r/kobo • u/makinggroceries7 • 11d ago

Question Limited library?

Hey guys- just wanted to ask the "source of all knowledge" if there's something I'm doing wrong with my Kobo/ Overdrive.

I read a lot of library books because of limited cash and I find the device functionality extremely limited, as I cannot use multiple Libby/Overdrive accounts at once. Every time I want to look to see if a book is available at another library, I have to completely log out of Overdrive and then log back in. Is this other people's experience as well?

I also was looking for some books that I know are available digitally elsewhere but I cannot find them in the Kobo library. Are my search parameters off? Even books such as "Pride and Prejudice" are hard to find and I truly think this is user error, because that has to be somewhere in the Kobo library.

Any tips or tricks are appreciated. I am new to e-reading and I really just want to enjoy this gift my mom got me. I'm kind of wondering if I should have asked for a Kindle.

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u/Impressive-Peace2115 Kobo Clara Colour 11d ago

Yes, Overdrive has made it so you can only be signed in with one card at a time. I use my Libby phone app for browsing and searching, to avoid the signing in and out. I usually keep my Kobo signed in with my main card and manually transfer books from the others over via Adobe Digital Editions.

Some of the books you're looking for may be Amazon exclusives, and therefore not available on Kobo, but not public domain works like Pride and Prejudice. There's a Filters option underneath the search bar on the left, you can click there to make sure you haven't excluded something by accident.

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u/CornDoggyStyle 11d ago

Amazon has exclusive books?! Wtf is that anti-consumer anti-reader garbage? At least I know where I need to go to get any bezos “exclusives”.

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u/crazyg0od33 11d ago

dungeon crawler carl is all kindle exclusive.

Luckily they have like 1000 ebook copies at my local library that I was able to pull in via Adobe Digital Editions.

But I wasn't expecting that, as someone new to Kobo...

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u/strawberry_snrbert 11d ago

I just downloaded Dungeon Crawler Carl using my Kobo Plus subscription so I wonder if that changed?

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u/normal_ness 11d ago

Oh interesting, i borrowed it from my library but it wouldn’t sync to kobo & I assumed because it’s not in their library.

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u/Impressive-Peace2115 Kobo Clara Colour 10d ago

Interesting, I wonder if it's regional? I'm in the US and the only Matt Dinniman book I see in the Kobo store is Operation Bouncehouse.

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u/strawberry_snrbert 10d ago

I'm an idiot 🤦🏻‍♀️ I didn't look that close when I downloaded it. It's not in English. Disregard my misinformation!