Posted by Anne M on Monday, Jan 30, 2023
Attention, OverDrive app users!
At the end of April 2023, OverDrive will discontinue the OverDrive app. It is time to switch to Libby, OverDrive's newer app to browse, check out, and enjoy the Iowa City Public Library's eBooks, audiobooks, and digital magazine collection. All of your loans, holds, and wish list items will carry over to Libby when you make the switch.
Give Libby a try!
Libby has some pretty nice features, including:
- A central bookshelf for all loans and holds
- Tags to categorize books however you'd like--you can even sync your OverDrive wish list into a tag
- Compatability with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
- Available in multiple languages.
- Customizable notifications for ready holds, new magazine issues, and more
Learn more about why OverDrive is making the switch and how to get started with Libby here: https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/switchtolibby
No app? No problem.
If Libby isn't for you, you can always use your web browser to read eBooks and magazines or listen to audiobooks. You can login to your account through icpl.overdrive.com, check out a title, and choose "Read now in browser." Click here for more information on OverDrive Read.
Libby also has a web browser format. It has all the same great features as the app. Click here to access Libby for your browser.
Don't forget our other digital collections!
Find more eBooks and audiobooks, as well as movies, tv, comics, and music with hoopla.
Kanopy offers great documentaries, international films, classic movies, and more.
Missed a library program? Find them here with our own video streaming site: The Library Channel.
Enjoy your favorite local artists on our Local Music Project.
And of course, our online resources. From crafts to local history to Consumer Reports to your next read, find everything you need at ICPL.
It has been 8 years since the last installment of Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy and "The Mirror and the Light" was well worth the wait. Beautiful written and rich in detail and character, Mantel's writing is absorbing. For fans of audiobooks, Ben Miles provides a fantastic reading. In anticipation for this book, I immersed myself in the world of Thomas Cromwell, rereading "Wolf Hall" and "Bring up the Bodies" by listening to the audiobooks. I missed so much from the first reading, I was glad I did. Now I'm a little sad to leave the Tudor court. Unlike most of the people in Henry VIII's circle, I'm just happy I get to do so by choice. -Anne M