OverDrive is a leading full-service digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital content. We deliver secure management, DRM protection, and download fulfillment services for
publishers,
libraries,
schools, and
retailers--serving millions of end users globally.
OverDrive currently hosts more than 650,000 premium digital titles from more than 1,000 publishers, including Random House, HarperCollins, BBC Audiobooks America, Harlequin, and Bloomsbury. Our digital distribution services are utilized by more than 15,000 libraries, schools, and colleges worldwide. For two consecutive years, 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.
OverDrive has exclusively worked with digital content since 1986. As an early leader in the industry, we began developing interactive diskette and CD-ROM products in the 1980s. As technology progressed, so did we. We moved from providing digital media in physical formats to providing digital media downloaded through the Internet.
In 2000, we launched Content Reserve, our digital marketplace that now contains over 500,000 downloadable titles from more than 1,000 publishers. In 2002, we launched our
download service for libraries, which provides eBook, audiobook, and other digital content to millions of library users. Today, OverDrive works with thousands of libraries, schools, retailers, OEMs, and publishers, providing the infrastructure for managing, protecting, and distributing digital content.
OverDrive was a founding member of the
International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Established in 2000, the IDPF promotes the development of electronic publishing applications and products that will benefit creators of content, makers of reading systems, and consumers, including the industry standard EPUB format.
For more information, visit
IDPF.org.
