Libby Features You Might Not Know About

Do you enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks? Do you like borrowing your next read from the comfort of home or wherever you may be? Have you met Libby? If not, we're about to blow your mind.

Libby is the free app from OverDrive, which provides access to our digital collection of eBooks, eAudiobooks, graphic novels, comics, and magazines.

It's easy to get started:

1. Download the Libby app from your device's app store.
2. Open the app.
3. Find Wood Buffalo Regional Library. 
4. Enter your library card number and PIN.

It's that easy to have thousands of new-to-you reads at your fingertips, completely free.

Here are a few Libby features you may be missing out on:

1. Notify Me:
   

   Looking for an item that we don't have in our collection? Hit the bell icon to receive a notification if the title is added to the collection. Tagging items you are interested in allows our collection development team to gauge the interest in a title. Bonus? It's like a fun surprise when you get the notification that the title you've tagged has been added to our library!

2. Deliver Later:

   We've all been there. You go from having nothing to read to all of your Libby holds becoming available at the same time. It's easy to delay your holds while saving your spot in the holds queue. Select "Deliver Later" beside the title and use the slider to pick your "deliver later" date. The title will go to the next person in line and be available to you again after your deliver later date.

3. Customize your listening experience:

   By tapping the speedometer icon at the top of the screen you can adjust the playback speed between 0.6 to three times to speed. By tapping the moon icon you can set a sleep timer in minutes or by chapters!

4. 

   Connect to your smart speakers:

   You can listen to your eAudiobooks through your Google Home or Amazon Echo with Bluetooth. Secret feature - have you noticed what happens to the play/pause icon when your eAudiobook is finished?
   

5. Multiple font options:

   Not only can you change the font size of your current read using the Text Scale slider, you can also change the font to OpenDyslexic which some may find easier to read. To see other accessiblity features you might not be aware of, check out their website.

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To end it off, if you return your loans early (which we always encourage so the next reader can get the title), click on the bouquet of flowers for a little thank you from Libby. (Insert "it's like a reward" audio).

Is there a super-cool Libby feature we missed? Let us know!