Getting Started with Libby: Home

Summary

With Libby, the Library Reading App from Overdrive, you can access hundreds of eBooks, audiobooks, and magazines on your phone, tablet, or computer. 

App Available!

Search for "Libby" in your app store (it will be called "Libby, by OverDrive) to install on your device. Once the app is installed, log in by searching for and selecting Easton Area Library, and entering your library card number number.

Creating your account

• Using a web browser, go to the Library's Libby landing page and click the "Access Database" button.
• If it's the first time you're accessing the Libby webpage, click the "Already have a library card? Sign in here" button in the pop-up window. If you do not see a pop-up window, click the "Sign in" button in the upper right-hand corner.
  • Do you need to obtain an EAPL library card? Click here to learn more about what you'll need to register!

• Follow the prompts to find and selection "Easton Area Public Library", and then sign in with your EAPL library card number.

• You've signed up! You should be redirected to the Libby homepage, where you can browse our EAPL catalog.

Finding Items

• There are multiple ways to find or browse for items in Libby:
  • Browse around the home screen to see popular and trending items.
  • Use the filters at the top of the page to sort items in order of newest, most popular, or filter by items only available to be borrowed immediately. Clicking on the three lines in the left hand corner will also provide filters such as subject, format, audience, language, etc.
  • Search for a specific item using the magnifying glass in the lower menu, on the bottom left hand of the screen.

Borrowing Content

• When you find an item you'd like to borrow, you will either have the option to borrow the item immediately or put the item on hold, if it's currently unavailable.

• You must confirm you'd like to borrow the title and it will tell you the length of loan period, or the estimated wait time if you're putting the item on hold.
• At the end of your loan period, the item will return automatically. Additionally, when a book you've placed on hold is available, it will automatically show up in your loans.
• To see the items you have on loan, and the items you have on hold, navigate to your "shelf" by clicking the stack of books icon in the bottom menu.

• On your "shelf" you can also: Tap Read With... to choose where you'd like to read a book (Kindle or Libby), then finish sending to Kindle or start reading in Libby, and tap Manage Loan to see options like Renew Loan and Return Early.

Libby "Getting Started" Video Tutorial