What libraries do yall have Overdrive / Libby accounts for?
I have Broward County and Harris County even though I don't live in Florida or Texas. I just signed up online and they didn't check shyt. I had San Jose Cali but they kicked me off. Also got my own Genesee District account and my mom's Flint Public Library account.
dang, looks like they patched most of it up last year ever since reddit found out about it, and contactless approval is back to in-person pick up
otherwise, here's this list for residents in-state who can apply
wiki.mobileread.com
maybe it's my sample size, but a lot of the cities that practice NIMBY for the library hubs that are white flight destinations have lesser the choices in what knowledge books that you can obtain. I remember group-sharing library accounts with some friends in other states (we can probably do that here for the people who are down) just to check out what they had but it's tedious to log on and remember different branches of overdrive and having to juggle different library card logins, just to check who has it...also, once you find out the library card's number pattern, you can go down the line of next numbers until you find someone whose pin is default the last 4 digits of the card or the same as that library's zip code
also, most of the library's selection for large city hubs always have the latest novel or some sassy autobiography because of how many basic karens requesting it but none of your requests ever get fulfilled or get drowned out by everyone else...you're better off getting a library card where the city has good funding and the state itself is decently educated at around 100 IQ but the residents themselves don't go out their way to pick up a book after schooling, unless it's the latest conspiracy craze to investigate, and those are the best spots to get your requests in and not be 25th on the waitlist, if the librarians themselves aren't some 3rd generation daughter of the confederacy trying to still censor racism and what they deem as 'alternative history bunk'
they made it harder to request books, and it's roundabout where you have to download the libby app when you could have requested it on overdrive directly pre-pandemic
obviously, there's
Audiobooks Online Download, Free Unabridged Audiobook Torrent on AudioBook Bay (ABB), MAM, and torrents
