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Good e-Reader covers all of the latest trends with audiobooks and e-books in the public library. Find out the latest industry news from companies such as Overdrive, 3M, Baker & Taylor, Zinio.

ProQuest Works to Improve eBook Discoverability

According to the results of its own study, ProQuest, the parent company…

Baker & Taylor Releases New Mobile Version of Axis 360

Baker & Taylor is one of the world’s largest distributors of eBooks…

British Columbia Mandates Open eTextbooks for Post-Secondary Students

The Province of British Columbia is poised to be the first one…

OverDrive CEO Addresses UK Parliament on eBook Lending

The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group held an ebook summit in London…

Amazon Securing British Publishers for Lending Library Launch

Amazon is introducing the Kindle Lending Library in the United Kingdom at…

Random House Has Positive News for Libraries and Their eBooks

An article in Library Journal affirms what librarians have known but what…

Over 60 Companies Approved for Overdrive’s New Developer Tools

Overdrive is currently the largest company dedicated to supporting libraries who want…

Overdrive Media Console Now Available on the Amazon App Store

Earlier in the week, Overdrive announced that its app was available for download in…

3M, ReadersFirst Work to Make a Seamless eLending Experience

3M, one of a handful of companies that is working diligently on…

Authors Guild Lawsuit Against Universities is Thrown Out of Court

The entire saga of lawsuits against Google’s Book Scanning project may be…

3M Adopts Support for the ReadersFirst Initiative

It is not only a tagline to add separation between Overdrive and…

OverDrive Furthers Educational Reach with New General Manager

OverDrive, which powers ebook lending for over 19,000 customer libraries, announced today…

Why Libraries Need to Adopt a Paid Membership Program for Country Wide Access to eBooks

Many libraries in the USA, Canada, UK, and Australia allow patrons to…

3M Cloud Library App Hits the Nook Android Store

3M has followed Overdrive’s lead with offering a new app for the…

Exclusive: New Platform Allows Authors to Write, Publish from Libraries

Last week, GoodeReader reported on some concerns from librarians and patrons surrounding…

ebrary Partners with YBP, Boston Library Consortium

Ebook provider ebrary announced this morning that it has now added the…

Penguin eBooks Hitting New York Libraries This Month via 3M

The 3M Cloud Library Lending service is bringing Penguin ebooks back to…

ALA, AAP Meet to Address eBook Lending Challenges

Cross words were exchanged when each entity sent the other its scathing…

UK Looks to Mandate eBook Lending

In July of this year, GoodeReader reported on a special task force…

Overdrive Now Available on the Nook Tablet

Barnes and Noble has officially rolled out its first app to allow…

Macmillan Announces New eBook Lending Model for Libraries

Macmillan has announced a new pilot project that will see a limited…

Schools Benefit from Digital Bookmobile

OverDrive, one of the nation’s leading ebook lending platforms that supplies the…

The Vision Problem – Why eReaders Are Not Widely Adopted in Public Schools

The Amazon Kindle and many other e-readers continue to enjoy unbridled success…