How to listen to audiobooks on libby

You can always buy audiobooks from Amazon, Audible, Google, and other retailers, but why not borrow from your local library instead? By using Libby, Hoopla, SimplyE, and cloudLibrary, you can find audiobooks and download them to your PC or mobile device.

Before you can borrow audiobooks, you’ll need an account with your public or university library. You need a physical library card if you plan to visit the library, However, if you only want to borrow ebooks and audiobooks online, some libraries offer a virtual library card instead.

Your library will provide login information so that you can sign into your online account and borrow audiobooks. This will include an ID in the form of a card number and password. In some cases, you may need a barcode to scan into an app, which should be printed on the library card.

If you're not sure how the enrollment process works or want to know what services you can use, contact your library or check its website.

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All over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. You can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and Libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.

• Browse your library’s digital catalog of books — from classics to NYT best-sellers
• Borrow and enjoy ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines
• Download titles for offline reading, or stream them to save space
• Send ebooks to your Kindle (U.S. libraries only)
• Listen to audiobooks via Android Auto
• Use tags to create your must-read list and any other book lists you want
• Keep your reading position automatically synced on all your devices

In our beautiful, intuitive ebook reader:
• Adjust text size, background color, and book design
• Zoom into magazines and comic books
• Define and search for words and phrases
• Read and listen to read-alongs with your kids
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights

In our ground-breaking audio player:
• Slow down or speed up the audio (0.6 to 3.0x)
• Set a sleep timer
• Simply swipe to skip forward and backward
• Add bookmarks, notes, and highlights

Libby is built by the team at OverDrive, in support of local libraries everywhere.

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Two things can help pass the time during a long commute, especially if you're driving: podcasts and audiobooks.

The latter can cost about $15 a pop from Amazon's Audible unless you pay for a subscription.

One place you might not have thought to look, however, is your local library.

You don't even have to visit the library. So long as you already have a library card, you can borrow audiobooks from an app and play them right on your phone. It works for regular books, too, in case you want to read on the go.

Get started by downloading and installing the app Libby for iPhone or Android, then open it.

Open Libby and search for your local library.

Sign in with your library card.

Now you'll see a screen with all sorts of books you can borrow or place on hold. Look for the ones with the headphones icon, which means it's an audiobook.

I also recommend tapping "New in audiobooks" or "Popular in audiobooks" since it shows some you may have heard about.

Even though audiobooks are digital files, libraries treat them like any other book, stocking limited "copies" and allowing only one person to check out each copy at any given time. So, depending on the size of your library, how popular a title is, and how many audiobooks are stocked, you may see really long wait times.

If it says borrow, tap "borrow" and you can start listening right away.

You typically have 14 days to listen to it before it expires and gets "returned" to the library for other users to check out.

That's it! You can use the same steps to download a book to your phone, too, or send off to a Kindle if you own one and link it to your account.

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