![]() ![]() If there aren’t any copies available, you can select “Place Hold” or “Reserve” and you will be alerted once it is available. You can read about the details here from our eBooks vendor, OverDrive. This business model assures publishers and creators that they will be paid as fairly for digital copies as they are for physical copies. The publishers require that each eBook copy is only lent to one user at a time - much like a physical book. Why do some of your eBooks have limited copies? To ensure that your notifications get through, do check your notification settings in Libby ( click here to learn how to setup or manage notifications). If you fear you may have missed a notification, check your Shelf or Holds in the Libby app. ![]() If you don't respond within 10 days, we get it, you're busy - your reservation will be cancelled. deliver later, which lets you stay next in line for up to 180 days, or.To keep the reservation, simply respond to the notification within 10 days. If you have turned off notifications in Libby's settings or if you don't have the Libby app, we will send you an email. You will receive a notification in your phone when it is your turn to borrow. To ensure that titles are delivered at the right time for you, reserved items will not be automatically borrowed. You can reserve up to 16 eBooks / audiobooks. And there are multiple sections for award winners, Oprah's book club, NYT Bestseller list, etc.If the title you wish to borrow is not available, you can reserve it free of charge by selecting the "Place Hold" option in Libby. There are different sorting options: best rated, price, bestseller, title, etc. Everything is nicely organized and broken down into categories and subcategories. One of the main strengths of the Kobe iPad app is the appearance and layout of the Kobo eBook Store. This app being so new, I think they just need some more time to get everything added. And there's no way to add non-Kobo books into the library. There's no dictionary function, highlight, notes, or search. Other features not mentioned above include table of contents, bookmarking and bookmark menu, jump to page dial, and there's a brightness adjustment dial.Īs of this point there are some features missing from the Kobo app that I'd expect to get added in the near future. There's also a separate section for recently read. Sorting options include, title, author, and recently read. The image at the very top of this page is the default layout for the Kobo iPad app, and there's also a list view as well. Adjusting screen brightness helps with this setting on. Presently there aren't any options to change text or background color, with the exception of night reading mode, with white text on a black background. In book view, there are options to alter the appearance of page turn animations and to turn on and off Kobo Styling, which usually removes spaces between paragraphs and changes text type and size. You can change the the background of the shelves and change what type of bookmarks you want, from a dead fish to a stretched out weiner dog. The Kobo iPad app allows for some customization in they way the bookshelf view appears (shown at the top of the page). An example of the smallest and largest fonts are displayed below. The Kobo iPad app has 9 different font sizes to choose from, and four font types: Georgia, Baskerville, Trebuchet, and Verdana. ![]()
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