The recently released OverDrive/ALA survey of visitors to OverDrive library sites presents some interesting insights into this subset of ebook readers and their behaviors. Before we can talk about any ...

OverDrive, the largest commercial provider of ebooks and other digital content to libraries, issued a surprise announcement on December 24 about a pending change in its ownership. The company’s ...

For over a decade, the OverDrive app has offered a service that allows institutions, including public libraries and schools, to lend their digital catalogs of e-books, audiobooks and other digital ...

OverDrive is one of the best resources out there in the e-reader world. The free online database is a library of e-books, including recent releases and best-sellers, connected to most public libraries ...

Officials at leading library e-book platform OverDrive said that 2023 was another record-breaking year for digital library circulation, with a 19% increase in library checkouts of digital media over ...

Many public libraries around the world partner with OverDrive to let you borrow eBooks and audiobooks. While OverDrive lets you listen to audiobooks in a web browser or using mobile apps, there are ...

“Schools and libraries in all forms are transitioning their spends from providing physical items that are being stored on shelves and branches to digital items -- the fastest portion of their growth,” ...

Throughout the past couple of years, Overdrive went all in on Libby. This was their first mobile app that replaced the Overdrive Media Console. The app is only available for smartphones and tablets ...

Although some libraries may be opening back up after COVID-19 restrictions shut them down, many might still not have a library option. Whether your local library hasn’t reopened, or you don’t feel ...

Leading library service provider OverDrive this week reported that a total of 121 public libraries and consortia across seven countries and 37 U.S. states surpassed one million digital lends in 2021.

Why is the e-book borrowing experience with OverDrive so atrocious? How is it that Amazon is able to make the "Kindle Books from Your Local Library" so easy, while OverDrive makes the process so ...