A company spokesman promised to “share your comments with our team and let you know if we have anything new that we can announce!” Lack of boldface is clearly outside the spirit of these laws and perhaps even the letter. Supposedly libraries and other public organizations are to follow accessibility laws. The omission of all-text bold is unacceptable. Believe me, however, in real life, that will not be the case for me and millions of others with contrast-sensitivity issues. The screenshot below makes the type look sufficiently bold. But like at least one other cloud-based app from OverDrive, Libby lacks it. In the traditional OverDrive library app you could summon up boldface fonts, so useful to older library users as well as certain K-12 kids with special needs. Unfortunately, however, like other cloud-based OverDrive apps, this one lacks full accessibility. What’s more, if you hold cards from multiple libraries, you can easily scoot back and forth between institutions, and Libby even allow for different cardholders within the same family.Īlso, Libby is a nice way to search for titles that you can then read in on a Kobo Aura One, made by OverDrive’s corporate cousin. But that aside, I really like the aesthetics and the general interface of this app for iOS and Android. Nice job! I’d appreciate a more text-oriented option for the times when I just want to find a book-not worry about the view along the way. You name your library, type in your library card number and go through a few other simple steps, once you’re past the opening screen. But it lacks all-text boldface and some other typographical amenities that many library users would appreciate.

Libby, OverDrive’s new app for ebooks and audiobooks, is a breeze to use on the whole.

Libby book app