Why Are My Holds Missing In Overdrive Kobo?

My library loans sync but OverDrive/Kobo reading list gaps happen often, removing book holds mid-series without warning—anyone's Libby app seeing this glitch?
2026-07-27 20:51:08
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Phono Seno
Phono Seno
Most problems with syncing books or accounts with OverDrive can be fixed by signing the reader out of the Kobo app and then signing them back in. Alternatively, the reader can check their OverDrive library and access the book from the website in the meantime. If you need something to read in the meantime, “Bound To The Alpha King” is a great werewolf romance that starts out with the female protagonist being told that she will be marrying the king, but soon finds herself fighting for her life against the court’s politics. It’s free with Kindle Unlimited so you can download and read it straight away on your app.
2026-08-01
Majed Ayyash
Majed Ayyash
This could be several things. Libraries sometimes delete holds when a title is recataloged or the metadata for a title is updated. I would recommend checking your library account on a computer to see if the hold is still there. If the hold is listed on the library’s website but not on your Kobo, this is a device sync issue. If the hold is not listed on the library’s website either, you would need to contact the digital services desk of the library and they can check their logs to see if the hold was deleted as a result of a system error.
2026-07-28
Piper
Piper
Recently I had a situation where I swapped from one device to another whilst items were on hold. They showed up on the OverDrive site in the ‘Holds’ tab, but not on my Kobo. This is a Kobo issue. I went back to the OverDrive site on my library’s website and pressed Sync on my Kobo, logged out and back on again to check my account. If all was well with the website view, I then checked the Kobo for the latest firmware. If the items weren’t showing on the OverDrive website then they would have been cancelled by the library for a number of reasons – your library card has expired, you’ve exceeded the maximum number of holds allowed for that title, the publisher has withdrawn the title from loan. As well as these reasons some libraries require you to claim hold titles within a certain time frame once they become available to borrow. If you fail to do this within the allowed time then they are automatically cancelled. I had to contact my library and OverDrive support to try and locate my missing titles. After a quick search of the hold history for each title it became clear that they had been auto-cancelling as they were merged into a copy that I’d borrowed, or because of region/license restrictions.
2026-07-29
Hazel
Hazel
I see this problem when the library has changed their policies or when I have logged in with the wrong account (occasionally). The way to solve this quickly is to check your holds list on the OverDrive website, check your library card for expiration and to see if it is blocked, and to force sync your Kobo. Holds that have vanished from the OverDrive website are typically canceled by the library for reasons such as max holds on a title, problems with the cardholder, or the publisher has pulled the book from OverDrive. Titles that are showing up on your Kobo that you cannot remove may be fixed by removing the library account from your Kobo, upgrading your Kobo’s firmware, and checking to see if the title was downloaded in a format that is not supported by your eReader. One quick email to the library support can usually yield a very prompt explanation or re-addition of the title to your Kobo. Librarians are quick to respond to these types of issues.
2026-07-29
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson
I’ve had holds disappear when my Kobo’s battery died completely and I recharged it. The holds then reappeared after I did a manual sync in the Overdrive section. I recommend always trying a sync first when you are unable to find a hold. If the holds are not restored by a sync, log into the library’s website using a computer to verify that the holds are still placed. If they are, then the problem is device-specific and you will need to sign out of your Overdrive account and then sign back in. This will force a fresh download of the data for your Kobo.
2026-07-30
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Is this symptom caused by too many holds? I read somewhere that an holds list longer than 50 titles can even make the syncing process fail, because the OverDrive-service of the device needs to check out status on all those titles one after another. Try to logon to your library account via the web, remove some old holds you don’t need anymore. Sign off your Kobo device from your OverDrive account, shut down the Kobo app, and sign back on. This will possibly lower the amount of data needed for syncing. Also try to remove as many titles as possible from your Kobo Wish List on the Kobo bookstore. (Yes, OverDrive syncing will check your wishlist too for new holds.) My guess is that this will help with general de-cluttering of data the Kobo needs to manage.
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