Just a few weeks ago, team OverDrive was exhibiting at the Javitz Center amidst the hustle and bustle of Book Expo America. Between participating in IDPF’s Digital Book 2012 and getting our books signed by Michael Ian Black, we were…

Incoming college freshman are often given their first homework assignment over the summer (gasp!) before the fall semester begins. Taking a page from the City Reads programs, many colleges are selecting a book that all…

This guest post was written by Josh Gertz, the VP of Marketing and Content Licensing for Hip Digital Media. Previously, Josh pioneered digital promotions as SVP at Neurotic Media and co-founded XACT Radio, an Internet radio network partnered…

As the demand for content in all genres and subjects rapidly grows, so too does the need for children’s and teen selectors to be aware of what’s newly available from OverDrive.  They’ve asked, and we’ve listened.  Starting this week, we will debut…

I’d really love to start this post by saying, “We’re leaving, on a midnight train to Georgia,” but that would be a lie. So instead, I will be forced to amend and butcher this classic Gladys Knight and the Pips…

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…

From OverDrive on Futurebook.net:

More customers equal more revenue, right? But how publishers find those customers is, of course, the challenge. Ultimately, reaching out through as many channels as possible allows publishers to access the widest…

One thing has been clear from the very start of our digital distribution network: Romance sells.

Titles from three Romance publishers—Harlequin, Kensington, and Dorchester—can make up more than 25 percent of total eBook sales on sites that don’t specialize in…

There’s been a lot of talk about metadata recently, how important it is for digital content and the barriers and challenges all parties in the supply chain experience with metadata. But what is it really?

• Metadata. (met·a·da·ta)
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In June OverDrive released its first White Paper, designed to share information and new data with our publisher partners and entitled, “How eBook Catalogs at Public Libraries Drive Publishers’ Book Sales and Profits.”

Documenting the growing significance of…