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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.

Koios can help libraries achieve higher community outreach via Google Ad Grants

Advertising happens to be one of the mainstays of the entire Google…

Libby app updated to include more language support and better compatibility

OverDrive is celebrating the official launch of several innovative new features that…
Bus Stops in Boston Have Digital Libraries

Bus Stops in Boston Now Have Digital Libraries To Get Free Ebooks

Boston City in the U.S. has rolled out digital pop-up libraries at…

Overdrive celebrating two decades of pioneering e-book and audiobook lending services

In 2003, a team of innovative librarians at Cleveland Public Library revolutionized…

Participating in the Global Book Club with a Memoir that is a Finalist for a National Book Award

During Big Library Read, the largest digital book club in the world,…

Libby reports record rise in demand for comic books from 2020 to 2023 in North America

Libby is a mobile app developed by OverDrive that allows users to…

Overdrive Max is a new program for libraries to power ebook collections

Overdrive is the largest digital distributor for public libraries and they power…

Z-Library envisages operating as a virtual library, to allow exchange of physical books via ‘Z-Points’

Z-Library boasts an extensive archive of over 12 million books and has…

Everything you need to know about the Overdrive Media Console and Libby Changes

The Overdrive Media Console or the Overdrive app for Android and iOS…

Judge’s ruling against The Internet Archive divides community

Book publishers and The Internet Archive recently faced off in court, and…

Panel examines libraries as ‘political battlegrounds’

As we reported on at the end of February, a coalition of…

Overdrive removes their app from Google Play and Apple App Store

Overdrive announced last year that they were sunsetting their main library app,…

Backlash over University’s plan to make libraries ‘all digital’

Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College are currently in…

127 Libraries loan out 1 million ebooks in 2022

Libraries all over the world are loaning out a copious number of…

A record number of ebooks were borrowed from the library in 2022

Borrowing audiobooks and ebooks from the public library is very popular in…

OverDrive hits 3 billion checkouts

Overdrive has announced that since the year 2000, they have facilitated over…

Hoopla is now providing Masterclass video content to libraries

Master Class are online tutorials that are hosted by some very famous…

For the Love of Libraries

Not all book lovers are the same. We for sure have one…

Kanopy brings video Unlimited subscription model to libraries

Kanopy is the leading streaming provider of high-quality films that matter. The…

Brooklyn Public Library suspends out of State Cards

The Brooklyn Public Library has one of the deepest digital collections of…

Libraries can now share thoughts and recommendations with Libby

Overdrive Libby has just gained new functionality for libraries to share thoughts,…

The Internet Archive fights back against major publishers

A couple of weeks ago, major publishers doubled down on their multi-year…

World’s largest computing society open sources first years of its publications

The Association for Computing Machinery or ACM has announced it is making…