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Now available: Updates for your mobile apps

February 6th, 2012 No comments

Mobile use is growing, and the updated OverDrive® Media Console™ v2.4 for Android™, BlackBerry® and Windows Phone has got new features your customers will love to use more of.

Now, users can find definitions while reading using the…

eBook Discovery and Sampling Skyrocketing at Public Libraries

January 19th, 2012 No comments

Due to the rapid expansion of device compatibility and consumer awareness, eBook discovery and online reader visits at libraries and schools worldwide experienced triple digit growth in 2011.

Key statistics for library eBooks, audiobooks and digital media from OverDrive-powered…

Interactive eBooks: The wave of the future

January 11th, 2012 No comments

eBooks have pushed so many boundaries, stretching our imaginations further than we once thought possible. From carrying around 1,000 books in our pockets to instantly downloading and reading bestsellers—even on the beach—it seems that nearly anything is possible.

Today, there…

WIN Affiliates: Buy-It-Now feature creates sell-through from public libraries

December 19th, 2011 No comments

OverDrive constantly strives to provide our publisher partners more reach to promote and sell eBook and digital content. To maximize sell-through of your content, we have created WIN Affiliates, a major enhancement for library ‘Virtual Branch’ websites in…

eBook samples now available for retail partners

November 3rd, 2011 No comments

Browsers often become customers after flipping through the pages of a title found on a display table or shelf in a brick-and-mortar book store. Now, OverDrive gives you the ability to create that same browser-to-customer transition online with eBook samples.…

Discovery and potential sell-through with the WIN Catalog

October 25th, 2011 No comments

Publishers, maximize discovery and potential sell-through for yourself and your authors. How? With the OverDrive WIN Catalog.

With the newly announced WIN Catalog, public libraries will be showcasing entire eBook catalogs, providing eBook samples and presenting links to…

Entire eBook Catalogs to be Available for Discovery, Sampling & Links to Booksellers

October 11th, 2011 No comments

While visiting the Frankfurt Book Fair, OverDrive announced WIN Catalog, a key part of OverDrive’s WIN platform enhancements for its network of 15,000 libraries worldwide. The WIN Catalog will maximize discovery and potential sell-through by providing samples and links to…

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Are you thinking mobile?

September 15th, 2011 No comments

The ways of the digital world are changing. By 2014, mobile Internet is predicted to take over desktop Internet usage. Currently, about one quarter of mobile phones are smartphones. As smartphones become more accessible and affordable,…

Publisher and retail promotional opportunities: Content Reserve

July 20th, 2011 No comments

When you login to Content Reserve, you probably notice a featured publisher, retailer, and library along the right-hand side. There are also four featured titles along the bottom, displaying each jacket, creator, publisher, and more.

OverDrive provides several…

Subscription platform offers opportunity for yearly revenue

July 14th, 2011 No comments

More than a dozen publishers, including Crabtree Publishing, Encyclopedia Brittanica, and Lonely Planet, have joined other suppliers like Disney, PBS, Blackstone Audio, and Liquid Comics in adding a subscription platform for simultaneous use (or Max Access) content to OverDrive’s publisher…