(Cleveland, Ohio) - January 18, 2012 - 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
catalog, Content Reserve, which contains digital books in more than 50
languages, recently added popular and bestselling titles in Russian, Swedish,
Portuguese, Italian and Turkish with thousands of Spanish eBooks coming soon.
Recently signed global distribution agreements
include:
Spanish: Santillana
USA (www.santillanausa.com) offers popular adult fiction
and nonfiction, including Agua para
elefantes (Water for Elephants), Come reza ama (Eat, Pray, Love) and Conquistadora.
Plus popular children's content, such as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga. Middle and high school Spanish titles will make
learning an adventure—great for school libraries.
Russian: MintRight (www.mintright.com), the leading distributor of Russian language eBooks, has chosen
OverDrive to distribute popular and bestselling fiction and nonfiction EPUB
titles, including Stieg Larsson's The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Cecilia Ahern's P.S. I Love You. Other
notable Russian authors include Vasily Aksenov, Konstantin
Dushenko, Alexander Green, Alexander Skryagin, Vladimir Voinovich and Roman
Kartsev. Genres range from Russian folklore to modern literature. All titles
boast worldwide rights, so Russian speaking populations across the world can
enjoy.
Swedish: PubLit
(publit.se) also partnered with OverDrive recently to provide more than
500 popular fiction titles in the Swedish language, including Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, to public libraries
worldwide.
Italian: Simonelli
Editore (www.simonel.com) offers
hundreds of Italian-language works in a wide range of genres, such as
nonfiction, biography, health and fitness, reference, fiction, suspense, mystery,
thriller, historical fiction and romance. Bestselling titles include Il Corsaro Nero by Emilio Salgari, Colombe maligne by Maria Santini, and Dieci giornalisti e un editore by
Luciano Simonelli.
Portuguese: Emooby
(www.emooby.com)
is the first
publisher dedicated
to publishing
eBooks in
Portugal. Notable
titles include Derecho A La Ternura by Armando José
Sequera, La Eterna Quimera by Jesús García
Pérez, and Ser Felices Para Siempre by
Ricardo Gil Otaiza. In Content Reserve, libraries will find Portuguese-language
content in genres such as juvenile and adult literature, fiction, poetry,
fantasy, short stories, science fiction, historical fiction and suspense.
Turkish: More than 200 Turkish-language digital audiobooks are
available from SesleKitap (www.seslekitap.com). These WMA audiobooks include classic titles such as Alice Harikalar Ülkesinde (Alice in Wonderland), 80 Günde Dünya Turu (Around the World in 80 Days), and Alaaddin.
Content is also available to
libraries and schools from OverDrive in several other languages. More than 9,000 Chinese fiction, nonfiction,
lifestyle, cooking, gardening and self-improvement titles have been added to
OverDrive's broad eBook catalog. Additional languages already in the catalog
include French, German, Greek, Japanese, Ukrainian and many more.
OverDrive provides digital
distribution services for more than 18,000 libraries, retailers and schools
worldwide with support for Windows®, Mac®, iPod®, iPhone, iPad, Sony® Reader,
NOOK™, Android™ and BlackBerry®. To
find a library near you, visit http://search.overdrive.com.
About OverDrive
OverDrive is a leading multichannel digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks,
music and video. We deliver secure management, DRM protection and download
fulfillment services for hundreds of publishers and thousands of
libraries, schools and retailers, serving millions of end users. OverDrive has
been named to the EContent 100 as a company that matters most in the digital
content industry. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, OH. www.overdrive.com
Contact:
David Burleigh
OverDrive, Inc.
216-573-6886 x218
dburleigh@OverDrive.com
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