Overdrive is the largest company in the world that facilitates the lending process of ebooks to your local library. The company announced staggering figures today, which show the copious amount of digital loans from people with e-readers and other devices. In 2011, almost 35 million ebooks were checked out by patrons belonging to their local branch, proving that library … [Read more...] about Overdrive Releases Staggering Figures on the Growth of Library eBooks
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Overdrive Experiences Tremendous Growth in 2011
Overdrive is the popular service that libraries employ to facilitate the digital lending of ebooks. They have a strong presence in North America with over 11,000 libraries and K12 schools making the bulk of their clients. Recently they branched off into other countries such as Australia and the UK. During the last year the company experienced growth in the number of … [Read more...] about Overdrive Experiences Tremendous Growth in 2011
Why the Overdrive App Needs to Be Bundled on More e-Readers
Overdrive is the most prevalent system libraries employ to facilitate the lending of ebooks. The service is found in close to 20,000 different libraries in the USA and Canada. The company has also made inroads to open up their digital service in Australia, the UK, and other markets. Many seniors and non-tech savvy people are starting to buy e-readers because the devices have … [Read more...] about Why the Overdrive App Needs to Be Bundled on More e-Readers
Libraries Experiencing Record Audio and eBook Borrowing
Libraries using the Overdrive content delivery system for patrons to checkout books are experiencing record numbers across the USA. Since 2007, the company has loaned out almost 60 million ebooks and in 2011 they have just reached the 26 million mark. Overdrive currently reaches over 17,000 libraries in the USA and K12 schools. It is really the best stocked content … [Read more...] about Libraries Experiencing Record Audio and eBook Borrowing
Video Tutorial – How to Borrow Books from the Library with the Amazon Kindle
Welcome to an exclusive Good e-Reader video tutorial on how to borrow ebooks using Overdrive to your Amazon Kindle e-Reader! We document the entire step by step process on how to search for a book and check it out using your Overdrive account! Kindle Library Lending is a new feature recently implemented and there is a fair amount of confusion on how to borrow a book. The … [Read more...] about Video Tutorial – How to Borrow Books from the Library with the Amazon Kindle
Overdrive to Announce New Changes to Its Library Lending System
Overdrive is the main platform used for lending ebooks via most libraries based in the United States and Canada. It mainly facilitates the ebook lending process between the library and the end users with electronic book readers. The company announced today that a new update entitled "Win" will seek to address many concerns made by various libraries on new enhancement features … [Read more...] about Overdrive to Announce New Changes to Its Library Lending System