Overdrive Tips: Renewing Titles

Renewing eBooks through Overdrive is a bit different than renewing physical books or other items from ICPL.   When  your loan period gets down to within 3 days, you should see an option on your "Loans" page (formerly: "Checkouts" Page).  [Note: this option does not show up on your app bookshelf.]   The link should say "request again".   See this overdrive help page on renewing titles to see what it looks like.  When you renew an ebook or audiobook, you are not extending your loan period, but essentially putting another hold on the book.  It will ask you for your email address again.  If there are no other holds, then you will get the book as soon as the load period ends.  This does not work as slick as Overdrive lets on.  You usually have to go back to your Loans page and go through the borrow and download process again.  In my own experience, if you are re-downloading the title at the same time as it expires, the app can get a little confused, but it usually sorts itself out.  It does usually remember where you left off in the book, however.   Also please note that we do not offer the "request again" or renew option from the ICPL catalog, at this time.  You can only do this from the Libraries of Johnson County Overdrive page or from within the app itself.

If this process trips you up or if  you have questions, you can all the library during open hours and we will do our best to help you out.