We’ve all heard the adage “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” But when it comes to library eBooks, the visual appeal of cover images is more important than ever. OverDrive’s Next Generation library websites prominently displays book…

We’re just returning from the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, where we showcased Next Generation services like streaming video and audio, APIs, and our HTML5-powered eBook reading technology OverDrive Read.

Throughout…

Public libraries utilizing OverDrive’s Next Generation digital lending platform served a record number of eBook, audiobook, music and video titles to patrons on Christmas Day. The most dramatic growth occurred among users of iPad, Kindle Fire and Android devices. With…

Next Generation websites are now live in 22 library systems around the world. Just today, we added Minnesota’s Hennepin County Library, Arizona’s Pima County Public Library, and the Ohio eBook Project.

We’re seeing…

If you’ve been waiting for the process of checking out library eBooks to become simple enough for your grandmother to understand, this is the season to buy her that eReader. OverDrive’s Next Generation platform changes the game for Grandma…

Last week, OverDrive CEO Steve Potash sent the following letter to our library partners. The letter provides an update on Next Generation initiatives, previews new publisher relationships, and celebrates some of the digital library success stories of the past year.…

Dear Library and School Partners,

Just over a year ago at Digipalooza 2011, I reported on enhancements and services that OverDrive would deliver for your digital collections. Notable accomplishments since then include the launch of Amazon Kindle compatibility for…

Coming later this year, OverDrive’s Next Generation digital library platform will enhance our eBook and audiobook services in several ways. We’ve described how our eReading solution OverDrive Read will provide instant access to eBooks on any device…

The Australian Library and Information Association is holding its biennial conference—known as “ALIA”—in Sydney, July 10 to 13. If you’re going to ALIA, you’ll have the opportunity to attend insightful sessions such as “Creating a Vision for Mobile…