🆚 Libby vs. Project Gutenberg

Type

Ebook technology
Ebook technology

About

Libby is a mobile app and online platform that lets public library cardholders borrow ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines for free.

It supports borrowing from multiple libraries at once, offline access, and connects users to a network of over 92,000 public libraries, schools, and academic institutions worldwide.

Project Gutenberg, founded in 1971, is the oldest digital library created to digitize and archive public-domain cultural works.

It hosts over 75,000 titles, primarily older works with expired US copyright, and provides content in plain text, EPUB, and Kindle formats.

Headquarters

Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Montclair, New Jersey, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free ✔️

Categories

Ebooks › Rank #8
Ebooks › Rank #9
Audiobooks › Rank #7

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Libby ebook technology is 1.1 times more popular than Project Gutenberg.
Total websites

Market share

Ebooks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Libby is more popular in the United States and New Zealand, while Project Gutenberg is more popular in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Canada.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
New Zealand
Japan
Poland
India
Australia
El Salvador

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Libby is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, business, and public information, while Project Gutenberg is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, entertainment, and art, culture and heritage sites.
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Public Information
Entertainment
Art/Culture/Heritage
Religion/Ideology
Government/Military
Web Mail

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#20,325
#59,414
#65,498
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Name
Rank
#53,260
#112,615
#137,120
#232,814
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See also

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