Thousands of Libraries Worldwide Participating in Pilot Program Cleveland, May 16, 2013 – Today, more than 7,500 libraries around the world are participating in the Big Library Read, a two-week pilot program launched yesterday that enables millions of library patrons to simultaneously access and read a single eBook title until June 1, 2013. The selected… Read more »
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OverDrive Announces Availability of Hachette Book Group eBooks
Bestselling Hachette Book Group titles will be available for library and school lending via OverDrive Cleveland—May 1, 2013—Hachette Book Group, one of the largest and most successful publishers in the world, will make its entire digital catalog of more than 5,000 eBooks available to libraries and schools via OverDrive. Beginning May 8, loyal readers at… Read more »
OverDrive Announces Opening of World Headquarters
Global distributor of eBooks to libraries, schools & booksellers unveils Blue Sky Campus in Cleveland Cleveland—April 9, 2013—OverDrive, the leading distributor of eBooks and audiobooks to libraries, schools and booksellers, will celebrate the grand opening of its Blue Sky Campus and World Headquarters tomorrow with a special event for partners, vendors and members of the… Read more »
Top eBook Lenders Selected as OverDrive Library Leaders
OverDrive announced Library eBook Leaders for 2012, recognizing the libraries achieving the greatest growth and exposure for their eBook and audiobook catalogs. (Good E Reader) Read more »
School District 146 Incorporating E-Library System
Chicago’s School District 146 Board of Education approved the purchase of the OverDrive school eBook platform with the belief that all students will strongly benefit from this new 24-hour access, online system. (Chicago Tribune) Read more »
OverDrive Announces Library eBook Leaders for 2012
Libraries in the U.S., Canada and Australia lead with campaigns for discovery of eBooks and authors Cleveland—March 13, 2013—Today OverDrive released data highlighting the libraries and schools within its worldwide network achieving the greatest growth and exposure for their eBook and audiobook catalogs. During 2012, hundreds of millions of online visitors turned to their libraries’… Read more »
Overdrive Launches Free eBook Trial for Schools
The company is launching a new pilot program that will allow schools to try the system for free and see if it will be a good fit for the staff and student body alike (Good E Reader). Read more »
Digital Bookmobile Kicks Off 2013 School and Library Tour
Traveling exhibit showcases growing popularity of school and library eBooks and audiobooks (Los Angeles, Calif.)—February 6, 2013—The 2013 Digital Bookmobile North American Tour launches today at California’s Ventura County Library. Sponsored by OverDrive—the leading provider of eBook-lending platforms to schools and libraries—the Digital Bookmobile is beginning its sixth year of raising awareness for digital collections… Read more »
Reading on the Nintendo WiiU
A post on the OverDrive blog yesterday reminded me that you don’t actually need an “app” to read ebooks anymore; there are any number of ways to read ebooks in web browsers (The Digital Reader). Read more »
Macmillan Launching Library eBook Pilot with OverDrive
Bestselling Macmillan titles will be available for library lending via OverDrive (Cleveland, OH) – January 25, 2013 – Macmillan Publishers, one of the largest and best-known international publishing groups, announced today an agreement to make a collection of popular eBooks available to libraries via OverDrive before the end of the first quarter. Under the pilot… Read more »
