How to get ALL ebooks & audiobooks free - even if your library sucks!

You don't even understand how much you helped me. I am a farm worker with a tight budget. My work season will start pretty soon. So, I'm gonna commute around several counties...so, I'm gonna get me all these library cards!

Thank you! Bonus tip: once you send a library book to your kindle, it'll stay on your kindle even after your loan has ended as long as you stay on airplane mode. That means you can take longer than 3 weeks to finish the book if you need, and it also means you can "return" the book on libby as soon as you get it and let the next person access it. It's a nice pay it forward, especially if it's a new/ sought after book. You'll of course lose the book as soon as you turn off airplane mode to receive a new book so this takes some strategizing but it helps if your luck is like mine and 4 of your holds are ready at the same time.

I’ve told people about this all the time. You can also get the app on your phone and use your car’s blue tooth to listen to a book while you drive as well. People insist they have to own the book. At this point I’ve given so many books to my library….I need the space at home.

I’m grateful I live in the DMV area. Two huge and two medium sized library systems, plus Library of Congress benefits. Glad you were able to share a system that lets people use it even if it costs a little.

Fantastic info! LOVE the Library Extension tip!❤

Thanks Matt for bringing Hoolpa to my attention. It's going to be nice to be able to bypass my library's wait times in Libby if need be. I usually like to have hard copies of my books but I'm an incredibly slow reader and using Libby to listen to audiobooks on my commute greatly helps my reading speed. But there are times where there is a wait time for the audiobook and my reading speed returns to it's old sluggish self.

Thank you matt!! This will help my budgeting and overall stress so much!!

This was highly informative - thanks for the tips! My local library has meager digital offerings - especially on audio - but I'll have to try some of these tricks. Thanks!

That extension is amazing! I didn't even know of the other websites my library has that has more options instead of just libby.

Hands down one of the most useful YT vids on Kindle/eReader use I have found to date. Thank you for this. Also note, that the Library Extension is available for Edge and Firefox too. Really glad I know about it, thanks to you, Matt! As a fellow CA resident, and thanks to your excellent advice, I will be doing a library quest this weekend driving through the LA/San Diego area and stopping at one library for each major library system and collecting cards from each to put into Libby and Library Extension. Already have three but should be at double digits after this quest!

Matt, thank you! This was so informative. I’ve been so frustrated with my library’s digital offerings. This will be a complete game changer for me. I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge with the rest of us!

Thanks for bringing the library chrome extension to my attention. Use my local libraries all the time but did not know about that. Much easier!!

I have a Los Angeles public library card and it has so many books on libby and hoopla! I feel like that's a flex

Really useful and valuable video, the channel is doing great things!

I'm from a Michigan Library and A TON of Michigan Library collectives are partnered through Libby. You can use your home library card to log into about 10 other catalogs (around 100 or so Libraries). They recently updated it where it'll show all your saved libraries and if that book is available in any of them, regardless of which one you're searching. It doesn't actively tell you this, so ask your Librarian about it! (Or you can ask me, I dont mind)

Libby is my favourite app ever! This is a great video!

Well done covering this, Matt. Like you, I go through a ton of audiobooks a year this way. I don't have quite as many library cards as you, but I have definitely saved hundreds if not thousands using my library (or more accurately libraries). Thanks for pointing out that chrome extension. I didn't know about it and it should save me a lot of time! A couple of other things I'd like to add having used Libby and Hoopla over the years. I have heard that the send to kindle feature doesn't quite work the same when you're not in the US, but I could be wrong. Most libraries welcome requests from their patrons and they generally have a budget set aside for purchasing digital titles every quarter or so. So don't forget to request titles! Out of the dozen titles I've requested I've only had one or two rejected because of budget restraints. Remember audiobooks cost them a lot more so if it's a lesser known title requesting the ebook might workout better. You do generally have to wait longer this way (especially if someone else jumps on checking it out before you get to it). A tip for ebook readers who don't read super fast, if you put your kindle into airplane mode after getting a library book, you can keep reading the book forever until you turn off airplane mode even if you return the book on Libby or your loan expires. This came in super handy when I was reading Deadhouse Gates, since it took me like 5 weeks to read instead of the given 3. Final thought, I really wish Hoopla had the kindle/e-reader integration that Libby has since they also carry lots of ebooks and graphic novels, but it's really only useful if you read on an iPad since you have to use the hoopla app.

I love Libby! But these other tips were incredible! These will save me a ton of time and $$$!!! Thank you Matt!

This is awesome to know! Thanks so much for sharing.

Most helpful booktuber video ever! Thank you!