Free ebooks & audiobooks from your local library! Borrow best-sellers and read anytime, anywhere.
All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.
- Browse your library’s digital catalog of books — from classics to New York Times best-sellers
- Borrow and enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines
- Download titles for offline reading, or stream them to save space
- Send ebooks to your Kindle (U.S. libraries only)
- Listen to audiobooks via Apple CarPlay
- Use tags to create your must-read list and any other book lists you want
- Keep your reading position automatically synced on all your devices
In the beautiful, intuitive ebook reader:
• Adjust text size, background color, and book design
• Zoom into magazines and comic books
• Define and search for words and phrases
• Read and listen to read-alongs with your kids
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights
In the audio player:
- Slow down or speed up the audio (0.6 to 3.0x)
- Set a sleep timer
- Simply swipe to skip forward and backward
- Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights
Libby is built by the team at OverDrive, in support of local libraries everywhere.
To join Libby, first download the Libby App from the Android Play Store or the Apple App Store, depending if you are using an Android or an Apple cell phone.
I was previously unaware of this service but I just added it to my cell phone this morning. I have only used it for a few minutes but, so far, it looks like a winner!
Happy reading!