowing the book from the library. They get their numbers up, you're supporting the author and your library.

You're not holding up the line.

[lucybellwood]

Desperately trying to finish listening to this audiobook before Libby repos my shit

[queerliblib]

NBC ARTICLE ABOUT QUEER LIBERATION LIBRARY?!?!?!

it’s more likely than you think!!!

[unpretty]

that post earlier got me thinking about how i'm subbed to a few poem of the day newsletters and dracula daily and all that, but i haven't seen, like. a short story of the day newsletter. like a fiction magazine but if you subscribe you get curated short-enough-for-email stories in your inbox on the reg. it feels like somewhere out there someone must already be doing this. but whomst.

[you-needajelloshot]

dean uses cas as an angelic body pillow and sure it’s a little boring for cas just staring at the ceiling all night, but he’s been alive for a million years so he’s not too fussed. plus he enjoys his having his own personal weighted blanket

and then jack is like oh boy wait until i tell you about audiobooks

[rainbowofcrazy]

ATTN LIBBY USERS

If anyone is interested in digital manga/Japanese books, the Japan Foundation offers their digital library via Libby for anyone in North America!

US: https://www.jflalc.org/libby Canada: https://tr.jpf.go.jp/library/collection-and-services/

It may take a few days to receive your email. I got mine within 24 hours.

Spread the world and happy reading!

[musenextdoor]

Btw if you’re sapphic and love to read you should apply for a free membership on queerliberationlibrary.org to access a ton of queer books on Libby 🤍🤍🤍

[gwydionmisha]

ACTION ITEM Missouri!

"If you use Libby app to read your library books, like many people do, Sec of State Danny Hoskins of Missouri is canceling funding for overdrive/ libby- the ebook services for public libraries, Allegedly to protect children from pornography

Seniors, disabled, and others without transportation, and many others depend on this service.  "

Call to complain: 573-751-4936.

The friend who alerted me to this adds:

Also, to some at least there may be a work around: 

"This is a link to the Bard App which is through the library of Congress.  It is a free service for the disabled to listen to audiobooks through the free bard app on their phone or tablet.  Not sure if it works on a full blown computer but it's worth looking into.  Let's get around their utter bollocks as well as forcing them to retract it!"

[neat-deadandlive-things]

Don't need adrenaline sports or drugs, I get a rush from winning a game of audiobook chicken with my local library.