Overdrive is the main company libraries use in the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK in order to download books. There has been some negative sentiment lately due to the fact that Penguin is pulling all new titles from the company because they feel giving the books away undervalues the authors work. Overdrive does have a number of major companies still supporting ebook lending … [Read more...] about Overdrive Unleashing New Initiatives in eBook Lending
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Penguin Severs ties with OverDrive and Strikes a Blow to Ebook Lending
GoodEReader reported last month that the American Library Association had asked for and gotten meetings with three of the Big Six publishers to discuss moving forward with ebook lending. In an era where public libraries are trying to meet the digital needs of their patrons, it seems that obstacles keep cropping up for the ALA. Today, Penguin spurned the ALA’s hopes for that … [Read more...] about Penguin Severs ties with OverDrive and Strikes a Blow to Ebook Lending
Overdrive Media Console Upgraded
Overdrive has just updated their official application for Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 today. The company is becoming more focused on mobile devices since in the last quarter the number of users checking out audiobooks and ebooks has increased by over 33%. The new version of the application is 2.4 and it brings a few new features to the Media Console app that is … [Read more...] about Overdrive Media Console Upgraded
OverDrive and the Work of Ebook Lending
Steve Potash, CEO of OverDrive, was in attendance at the Digital Book World conference this year and spent a few minutes with GoodEReader discussing the current state of ebook lending from public libraries. Potash and OverDrive were fresh from the ALA Midwinter Conference in Dallas, Texas, where the American Library Association made some startling but timely moves in working … [Read more...] about OverDrive and the Work of Ebook Lending
Overdrive Releases Staggering Figures on the Growth of Library eBooks
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
The Top 10 Most Borrowed eBooks from the Library in 2011
Many people are rediscovering their local libraries in the digital era with their trusty e-readers. eBooks continue to be a resounding success and libraries in the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK are seeing record loans of digital books. Overdrive is the leading provider of ebooks and runs a content distribution system that many libraries dig because of its ease of use. … [Read more...] about The Top 10 Most Borrowed eBooks from the Library in 2011
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
Is OverDrive Deceiving Its Libraries?
GoodEReader.com came across a blog post from a highly displeased librarian who discovered that OverDrive does not make the same ebooks possible to all of its 15,000 libraries. Not even that they are charging different prices or placing restrictions on some libraries for being public school libraries (ie, for children) versus city-wide public libraries. No, not all libraries who … [Read more...] about Is OverDrive Deceiving Its Libraries?
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
Random House Is Last Big Six Publisher On Board With Ebook Lending
This week, GoodEReader has been covering the ongoing tribulations of OverDrive, the ebook lending service to public libraries. OverDrive, which provides a full catalog of ebooks for public and school libraries to lend their patrons to over 15,000 libraries, was stunned this week when Penguin Group demanded that all of their titles be pulled from OverDrive’s catalog, claiming … [Read more...] about Random House Is Last Big Six Publisher On Board With Ebook Lending