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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.

Overdrive Clarifies New Hachette eBook Increase Is Only 104%

Overdrive reported last week in an email to libraries that ebooks provided…

Hachette Increases the Cost of Library eBooks by 220%

When it comes to the big six publishers, most of them don’t…

Overdrive Adds 40,000 New eBook Titles in the Last Month

Overdrive is the definitive leader in technology to facilitate digital ebook lending…

Des Moines Public Library Hooks Up with 3M for Digital eBooks

The Des Moines Public Library has just signed an agreement with the…

USA Library Invites Indie Authors to Submit eBooks

The Washington County Library System in the United States have been growing…

Bilbary Partners with Libraries for Mutual Financial Benefit

GoodeReader first covered ebook retailer startup Bilbary earlier this year, as well…

Borrowing eBooks from Canadian Libraries Is on the Rise

Canadian libraries are experiencing a boom period in lending out digital books.…

CourseSmart and Blackwell’s Form Distribution Partnership

CourseSmart is one of the industry’s largest companies that focuses on etextbooks.…

Smashwords Unveils Library Direct Catalog

Ebook distribution platform Smashwords, one of the top retailers for self-published and…

Bilbary Now Carrying Random House eBook Titles

Bilbary floats under the radar in terms of online viability for selling…

Overdrive Launches Its New Developer Portal

Overdrive is the largest company of its kind that facilitates digital ebook…

3M, Polaris Partnership Strengthens Public Libraries

GoodeReader reported this week on the announcement of new features from 3M…

Polaris and 3M Partner to Make eBook Lending Patron Friendly

3M and Polaris Library Systems announced a partnership today that will build…

ebrary Adds 9,000 New eBooks to Government Libraries

ebrary won a government contract a month ago that put it in…

Abandoned Walmart in Texas Transforms into a Giant Library

McAllen Texas found itself in the all too common situation of having…

Overdrive Celebrates 100 Million eBook Checkouts

Ovedrive, the premier content distribution system for schools and libraries, has a…

Pew Internet Study Unveils Data Concerning Library Lending

The Pew Internet and American Life Group released the findings of a…

64% of Readers Unaware They Can Borrow eBooks from the Library

Reading books on digital devices has proven to be quite popular with…

Penguin starts Pilot Program for eBook Library Lending

Penguin made waves in the eBook industry when it pulled out of…

Overdrive to launch Expanded Audiobook Functionality later this Year

Overdrive is well known as the premier eBook content distribution platform that…

3M’sTom Mercer Discusses Smashwords Partnership at BEA

3M Cloud Library was set up in the BEA Digital Zone to…

Interview with Tom Mercer of 3M on Their Cloud Library Digtal eBook System

At Book Expo America 2012 we spoke with Tom Mercer, the man…

Exclusive Interview with David Burleigh of Overdrive on Digital Library Lending at Book Expo 2012

One of the companies we were very excited to speak with at…