Clara BW Using Overdrive with Clara

[LibraryCin]

Hi, I'm a bit disappointed in how Overdrive works with Clara and am wondering if (hoping!) I'm missing something.

There doesn't appear to be any way to get to my Overdrive Wish List (which is almost always how I will check out a book). Or to my Loans (books I've already borrowed).

As far as I can tell, I can only see my Holds and can do a new search.

But I've had trouble checking out a hold. If it comes in, I get an email notice. If I check it out on my PC first, then open my Clara to download it, I can no longer find it. I was able to search for one of them by title, then check it out on my Clara (but did that check a 2nd ebook with the same title out to me? I'm not sure). I tried this another time, but it wouldn't allow me to (re)check out the book via my Clara.

With another book, I was unable for maybe half an hour or more to find my book. Initially, I didn't check it out on my PC, but it was stuck in Holds, so I could see it on my Clara, but it still told me it would be available in 2 weeks (but it was already available for me; I was sent an email notification, and I confirmed on the website first). It was lots of moving around on my Clara, rebooting it, trying to refresh it. I don't even remember where/how it eventually showed up so I was able to download it.

Eventually, with all 3 books I checked out via Overdrive, I was able to download it to my Clara, but not without a heck of a lot of frustration and annoyance first!

I will add that I am not always connected to wifi, in hopes of helping the battery last longer. Not sure if that's part of the issue with the refreshing. But I'd sure like to be able to also see my Wishlist and my Loans, and to be able to download from my Loans page.

Any tips?
Thanks,
LC

[beespeckled]

I had an instance a few years ago where I had to re-enter my library card and pin in OD on my Kobo Aura One, then it started delivering as normal. Seems like I had to log out and re enter on the Libby app on my phone as well.

[DNSB]

For me, I simply sync my Kobo and any available library books are downloaded. I have found a few books where the library edition and the edition available from the Kobo store did not have the same ISBN so I had to go the manual download route using either ADE or calibre's ACSM plugin.

[Tawn]

Originally Posted by LibraryCin

I could see it on my Clara, but it still told me it would be available in 2 weeks (but it was already available for me; I was sent an email notification

This is what works for me:
If you receive an email that book is ready to borrow, but kobo sync still lists time remaining on hold instead, reboot the kobo & then re-sync. The notification should then appear and I check it out directly from there.

I use my PC to view the wish list and place holds.