E-book library app OverDrive is shutting down on Could 1st

OverDrive, the service you should utilize to borrow ebooks, audiobooks and different digital media out of your native library, faculty or college, is shutting down. In a weblog put up noticed by , OverDrive it might shutter the app on Could 1st, 2023. The corporate first shared it was planning to sundown OverDrive , revealing on the time that it might delist the service from app shops in February 2022.

The shutdown represents an effort by OverDrive to maneuver the vast majority of its customers over to its newer Libby app. The 2 providers have existed alongside each other since Overdrive launched Libby in 2017, although there’s little motive to make use of the older app. Libby affords a handful of options that aren’t out there on OverDrive, together with, most notably, help for a number of library playing cards, a unified bookshelf for all of your loans and holds and Apple CarPlay help.

If you happen to use OverDrive to get pleasure from books in your e-reader, you’re most likely questioning how the shutdown will have an effect on your Kindle or Kobo. Amazon didn’t instantly reply to Engadget’s request for data on the way it plans to deal with the transition. Nevertheless, most indicators level to the shutdown being a minor inconvenience for customers who haven’t already moved to Libby. Within the US, you possibly can you discover on Libby to your Kindle gadget. Furthermore, when you’re nonetheless utilizing OverDrive, you possibly can sync your want lists to Libby. As for Kobo units, a Rakuten spokesperson stated the corporate would have extra data to share on the transition sooner or later. In both case, Engadget will replace this text as soon as there’s extra to know.