r/LibbyApp

Apologies if someone already shared this information. Feel free to delete if that’s the case.

There was a post a few days ago about being blocked from borrowing due to exceeding an unknown checkout limit.

I checked with my Overdrive rep and apparently they have updated the limits recently, apparently revising them downward.

There are basically two triggers for the block, activated by the limit you hit first, both evaluating checkouts over a 7 day period. On day 8, checkouts from day 1 would fall off the rolling limits. I do not know if magazines count towards this limit.

The triggers are:

1. Borrowing 15 times your library’s checkout limit in 7 days OR
2. 50 checkouts during a 7 day period.

Edited to add: my understanding is that it is 50 per library system/consortium rather than across all cards. If someone finds out or experiences differently please share!

Hope this helps!

First, thanks to everyone who has shared spreadsheets and lists - those have been immensely valuable. I've re-evaluated some of my stops - dropping Santa Barbara as I don't plan to go there annually.

I'm driving from Oakland to Anaheim on 8/26 for LA Con V and planning my travel around library stops (as one does), leaving around 6-7am):

1. Paso Robles (open 9a) - Black Gold
2. Oxnard - Colonia branch (9a-8p) - eponymous
3. Camarillo Public (10-8) - eponymous
4. Grant Brimhall/TO (10-8) - eponymous
5. Moorpark (10-8) - eponymous
6. San Fernando (12-8) - LA County
7. Woodland Hills (10-8) - LA Public
8. Malaga Cove (10-6) - Palos Verdes
9. Redondo Beach (11-7) - eponymous
10. Torrance (12-8) - eponymous

Then head to my accommodations near Anaheim Convention Center.

Sidequests during Worldcon (ha! the conference schedule looks amazing):

• Santa Ana Public library
• Orange County - Tibor (Garden Grove might be doable)

Return trip:

1. Buena Park (M 10-8) - eponymous (So Cal Swarm)
2. Alhambra (M 11-8) - eponymous
3. S Pasadena (M 10-6) - So Cal Digital
4. Delhi (M 10-6) - SJVLS
5. Patterson (M 10-6) - Stanislaus

My questions:

1. For the first leg, are there any non-overlapping Libby network library locations that might be closer to each other that I'm missing in my review?
2. Sidequests from Anaheim Convention Center - any suggestions for quick trips?
3. For the return trip - any additional suggestions (other than I'll be hard pressed to get to Patterson by 6pm; that's close enough that I could do a separate trip there and over to the foothills to get additional cards)

ALREADY HELD:

1. Oakland Public
2. San Francisco Public
3. Alameda County
4. NorthNet (1 card)
5. Berkeley Public
6. San Jose Public
7. Sonoma County
8. Peninsula
9. Northern California Digital (3 cards)
10. MARINet
11. Contra Costa County
12. Santa Clara County
13. Richmond Public
14. San Leandro Public
15. Livermore
16. Sunnyvale
17. Monterey County Free Library
18. Solano County
19. Yolo County
20. Sacramento Public
21. Stockton-San Joaquin County
22. (bonus) Northeastern University (only allows 3 Libby loans)

I primarily use the Libby app the following way:

OS: Windows 10

Browser: Edge 151.0.4129.93

Website: libbyapp.com

Since the partner card update on August 18, 2026 I can no longer place holds or borrow from partner libraries. I can still place holds and borrow from my home library.

I previously added partner libraries manually to Libby prior to the August 18, 2026 update.

After the update, those libraries were moved to the Partner Libraries section under Menu.

Here are the steps I took to resolve the issue with no success:

1. Restart computer and re-open libbyapp.com in Edge.
2. Verify the home library card in Libby by going to Cards under Menu and then clicking "..." on my home library card and selecting Verify Card.
3. Remove the home library card and re-add it to Libby.
4. Manage partner libraries by going to Cards under Menu and then clicking "..." on my home library card and selecting Partner Libraries. Then for each partner library, clicked Enable which temporarily displayed "Enabling..." and then went back to Enable.
5. Reset Libby and start from scratch using my home library.

I tried going to libbyapp.com in a browser I've never set up Libby before and added my home library card and I still cannot place holds or borrow from partner libraries. The browser I used was Firefox 154.0.

Here is what I see when I try to put a book on hold at a partner library:

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Here is what I see when I select Continue and every time I select Try Again:

https://preview.redd.it/qdivjnrsmckh1.jpg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2f9398d3ff79a9bb4bfd000923305be87fa5a57

I have verified that if I log into the partner library's OverDrive website with my home library credentials I can successfully place a hold on the above title.

I also have the Libby app on my Samsung Galaxy A17 5G phone and it has the same issue where I can't place holds or borrow from partner libraries. At one point when I reset Libby in the browser I did attempt to recover data from my phone with a setup code but that did not resolve the issue on either device.

I can verify my home library credentials work when logging into the following sites:

1. My home library's main website.
2. My home library's OverDrive website.
3. OverDrive websites of partner libraries.

My home library is:

- Ottawa Public Library

Partner libraries are:

- Burlington Public Library

- Hamilton Public Library

- Kingston Frontenac Public Library

- London Public Library

- Milton Public Library

- Mississauga Library

I have submitted a support ticket to OverDrive but posted here in case anyone else ran into the same issue.

Even if I bookmark or even "add to dock", Libby never keeps me logged in with my library card. I keep having to add my info over again. Is there something I am not doing that is just going over my head so that I can finally just open Libby whenever I want and have my library card info saved? Please Libby people, save my life.

edit: I restarted my laptop and after inputting my info in the safari bookmark, it does indeed keep me logged in now. The "save to dock" app does not do this. It opens up without my library card info saved even if I update the url link. That really sucks. At least the bookmark is working as intended.

edit #2: This is hilarious. It is now working on the "save to dock" app (safari webpage that is made to look like an app). I guess it just takes several minutes for it to save? It wouldn't work for the 17 minutes I had been trying this but it now opens with my library card saved. Does anyone know why it... nvm. It working is all that matters. Sorry for the useless post.

Basically I already have a lot of libraries on my Libby app, and the new partner libraries have pushed my number even higher. I’ve heard ppl say over 30 libraries on Libby can cause issues with the app and can crash (and potentially lose your data).

Anyone know yet if these partner libraries contribute to this? Is there a way to remove partner libraries if I don’t want/need them? Or do I have to remove the related cards that they partner to remove them?

I like the idea but worry this might cause some issues for me…

hey all I would like to know which is the best card to have for digital content. Thank you and good day also is there a cheap tablet that everyone recommends for reading books, comics,magazines?

Woohooo!!!! So for example, if you a Boston Library card, it automatically lists all its partnering libraries and you can just use your home library card to check out books! Yipee!

Imagine my surprise when 93 notices of books now available through my libraries only to get the following message when I try to borrow them or put a hold on them:

https://preview.redd.it/79synzn0o6kh1.png?width=400&format=png&auto=webp&s=194c2f80cba69ca9e5f2e97b121589f3fa953238

The problem with this new partnering library feature is that it doesn't take into account the type of library card you have and the access it provides. I have an out-of-state library card at the Harris County Public Library in Texas. A normal library card from Harris County Public Library is a partner library with Houston Public Library, but the out-of-state card can not be used to log in to the Houston Public Library (probably because Houston Public Library discontinued its out-of-state cards last year).

Now I have to sift through all these book notifications I don't actually have access to, and not get my hopes up because the book isn't actually available.

BOO! I hope Libby fixes this.

I put the ebook on hold and have been holding for around 15 weeks. I’m next in line and it just occurred to me today it was the ebook not the audiobook. So I search the audiobook… and it has a 20 week wait 😭. Back of the line I guess.

Update: To add salt to the wound, my ebook hold just became ready to borrow 🥲. I may start it since it’s here, but I’m usually a physical or audiobook person to avoid staring at screens all day.

Just wondering - are you more incline to have more library cards from your home state or out of state instead? Or is it a mix?

Well, looks like they finally patched the airplane mode hack and we can no longer read books past the due date on our Kindle devices. Do you think this will push slower readers to get non-resident cards in order to have multiple holds rather than waiting weeks/months between loans on a single card? I can’t imagine waiting weeks/months to read the same book…

For those not familiar with the hack: it used to be that you could send an eBook from Libby to your Kindle, download it, then turn on airplane mode. When your due date came up, your loan would be returned to the library available for the next person, but a copy of the book stayed on your Kindle since airplane mode prevented it from syncing with your Amazon account, allowing you to read it past the due date.