No Local Public Library. Overdrive/Libby Possible?

enuddleyarbl · 06-08-2023, 06:01 PM

Probably the wrong place for this, but I don't know of a better one. We've recently moved to a rural area where we don't have a local public library (at least a free one). Is there some way to use Overdrive/Libby without that local library card? I'm assuming our library cards from where we used to live will disappear at some point.

DNSB · 06-08-2023, 06:51 PM

You do need a valid library card to access Overdrive/Libby.

Does the county/whatever you live in have access to a library? Where one friend of mine lives, they have access to a library which is about 160K away from them. Or you might want to join one of the libraries that allows remote membership for an annual fee.

enuddleyarbl · 06-08-2023, 08:23 PM

As you mentioned, my "local" library would charge an annual fee for us to get a library card from them. But, I found that we qualify for the DoD MWR Libraries and signed up there. That can be used with Libby/Overdrive.

06-08-2023, 06:01 PM	#1
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 751 Karma: 1537886 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Forma	No Local Public Library. Overdrive/Libby Possible? Probably the wrong place for this, but I don't know of a better one. We've recently moved to a rural area where we don't have a local public library (at least a free one). Is there some way to use Overdrive/Libby without that local library card? I'm assuming our library cards from where we used to live will disappear at some point.

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06-08-2023, 06:51 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 40,549 Karma: 157444380 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	You do need a valid library card to access Overdrive/Libby. Does the county/whatever you live in have access to a library? Where one friend of mine lives, they have access to a library which is about 160K away from them. Or you might want to join one of the libraries that allows remote membership for an annual fee.

06-08-2023, 08:23 PM	#3
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 751 Karma: 1537886 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Forma	As you mentioned, my "local" library would charge an annual fee for us to get a library card from them. But, I found that we qualify for the DoD MWR Libraries and signed up there. That can be used with Libby/Overdrive.

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