Draft2digital is one of the largest self-publishing companies in the world and they will soon be offering another compelling reason to sign up for a free account, distributing your e-book into the Overdrive catalog. Rakuten Overdrive is the premier digital library system and they have a strong … [Read more...]
Hoopla Now Offers Digital Comics from Fantagraphics, Lion Forge and Titan
Hoopla has just expanded their digital comic portfolio for public libraries with the addition of Fantagraphics, Lion Forge and Titan Comics. This new agreement adds thousands of popular comic book titles including Doctor Who, Assassin's Creed, My Favorite Thing is Monsters, and Saved by the Bell to … [Read more...]
60 Libraries will loan out over 1 million audiobooks and ebooks in 2017
Last week Overdrive disclosed to Good e-Reader that overall circulation has grown 12% year-over-year (through June 30th) to more than 108 million checkouts for all digital media across all OverDrive libraries and schools. eBook circulation has grown 9%, and the popularity of audiobooks … [Read more...]
Overdrive experiences a 23% increase in audiobook loans
Rakuten Overdrive is the largest audiobook and e-book company that is involved in the digital library sector. They currently have a portfolio of 38,000 libraries and schools that do business with them, 2,000 of which signed up in 2017 alone. Overdrive has provided Good e-Reader with a status update … [Read more...]
Overdrive rebrands their company to Overdrive Rakuten
Overdrive is the largest company involved in the digital library sector and they were purchased by Rakuten in 2015. As part of a unified branding strategy, OverDrive has changed their corporate brand name to Rakuten OverDrive on July 1 to align with other Rakuten companies in the U.S. Hiroshi … [Read more...]
These are the most popular Canadian Books at the Library
The Vancouver Public Library has just posted the top 10 books that are most frequently checked out. The library says the data was gathered over the last 15 years, which is as far back as its computer records go. 1. The Corporation by Joel Bakan 2. Obasan by Joy Kogawa 3. Room by Emma … [Read more...]
American Library Association Partners with Google
The American Library Association has just partnered with Google for a “Ready to Code" program. The $500,000 pilot program is part of Phase III of Libraries Ready to Code, an ongoing collaboration between ALA and Google to ensure that expert library professionals are prepared to develop and deliver … [Read more...]
Millennials May Be the Salvation of Libraries
While previous studies have shown the majority of Americans cite libraries as a vital public resource in their communities, those same studies cited an alarming fact: Americans simply don't use their libraries. Fortunately, their luck is about to change. New survey results from the Pew Research … [Read more...]
Hoopla adds 15,000 HarperCollins eBooks to their catalog
Hoopla has just signed an expanded agreement with HarperCollins, which will add more than 15,000 eBooks within the next two weeks. With this content agreement, patrons of participating libraries will have access to the HarperCollins global English Language catalog of acclaimed authors – which … [Read more...]
OneClickDigital and Zinio merged into a single app – RBdigital
Recorded Books and RBmedia have just launched a new app called RBdigital, which brings together OneClickDigital and Zinio for Libraries into a singular app for Android and iOS. To make it as easy as possible for libraries to adopt the new app, Recorded Books also offers live training webinars to get … [Read more...]
Bibliotheca and 3M Cloud Library Unveil EPUB3 Support
The 3M Cloud Library and their parent company Bibliotheca are bringing ePub3 support for large graphic books. Unlike other vendors, these books are fully downloadable to be available for offline reading. This enables libraries to expand their options for their patrons – convenient digital books for … [Read more...]
Hoopla Continues to be Bullish on Audiobooks
Patrons are increasingly turning to hoopla digital for Audiobooks – in fact, 97 percent of all audiobooks on hoopla have been borrowed this year alone. Moreover, audiobooks have more than doubled their transactional volume over last year. Hoopla is one of the most disruptive companies currently … [Read more...]