RIP, RB Digital

issybird · 09-19-2020, 12:12 PM

It was with some trepidation that I saw that the RB Digital library app was going to be folded into Libby/OverDrive. It didn’t offer me nearly as much as OD or Hoopla, but it still had books of high interest, with the added advantage that any of the ones I wanted was available on demand, with a three-week borrow and renewable. (Some books are long.

)

I was not happy but not surprised when one book I wanted had a waiting list at OD once it moved over, but I can live with waiting lists. Today the blow fell and my lingering question was answered. Not all the audiobooks made the transition. I just had to burn an Audible credit on an audiobook I could have listened to on the RB Digital app, if I’d got around to it in time. Not in either of my OD libraries that had provided RB Digital. I’m afraid to check for others; I figure that’s bad news that can wait.

Where have you gone, Teddy Roosevelt?

Catlady · 09-19-2020, 12:31 PM

Hmm. I didn't know this. One of my libraries has RB Digital, but I rarely use it. Just the other day, though, I checked the offerings and though I noticed the touting of the Libby app, it didn't register as Overdrive, since I don't use Libby.

I'm still seeing a catalog of RB Digital titles, though; that hasn't disappeared at my library.

issybird · 09-19-2020, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

Hmm. I didn't know this. One of my libraries has RB Digital, but I rarely use it. Just the other day, though, I checked the offerings and though I noticed the touting of the Libby app, it didn't register as Overdrive, since I don't use Libby.

I'm still seeing a catalog of RB Digital titles, though; that hasn't disappeared at my library.

I can still log into the RB Digital page and my wishlist is unchanged. However, if I look in Libby or OverDrive, I can’t access my RB Digital wishlist and the book is not available.

Another had I but known.... I hate having to blow a credit on a book I could have gotten for free.

tubemonkey · 09-19-2020, 01:28 PM

Here are a couple of threads dealing with the relationship between OverDrive and RBdigital:

OverDrive sold to private equity firm KKR

Overdrive to Acquire RBDigital

SeaBookGuy · 09-20-2020, 12:18 PM

I had only a couple of RB Digital books that I wanted when the imminent demise was announced. We Are All Shipwrecks by Kelly Carlisle was okay, but not great. I can get the discs for The Apparitionists by Peter Manseau, which is as much about really liking the narrator Jefferson Mays.

silverraven · 09-20-2020, 06:02 PM

Today at my library I can still see the RBDigital catalog, but when I clicked on the title to borrow it I was redirected to the Libby app page. So I guess no more RBDitial. Shame, it had titles that my library didn't have in Overdrive. And I don't want to do Libby, I want to download my books and put them on my Sansa.
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issybird · 09-20-2020, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by silverraven

Today at my library I can still see the RBDigital catalog, but when I clicked on the title to borrow it I was redirected to the Libby app page. So I guess no more RBDitial. Shame, it had titles that my library didn't have in Overdrive. And I don't want to do Libby, I want to download my books and put them on my Sansa.
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Libby won’t have the titles if OverDrive doesn’t, so that aspect doesn’t matter. I even experimented with clicking on a title in my RB Digital wishlist and then looking at the Libby app page when I was kicked to it. It wasn’t there.

meeera · 09-21-2020, 04:52 AM

My state library uses RBDigital for magazines, which seems to still be working as usual (which is to say, erratically and a giant resource hog). Is that going over to Libby also?

rhyta · 10-20-2021, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meeera

My state library uses RBDigital for magazines, which seems to still be working as usual (which is to say, erratically and a giant resource hog). Is that going over to Libby also?

It seems they are pushing Libby, our libraries lost RB digital in 2020. We don't have Hoopla and emagazines are accessed by Flipster. I can still use Overdrive for audio so still can use my MP3 player but who knows when they will decide to get rid of it too.

meeera · 10-20-2021, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by rhyta

It seems they are pushing Libby, our libraries lost RB digital in 2020. We don't have Hoopla and emagazines are accessed by Flipster. I can still use Overdrive for audio so still can use my MP3 player but who knows when they will decide to get rid of it too.

You're replying to a message from over a year ago. Magazines have all gone to OD/Libby here since then.

rhyta · 10-22-2021, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by meeera

You're replying to a message from over a year ago. Magazines have all gone to OD/Libby here since then.

I am aware it is an old thread, I was merely commenting on what was available at the local libraries in my area. Didn't notice you were in Australia.

09-19-2020, 12:12 PM	#1
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,658 Karma: 225870683 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	RIP, RB Digital It was with some trepidation that I saw that the RB Digital library app was going to be folded into Libby/OverDrive. It didn’t offer me nearly as much as OD or Hoopla, but it still had books of high interest, with the added advantage that any of the ones I wanted was available on demand, with a three-week borrow and renewable. (Some books are long. ) I was not happy but not surprised when one book I wanted had a waiting list at OD once it moved over, but I can live with waiting lists. Today the blow fell and my lingering question was answered. Not all the audiobooks made the transition. I just had to burn an Audible credit on an audiobook I could have listened to on the RB Digital app, if I’d got around to it in time. Not in either of my OD libraries that had provided RB Digital. I’m afraid to check for others; I figure that’s bad news that can wait. Where have you gone, Teddy Roosevelt?

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Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,365 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Hmm. I didn't know this. One of my libraries has RB Digital, but I rarely use it. Just the other day, though, I checked the offerings and though I noticed the touting of the Libby app, it didn't register as Overdrive, since I don't use Libby. I'm still seeing a catalog of RB Digital titles, though; that hasn't disappeared at my library.

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09-20-2020, 06:02 PM	#6
silverraven Guru Posts: 968 Karma: 3438612 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle 4NTB x 4	Today at my library I can still see the RBDigital catalog, but when I clicked on the title to borrow it I was redirected to the Libby app page. So I guess no more RBDitial. Shame, it had titles that my library didn't have in Overdrive. And I don't want to do Libby, I want to download my books and put them on my Sansa. S

09-21-2020, 04:52 AM	#8
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,716 Karma: 66666666 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	My state library uses RBDigital for magazines, which seems to still be working as usual (which is to say, erratically and a giant resource hog). Is that going over to Libby also?