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TLC, OverDrive partner to provide MARC records

The Library Corporation and OverDrive are pleased to announce an agreement that enables OverDrive customers to order high-quality TLC MARC records and cataloging services simultaneously with their digital OverDrive materials.

January 21, 2012

eBook Discovery and Sampling Skyrocketing at Public Libraries

OverDrive, the leading global distributor of eBooks and audiobooks, will release 2011 year-end statistics from its global network of 18,000 libraries and schools in 21 countries at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference in Dallas, January 20-23 (Booth 845). Due to the rapid expansion

January 19, 2012

OverDrive adds tens of thousands of non-English eBooks to library catalog

OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global digital distributor of eBooks and audiobooks to libraries and schools, has added thousands of foreign-language materials in dozens of genres to its broad catalog of more than 700,000 digital titles available across the globe. OverDrive’s online catal

January 18, 2012

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New library e-catalogs offer expanded selection

OverDrive Inc., a major e-distributor for libraries, announced Wednesday the launch of a vastly expanded list for patrons, featuring not just e-books available for lending, but hundreds of thousands of those which aren't, from older releases to foreign-language titles. Viewers can look at excerpts,

January 25, 2012

Collier County libraries turning a page to E-books and downloads

Collier County public libraries have seen a surge in the number of patrons using the OverDrive system to check out e-books and audio downloads. There has been a more than 100 percent increase in the number of those materials checked out between 2010 and 2011, according to library figures.

December 18, 2011

Canadian Library usage up 45% thanks to ebooks

Across the country, library usage is up 45 per cent over the past decade, from 16.6 to 24.1 transactions on average per capita.

November 30, 2011

Industry News

Digital to dominate by 2020

More than half of people working in the industry think sales of e-books will overtake those of their printed counterparts by the end of this decade.

October 17, 2011

'Interactive' novels link e-readers to real-world settings

October 9, 2011

Number of Americans reading e-books doubles

The number of Americans using an e-book reader has almost doubled during the last 12 months, according to a new survey.

September 21, 2011