Downloads+Streaming

eAUDIOBOOKS / eBOOKS

OverDrive
 

OverDrive, and its app Libby, offer a wide range of eBooks and eAudiobooks in all genres. Downloads work with most devices. (Magazines can also be downloaded. Details here).
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Download and borrow materials for 7 or 14 days—your choice. Borrow up to 20 items at a time. 
Hoopla

hoopla offers a wide range of eBooks, eAudiobooks, videos and music albums – available for immediate checkout or instant streaming - with no waiting lists! Read thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga series from multiple publishers—all available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  

Borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, and comics for 21 days.  Checkout limit of five hoopla items per month.  

 

MAGAZINES

OverDrive

 

 OverDrive, and its app Libby, offer access to full color, digital magazines with instant checkout so you’ll never wait! Including favorites such as The New Yorker, O, The Oprah Magazine, US Weekly, Cook’s Illustrated, and The Advocate. 
Libby Mascot Download and borrow materials for 7 or 14 days—your choice. Borrow up to 20 items at a time. 

 

MOVIES, TV & VIDEOS

Hoopla

hoopla offers a wide range of digital videos, as well as a wide range of eAudiobooks, eBooks and music available for immediate checkout or instant streaming with no holds required. 

Borrow for 72 hours.  Checkout limit of five hoopla items per month.

 

MUSIC

Hoopla

hoopla offers streaming music albums as well as a wide range of eAudiobooks, eBooks and digital videos available for immediate checkout or instant streaming with no holds required. 

Borrow music for 7 days.  Checkout limit of five hoopla items per month. 

 

HOW-TO

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Libby by OverDrive

Libby is an easy-to-use app that offers a wide range of eBooks and eAudiobooks in all genres as well as magazines.

Printer Icon Quick set-up printable instructions for Libby App.

Printer Icon Detailed instructions for Libby App.

Works with...

  • Android 
  • iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch 
  • Windows 10
  • Some Chromebooks

OverDrive

OverDrive

OverDrive offers a wide range of eBooks and eAudiobooks in all genres as well as magazines.  OverDrive works with web browsers on computers and most other devices, but does not allow for downloading.  The OverDrive app is no longer available. We recommend switching to the easy-to-use Libby app.

Printer Icon Printable instructions for Overdrive.

Works with...

  • Android 
  • iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch
  • Kindle
  • Nook 
  • Windows Phone/Windows 8 tablets
  • Windows PC
  • Mac 

Hoopla

hoopla

hoopla offers a wide range of digital videos, music albums, and eAudiobooks, available for immediate checkout or instant streaming with no holds.

Printer Icon Printable instructions for hoopla app.

Printer Icon Printable instructions for hoopla web version.

Works with...

  • Android 
  • iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch
  • Windows PC
  • Mac
  • AppleTV/Apple CarPlay
  • Kindle Fire

 

 

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Kindle IconKindle eReaders and Kindle App - Detailed Instructions

 

For additional assistance or to set up a free one-on-one training session, contact the Library’s TechKnow Lab at 716-858-7384, email techknowlab@buffalolib.org or register online at https://www.buffalolib.org/form/book-a-technology-trainer. 

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