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WIN Catalog enhances libraries’ role as connecting point to more content

October 11th, 2011 6 comments

Today we announced the innovative WIN Catalog, OverDrive’s latest in the series of WIN initiatives to streamline user experience and provide more access to more content. The WIN Catalog will be mutually beneficial to libraries and users, as well as…

eBook samples give customers instant access to content

September 27th, 2011 3 comments

How many times have you seen your patrons check out twenty plus books at a time from your library? More than likely, those readers don’t read every book in the three-week lending period. Chances are they are simply sampling most…

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How to get library eBooks on the Amazon® Kindle

September 22nd, 2011 51 comments

The library world is atwitter (literally a tweet per second!) about library eBook lending on the Kindle for public and school libraries in the US. For details, check out our blog post from yesterday.

You asked, and now…

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Library eBooks now available for Amazon® Kindle

September 21st, 2011 77 comments

OverDrive is pleased to announce that Amazon® Kindle compatibility with your U.S. public or school library’s eBook collection is here.  See the press release.  This update, which is included at no additional cost to OverDrive partner libraries, allows…

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Project Gutenberg titles now available for Canadian libraries

August 11th, 2011 1 comment

The wait for Canadians who love the classics is finally over! More than 23,000 eBook titles are now available for free (free!) through Project Gutenberg. Canadian libraries powered by OverDrive can access these public domain titles, and best of all,…

Mobile sites now remember your library card number on your device

July 21st, 2011 21 comments

The days of having to dig your library card out when you’re trying to download an eBook at the doctor’s office (or park, or airport terminal, or a bar mitzvah) are over. With the latest update to OverDrive-powered…

Hot title: ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME by Beth Harbison

July 18th, 2011 No comments

We all remember our first love, but what happens when you realize that your first love has become the one who got away? As a teen, Erin Edwards fell deeply in love and lust with Nate Lawson. She wanted to…

Most Downloaded Books from the Library for June 2011

July 12th, 2011 No comments

The world has developed a love affair with Malcolm Gladwell, even though he has not published a book since 2009. Maybe it’s his wise words, or maybe it’s just his wild, fanatical hair that draws the crowds. Either way, this…

Hot title: THE LAST WEREWOLF by Glen Duncan

July 11th, 2011 No comments

If Twilight left you loving vampires, werewolves, and fantasy, but craving something a bit more “adult,” get your paws on The Last Werewolf out tomorrow in audiobook for US and Canadian libraries. (The eBook is already available to libraries in…

Additional simultaneous access eBooks & more are now available

July 7th, 2011 No comments

In a previous press release, OverDrive announced the addition of several eBook publishers that would offer simultaneous use (or Max Access) collections to libraries. Today, we’re happy to report that more than a dozen publishers have gone live with…