Get Ebooks and Audiobooks

Digital books work differently than print ones. Publishers only allow libraries to lend each Ebook or Audiobook to one person at a time, so if we own 5 copies, only 5 people can read it at once. Digital licenses also cost libraries much more than print books, and they expire after a set time or number of checkouts, so popular titles have to be purchased again and again. Because our budget is limited and demand for digital books is higher than ever, we can't buy enough copies to keep up with every bestseller, which is how waitlists grow to weeks or months.

Go to Shelf > Holds, tap Manage Hold on the title, and choose how long to suspend it. This pauses your place in line without losing it. Note that once a hold is ready, you have 72 hours to borrow, suspend, or cancel it.

Our library is part of the Beehive Digital Library Consortium, a group of Utah libraries that share digital books so everyone can offer more to readers. It's a great way to stretch our budget, but it also means a title can appear available when the copy actually belongs to a partner library. Each partner sets its own rules about who can borrow its copies and how many it will share, and Libby doesn't find out until it tries to check the book out for you. If the partner's settings don't allow it, you'll see a message that the book isn't available, even though it looked ready to borrow. Your hold is still worth placing, and we'd be glad to help if you have questions.

Just like print books, digital titles are purchased one "copy" at a time, and publishers usually allow each copy to be loaned to only one person at a time. This helps make sure authors, narrators, and other creators are paid fairly for their work. Digital titles also cost the library significantly more than print books, so our budget limits how many copies we can buy, and that can mean a wait when many patrons place holds on the same title.

You can borrow up to ten titles on Libby at a time. These do not count towards the limit of 50 physical check outs at a time on your library card.

Libby lends Ebooks and Audiobooks for up to fourteen days.

In some cases, the loan period is set by the publisher and will vary from the above. When this happens, the loan period will be displayed at checkout.

Yes! As long as no one else has a hold and is waiting for them. Renewing them is only possible in the Libby app and will not work from your main Spanish Fork Library account page. You can also borrow the title again after it expires. 

You can have up to ten titles on hold in Libby. 

Yes! In fact, we encourage this when possible so that other readers can have access to the book earlier. This helps us move through our holds queue faster. 

You’re welcome to visit our Welcome Desk at the library, check out Libby’s support site, or email us at library@spanishfork.gov

Libby doesn't merge accounts, since each one is tied to a specific library card. However, we can transfer your holds from an old card to a new one for you. Just stop by the Welcome Desk with both your old and new library cards, or email library@spanishfork.gov with both card numbers, and we'll take care of it.

We have two categories of children's accounts here at the Library. A nonprimary account, given to children ages 5-8, and what we call a junior account, given to children ages 9-17. 

In Libby, the only children who can have their own account have to have a junior account. 

If you’d like to move your child to a junior account, come into the library or give us a call! We’d be more than happy to help.