CloudLibrary

Name: CloudLibrary
Rating: 4.6 (8870 reviews)
Author: OCLC

browse, borrow and enjoy

Free

8.9K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Books
Developer

OCLC
Language

EN
+ 19 More
Size

166.6
MB

A must-have app for library users! Easily borrow physical items using your mobile device, receive reminders, manage receipts and discover new digital content all within the CloudLibrary app! Extremely intuitive, all it takes is a library card to login and get started! Designed for an enjoyable experience, users can benefit from many new features, depending on their library’s subscription. - Easily accessible library card, which conveniently displays when you’re near the library - Switch accounts with ease and manage multiple library cards from one mobile device - Download and enjoy free eBooks and Audiobooks - Keep track of your physical and digital library activity in one place - Receive helpful receipts, due-date reminders and packable checklists - Visible push notifications alert when hold items are available - View upcoming library events and programs - Checkout print items at your library using your mobile device - Fun and loveable customizations include Themes, Avatars and Nicknames For libraries that have a subscription to offer eBooks and Audiobooks: - Customize your homepage bookshelves to display your preferred genres - Simple interface makes browsing and saving titles a breeze - Filter content by format, availability and language to display exactly what you are looking for - Mark titles as favorites or read to help with literary conversations with friends - Sync digital content across multiple devices to easily pick up where you left off - View current books, full reading history, items on hold and saved titles in one place - Sort titles by name or author to easily find what you’re looking for - Receive reading recommendations or view additional titles by author or series - Select font size, margins and background colors to create your preferred reading experience - Search eBooks for a particular phrase to get back to that one spot you wanted to reference - Bookmark pages and add notes if needed - Return titles early when you’re finished and make available for other readers Elevate your library experience today with the CloudLibrary app!

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

8.9K Ratings

Great app, big problem.
15/01/2023

TAP11
I’ve rated this app as 4 stars. It is a great app, especially as I’m linked to he Melbourne City library with a huge range of books available. Most of the app is great. However I give it only 2-3 each time I return to my book. It usually logs me into a blank page and I cannot see where I am up to with out closing the book and reopening it. Frustrating. I also have an issue with page turns at times. It too easily skips much of a chapter and starts a new one. I’ve had the frustration of seeming plot errors, only to find I’ve missed many pages in a chapter. My other issue is that I cannot find a way to contact the company responsible, either in the app or online. So the above is my feedback - I’d prefer to give it privately. Looking forward to updating my revie to a solid 5 stars when these issues are fixed.
Great app, big problem.
15/01/2023

TAP11

I’ve rated this app as 4 stars. It is a great app, especially as I’m linked to he Melbourne City library with a huge range of books available. Most of the app is great. However I give it only 2-3 each time I return to my book. It usually logs me into a blank page and I cannot see where I am up to with out closing the book and reopening it. Frustrating. I also have an issue with page turns at times. It too easily skips much of a chapter and starts a new one. I’ve had the frustration of seeming plot errors, only to find I’ve missed many pages in a chapter. My other issue is that I cannot find a way to contact the company responsible, either in the app or online. So the above is my feedback - I’d prefer to give it privately. Looking forward to updating my revie to a solid 5 stars when these issues are fixed.
Best library ereader, but ...
08/11/2019

Pters2
V4.5.18 (August 2019?] seems to be vastly improved. I've just realised it's been a while since I hated it, so I've increased my rating from 3 to 4 stars. It's now my favourite ereader, but it's still clunky at times. I had many gripes when I first started using this app, but only minor ones now.There is NO DIRECT SUPPORT option within this app. Help requests are directed to your local library, which is near pointless if you want to report a bug. This might be why it's so buggy. If you want to report bugs, try the contact page of the bibliotheca website.Page syncing across devices is still hit and miss. It's fairly reliable if you close the book on one device and then wait a few seconds before closing the app before opening it on another device. It's worth leaving a bookmark before closing it too.It's the only library ebook app I know of that directly supports copying of text, and you can also highlight text and add notes. Tapping and holding to select text, oddly, often doesn’t work on particular words, especially italic text, and often parts of some words are unselectable. The workaround is to select another word, then drag the selection limits, using the odd but precise crosshairs thing that pops up if you start dragging quickly enough
Best library ereader, but ...
08/11/2019

Pters2

V4.5.18 (August 2019?] seems to be vastly improved. I've just realised it's been a while since I hated it, so I've increased my rating from 3 to 4 stars. It's now my favourite ereader, but it's still clunky at times. I had many gripes when I first started using this app, but only minor ones now.There is NO DIRECT SUPPORT option within this app. Help requests are directed to your local library, which is near pointless if you want to report a bug. This might be why it's so buggy. If you want to report bugs, try the contact page of the bibliotheca website.Page syncing across devices is still hit and miss. It's fairly reliable if you close the book on one device and then wait a few seconds before closing the app before opening it on another device. It's worth leaving a bookmark before closing it too.It's the only library ebook app I know of that directly supports copying of text, and you can also highlight text and add notes. Tapping and holding to select text, oddly, often doesn’t work on particular words, especially italic text, and often parts of some words are unselectable. The workaround is to select another word, then drag the selection limits, using the odd but precise crosshairs thing that pops up if you start dragging quickly enough
Cloud library review
02/08/2024

fangie53
Cloud library is a truly great resource. It’s unfortunate that many ebook searches for titles and authors result in the item being not listed but I expect availability is always increasing. It is great to be able to put on hold books that are out on loan and get on with another available book whilst waiting. Reasonably often there are technical issues that result in returning to the beginning of the chapter rather than at the exact page where I’d left off reading. This is the only real problem I find with the app. Otherwise I couldn’t be happier with the library.
Cloud library review
02/08/2024

fangie53

Cloud library is a truly great resource. It’s unfortunate that many ebook searches for titles and authors result in the item being not listed but I expect availability is always increasing. It is great to be able to put on hold books that are out on loan and get on with another available book whilst waiting. Reasonably often there are technical issues that result in returning to the beginning of the chapter rather than at the exact page where I’d left off reading. This is the only real problem I find with the app. Otherwise I couldn’t be happier with the library.
Useable but not quite there
03/09/2018

Thrilled!
I downloaded this app recently and while it is useable for reading library books, the performance isn't great for a relatively modern application. When opening the app, it takes some time for the books to become 'active'. Following that it also takes a while to load a book after tapping it. I've learned to be patient while this happens, but there should at least be some feedback to help users visualise the loading time. Also, I wish the app icon was redesigned to something more classy and the button interface within the app designed with vector graphics rather than raster graphics.
Useable but not quite there
03/09/2018

Thrilled!

I downloaded this app recently and while it is useable for reading library books, the performance isn't great for a relatively modern application. When opening the app, it takes some time for the books to become 'active'. Following that it also takes a while to load a book after tapping it. I've learned to be patient while this happens, but there should at least be some feedback to help users visualise the loading time. Also, I wish the app icon was redesigned to something more classy and the button interface within the app designed with vector graphics rather than raster graphics.

This release is dedicated to all of the bugs that were squashed during this development cycle.

Version 5.13.1

12 Dec

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