Yesterday, we released the 2010 stats from libraries and schools in the OverDrive network. When I was gathering the information, one number stood out: eBook checkouts at libraries and schools were up 200% in 2010. After the surge in Christmas traffic on ‘Virtual Branch’ websites, it’s clear that libraries and schools have become a significant source for eBooks.
The boom doesn’t stop with eBooks, though. Audiobook checkouts were also up 52% and 6.6 billion minutes of spoken word audio were downloaded in 2010. Overall, more than 15 million eBook, audiobook, music, and video titles were downloaded from libraries and schools worldwide.
One million new library customers and students signed on to to access free eBooks, audiobooks, and more from ‘Virtual Branch’ websites, last year. Those users had thousands of digital titles to choose from, but The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Eat, Pray, Love were the Most Downloaded Adult Fiction and Nonfiction books of 2010, respectively, in both eBook and audiobook formats. You can find all the Most Downloaded Adult Fiction and Nonfiction titles, as well as additional stats in the full press release.
Now exclusively on the Digital Library Blog, here are the Most Downloaded Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction titles of 2010:
Most Downloaded eBooks from the Library – Juvenile Fiction (2010)
- Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- New Moon, Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- The Angel Experiment, James Patterson, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Most Downloaded eBooks from the Library – Juvenile Nonfiction (2010)
- Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, Penguin USA, Inc.
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan, Penguin USA, Inc.
- 1,001 Facts About Dinosaurs, Neil Clark, Dorling Kindersley Limited
- Justin Bieber, Justin Bieber, HarperCollins
- Of Thee I Sing, Barack Obama, Random House Children’s Books
Most Downloaded Audiobooks from the Library – Juvenile Fiction (2010)
- Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer, Listening Library
- Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, Listening Library
- Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer, Listening Library
- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Audio
- The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan, Listening Library
Most Downloaded Audiobooks from the Library – Juvenile Nonfiction (2010)
- Night, Elie Wiesel, Audio Bookshelf,LLC
- Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
- Blizzard!, Jim Murphy, Audio Bookshelf,LLC
- VocabuLearn® Spanish Word Booster, Penton Overseas, Inc.
- Hear-Say® Spanish, Donald S. Rivera, Penton Overseas, Inc.
Dan Stasiewski is a marketing associate for OverDrive.
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