This indicates you installed the script incorrectly. local/bin/overdrive: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'. Let's hang out there? Instructionsįirst, install the script and make it executable: R/audiobooks seems like a nice community. I'm going to enjoy OverDrive while it lasts, and move on when it doesn't. If I find a good solution, I'll link to it from this README.If/when OverDrive fully shuts down, I'll be on the hunt for another way to consume audiobooks from my local public library ( ❤️) in a format that fits my lifestyle.I too am a user of this script, and I too regret the forced migration to Libby.This project has no interest in circumventing DRM or aiding others to circumvent DRM.This repo is not called libby and will not be retrofitted to accommodate Libby (if that's even possible).That and I've been getting more issues/notes about it, The legacy OverDrive app is being discontinued in early 2023. To help your library welcome more users to Libby, So 🤞 they keep that up for years to come.īut lately it does sound like they're getting more serious They've been threatening to shut it down for what seems like years, odm file for a loan from your library's website. Then adding various hurdles around accessing the. odm flow for a while now,įirst removing their OverDrive app from all app stores, OverDrive has been making it harder to use the. On Libby and the impending demise of OverDrive 🤪

odm files from your library! But if you do want to worry about it sooner rather than later, you can expand this.

You don't have to worry about this as long as you can download.

This script will stop working when OverDrive finally decides to stop supporting the 'classic' OverDrive app. Leaving Catalina (10.15), Big Sur (11), and Monterey (12) users with no choice but to find a third-party option, Then they stopped supporting macOS altogether after Mojave (10.14), Their 'OverDrive Media Console' application for macOS is pretty simple,Īnd downloads the audio content files locally, just like the app. Way to go, Rakuten / OverDrive, fight the man! OverDrive is great and distributes DRM-free MP3s instead of some fragile DRM-ridden format, which is awesome.

Overdrive audiobooks