User Guide for Kindle E-Readers
with Libby
What is Wisconsin’s Digital Library?
Your MORE library card gives you access to Wisconsin’s Digital Library. It is a shared, statewide
collecon of e-books, audiobooks, and magazines. This digital collecon has con and
noncon tles for children, teens, and adults.
Set up your computer and Kindle e-reader to work with Libby
On your computer, not your e-reader, go to libbyapp.com. Want to use your smartphone
or tablet instead? Download the Libby, by OverDrive app in the Apple App store (iOS) or
Google Play Store (Android). Once installed, open the app.
In Libby, follow the prompts to nd your library and sign in with your library card. You will
be accessing tles from the Wisconsin Public Library Consorum.
When asked to choose a locaon, select IFLS Library System and enter your library card
number.
How borrowing works
A MORE library card or e-card is required.
E-books, audiobooks, and magazines circulate like other library materials. The library owns
a copy (or copies) of each tle and they are checked out to one borrower at a me.
If a tle is available, you can check it out right away.
If a tle is checked out, you can place it on hold.
You can choose how long you check out a tle: 7, 14, or 21 days. The tle automacally
expires aer the lending period is complete.
If you prefer, you can return an item earlier than the due date.
You may have up to 10 tles checked out at a me and 10 holds pending at a me.
What Kindle e-readers work with Libby?
Kindle (newer generaon), Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Oasis, Kindle Voyage.
Do you have a Kindle Fire? Refer to the Kindle Fire User Guide.
Do have an older e-reader? Refer to the Older E-Reader User Guide.
Navigang in Libby
Use these tools to move around in the app, and manage your tles.
In the Footer:
Click to search for a specic author or tle.
Click to open the library collecon you were most recently browsing.
Click to open the menu.
Click to see your loans, holds, and tags.
Click to see your meline.
Finding tles and ltering the results
Browsing – Click in the footer to explore the collecon.
Searching – Click in the footer to do basic author and tle searches. To run an advanced
search, click > . This lets you search by subject, format, date added, and more.
Using “Preferences” and “Rene” to lter your results
Aer you complete a search, you can click “Preferences” to lter your search results to
provide only the content you want to see. This will apply to all future browsing and search
results unl you change your preferences again.
To sort or lter a specic list or search results, use the “Rene” opon. This will
temporarily override your preferences. The most important “Rene” tool is “Availability.”
Click this to change the results from “Everything” to “Available Now.”
In the Libby Girl Menu
Click “Manage Nocaons” to change your nocaon sengs. Once set up, in-app
(“menu badge”) nocaons appear at the top of the menu.
Click a library to browse their collecon. Your library is Wisconsin Public Library
Consorum.
Click “See Library Cards” to see your library cards, see loan and hold limits, rename cards,
add cards, and remove cards.
Click “Read Books With…” to choose where you read your books (Kindle or Libby).
Click “Get Some Help” to suggest an idea, search for answers to your quesons, and nd
soluons to common problems.
Borrowing tles
First, change your reading preference for e-books to Kindle. This is dierent from seng
your search preference noted on the previous page.
Go to > Read Book With...
Select “Kindle.”
When you nd a tle, click the book cover. This takes you to the tle’s details page and a
link to read or listen to a sample of the book.
Click “Borrow.”
Choose your loan period by clicking the underlined loan period. It
will default to this selecon next me. If desired, select a new loan
period. Now tap “Borrow” again.
Click “Read With Kindle.”
A new tab will open in your browser, taking you to your Amazon
account. Sign in, if necessary.
Click the “Get Library Book” buon. Make sure the name of your Kindle is selected. This
delivers the e-book to your Kindle e-reader.
Turn on your Kindle e-reader and connect to your Wi-Fi. The tle should appear. If it does
not, you may need to go to your Kindle e-reader tools and tap “Sync My Kindle.”
Reading tles
Tap the cover of the downloaded book in your Kindle e-reader to open.
You should be able to access reading tools on a Kindle e-reader by tapping in the upper
third of the screen (adjust font size, margins, and spacing, as well as jump to chapters).
Placing holds
You can place an item on hold if it is checked out.
Click the book cover to open the details page.
Click “Place Hold.” Libby will tell you how long you may have to wait to borrow the tle. If
you nd the wait me acceptable, tap “Place Hold!”
The view will show you all your holds and tools to suspend or cancel your holds.
Checking out holds
When a hold becomes available, you only have three days to act on it. Libby recommends
seng up push nocaons on your device. To manage push nocaons, click the Libby
girl icon. Select “Manage Nocaons.” Select how you want to be noed.
Once noed, nd your waing hold in the view under holds. Click “Borrow.”
If you’re not ready to borrow it, you can have it delivered later. Delivering a hold later
keeps you at the front of the wait list, but passes the current copy to the next person in
line. Go to > holds. Click “Deliver Later.” Use the slider to pick a “deliver aer” date.
Returning Kindle e-reader books early
Your tle will return itself on its due date. You can also return it early.
Go to > loans. Click “Manage Loan” located next to the book cover.
Click “Return Early,” then “Return.”
To remove the book from your Kindle, press and hold your nger on the book cover. A
menu should appear that will allow you to “Delete this tle” or “Delete this leer.” If your
Kindle is older, there may be other methods to remove the tle.
Renewing tles
You can renew a tle a few days before its due date.
Go to > loans. Click “Manage Loan.” Click “Renew Loan,” then “Renew.”
There are a few reasons why you might be unable to renew a tle:
Someone else has the tle on hold. In this case, you’ll see a “Place Hold” buon (instead of
“Renew”), which means you need to wait to borrow it again.
It’s too early to renew the book. Libby will tell you how much longer you need to wait
before you can renew it.
The tle may have expired or been manually removed from the library’s catalog.
Need more help? Ask Libby or your library
For help within the app, tap the Libby girl icon. Under Help & Support, tap “Get Some
Help.”
Call the library at 715-839-5004, chat with us online, or email us at
librarian@eauclaire.lib.wi.us
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