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Libby has the POWER!

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Patrons upset about Hoopla? Yeah. Are they not satisfied with the tantalizing offers of both CLP and Free Library of Philadelphia cards for Libby? Also yeah. They come with those wait times we have heard so much about. 

Well, guess what! 

POWER Library has collaborated with OverDrive to roll out a pilot project that makes Libby available for all Pennsylvanians! This is an independent, statewide collection of over 14,000 always available titles that anyone with a public library card in PA can enjoy. Patrons can have 5 items checked out at a time and have 5 holds. 

Patrons will need either a library card from their local public library or an E-Card issued by POWER Library. They can sign up here.  

Patrons can visit powerlibrary.overdrive.com or Power Library’s Libbyapp page in a browser to access the POWER Library collection, or add the POWER Library collection in the Libby app. Here’s how: 

Using a Web Browser 

  1. Select Access Now 
  1. Select Sign In 
  1. Search/select for your library. (If using an E-Card, search/select POWER Library as your library.) 
  1. Enter the requested credential(s) 
     

Using the Libby App 

  1. Select Add Library 
  1. Search for POWER Library 
  1. Enter the requested credential(s) 

More Libby for everyone! MORE!  

-Mary, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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Upcoming changes to Adobe IDs

We recently learned of a change coming soon for Adobe IDs, which are used by OverDrive users who download Adobe EPUB or Adobe PDF eBooks to read on a computer or transfer to an eReader. This change does not impact users who read eBooks in Libby, their browser, or on Kindle.

Starting this month, users who download and authorize Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) for the first time will need to create a ByteBooks ID instead of an Adobe ID. This is because Adobe’s eBook platform (including ADE) is now managed by Wipro, owner of ByteBooks. Existing ADE users will not be impacted unless they encounter an issue that requires reauthorization or want to authorize a new device.

Since Adobe eBook downloads make up a very small percentage of overall checkouts, and most existing users will not be affected, we expect the overall impact of this change to be limited. Please direct any affected users to Overdrive’s help article for additional assistance.

– Heather Auman, Western Allegheny Community Library

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I was promised a .pdf, Libby.

Have you ever been listening to an eAudiobook in Libby, and the narrator refers to a .pdf that accompanies the book? Have you also felt your frustration sink into despair when you are unable to find this promised .pdf anywhere in Libby? I’ve certainly been there.  

While it is true that neither the Libby nor the Hoopla apps support the supplementary content that would accompany the eAudio title had you purchased it on the consumer market, I am here today to show you a trick that can get you that sweet extra content that audiobook narrators dangle so tantalizingly into your ear drums. 

The trick? Why, it’s none other than acla.overdrive.com. You read that correctly. As long as the library’s by-now classic OverDrive catalog lives on, you can find, download, and savor those .pdfs!  

Remember this? It’s OverDrive’s pre-Libby online catalog.  

One more time, that’s acla.overdrive.com. Once you’ve found a title you’re interested in, you’ll see that its record states that it “includes supplementary content.” 

Not every eAudiobok will have this, but if the item does have it, it will be listed in the catalog record. After you check the item out, you will see a little paperclip in the right top corner of the Success! pop up box and also on your Loans page. That is your key to those elusive files! Clicking on it prompts you to “Read now in browser,” which will pop open a new tab with the goods.  

In this case, the extra content is a fantastic list of further reading! There are several pages you can peruse either by using the arrow keys or clicking and dragging to the next page.  

Again, not every eAudiobook contains extra content. If it does, though, it will say so at the bottom of the book’s description in Libby, and narrators often refer to it. So, it’s good to know that as long as acla.overdrive.com survives, there is a way to retrieve it! 

-Mary Phillips – Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 

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