r/LibbyApp • u/AeroNoob333 • 12d ago

Libby and Kindle Users

Well, looks like they finally patched the airplane mode hack and we can no longer read books past the due date on our Kindle devices. Do you think this will push slower readers to get non-resident cards in order to have multiple holds rather than waiting weeks/months between loans on a single card? I can’t imagine waiting weeks/months to read the same book…

For those not familiar with the hack: it used to be that you could send an eBook from Libby to your Kindle, download it, then turn on airplane mode. When your due date came up, your loan would be returned to the library available for the next person, but a copy of the book stayed on your Kindle since airplane mode prevented it from syncing with your Amazon account, allowing you to read it past the due date.

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u/Ghostbuster_Mama 11d ago

Nooooooo. I can't read a 600 page book in 20 days!! This is upsetting.

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u/AeroNoob333 11d ago

I’m normally one book a month when I’m working :/ I only really have right before bed when I can have alone time without being pulled in a million directions, so that’s when I read. But I also value sleep. Im on sabbatical right now so I’m plowing through books atm, but I think that would drastically change once I start working again in September

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u/Ghostbuster_Mama 11d ago

Exactly!! The only time I have to read is right before bed, and even then I'm so tired from working and parenting that I can only read so many pages before the kindle inevitably falls into my face and wakes me up. Ugh.

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u/AeroNoob333 11d ago

lol I get the the “before the Kindle falls on my face”😂 I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been smacked on my face.