The only drawback I find in using the Libby app over say using Overdrive.com is that you can only do a search library by library instead of a general search in all your saved libraries like on the Overdrive website. But the same's true with the Overdrive app as well as with the CloudLibrary app so who knows it may be some sort of rights limitation or something. CloudLibrary's just as accessible as Libby with iOS so if you find your library system no longer partners with Overdrive for its digital content, it'll likely mean that they've switched to CloudLibrary. CloudLibrary's web experience is pretty bad, but thankfully the iOS app like I said is just as good as Libby.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 6:20 PM To: vipho...@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I'm Liking Libby Audiobook Listening, Lots Hello Mary, I am so sorry for your Over Drive experience; yes, when Libby was first released, it was not ready for VoiceOver users. However, I must say that the developers appear to be extremely committed to making all aspect of Libby VoiceOver accessible. Links, Headings, and form controls can now be navigated with VoiceOver. Every button I have come across is correctly labelled. And, as for e-books, you can now have Libby automatically open any borrowed title in the Kindle app; and, as you doubtless are aware, Kindle is the proverbial gold standard when it comes to reading e-books, generally speaking. So, I strongly suggest that you give Libby a try. I am positive that you will enjoy the experience. Please let us know what you think, okay? Mark -----Original Message----- From: vipho...@googlegroups.com <vipho...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2022 5:32 PM To: vipho...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Liking Libby Audiobook Listening, Lots Hi Mark, I haven’t tried either overdrive or Libby in a while. I ripped my hair out on both abs in the past more than once and totally decided to never use them again, because they were a pain in the butt. I was not interested and I am not interested in audiobooks on these apps. I was hoping to find e-books and maybe even get them onto Kindle. I never had any luck. Has the accessibility of the e-book side actually become reasonable and does not depend on any site and navigating of unlabeled buttons etc.? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 31, 2022, at 5:06 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > After reading several posts, here on the list, I decided to really > give Libby, the public library app for borrowing both audiobook and > e-books, a try. > > Until this point, I've been a big fan of Over Drive. > > Well, after forcing myself to delete the Over Drive app from all of my > devices, I must admit that Libby does seem to have more to offer for > those of us using VoiceOver. > > The feature I like most about Libby is that now one's book location is > synchronized across all associated devices. This behavior has long > been a feature of both Kindle and Audible. Now, if only the BARD app > would add this feature . > > I have contacted Libby tech support to see if there is a way to search > a libraries catalog via the book description field either instead of > or, in addition to, the book title field. For example, I may want to > search a catalog for all books with the phrase and/or words, "lost at > sea," in the book description. I hope this is possible. > > One feature that I cannot seem to locate in Libby that was / is a part > of Over Drive is the ability to see titles similar to any given > title, currently in focus. > > For example, If I have the book, The Davinci Code" in focus, I would > like to see similar titles listed, as well. In Over Drive, six > similar titles were always displayed with any book in focus. > > Just as an FYI, I received a notice, yesterday, that Over Drive will > be discontinued in 2023 so the developers are strongly recommending > that everyone switch to Libby. > > Mark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone2+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone2/000401d8a53a%247ff839d0%247fe8ad70%24%40ucla.edu. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone, The Next Generation" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone2+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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