Step-by-step instructions: (Printable version)
- In a browser, go to libbyapp.com.
- Follow the prompts to find Jefferson County Public Library and sign in with your library card.
- Use the magnifying glass icon to search by title, author or keyword. Use the building icon to browse featured titles and categories.
- When you find an available title, click Borrow, then Borrow again.
- Select Open Book/Audiobook to begin reading or listening in the browser.
- To adjust e-book or audiobook settings (font size, audio speed, etc.), click on the screen and use the menu bar at the top of the page.
- To close the book, click Back. Your place is automatically bookmarked.
- Borrowed titles appear on your Shelf (stack of books icon). Click on your Shelf, and then Loans.
- If an e-book or audiobook is not available, click Place a Hold. Magazines will always be available.
Early Returns and Renewing
- Your borrowed item will automatically return at the end of the 21-day loan period.
- If you wish to return an e-book or audiobook early, click Manage Loan next to the title. Note, any e-books you selected in Kindle format can no longer be returned in Libby.
- If an e-book or audiobook does not have holds, a Renew button will be available under Manage Loans (in Libby) three days before its expiration date.
Notes:
- You may check out up to 99 e-books and/or audiobooks at a time, and have 70 e-books and/or audiobooks on hold. Magazines are always available and have no checkout limits.
- When a hold is ready, you have 3 days to borrow it, suspend it, or cancel it.
- To borrow it, click Borrow near the cover, and then Borrow again.
- To suspend the hold, click Manage Hold, then Suspend Hold. If you do nothing, your hold will be automatically suspended. Suspended holds will remain suspended until you tap Unsuspend next to the title in your list of Holds.
- To cancel the hold, select Manage Hold, then Cancel Hold.
- Read in Browser may no longer be supported on older computers.
- Printing from magazines is not currently possible.