Yesterday Steve Potash, the CEO of Overdrive, posted a letter explaining how Overdrive will handle the changes forced upon them by HarperCollins. There’s really not much of interest to the general public, though. The one really interesting part is that they briefly considered dropping HC ebooks. Obviously that wasn’t possible. If they had, Overdrive would [...]
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Overdrive iOS app adds support for iPad
February 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The latest version of the Overdrive Media Console is now available in iTunes, and the long awaited iPad app is now available. Whether users are browsing the OverDrive Media Console library, reading an Epub, or listening to an audiobook, they’ll now be able to use the full iPad screen utilized. Also, the iPhone and iPod [...]
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Random House of Canada signed with Overdrive
February 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · press release
Random House and Overdrive announced a new distribution agreement today. In the near future, participating libraries in Canada will be able to buy and loan ebooks published by Random House of Canada. Um, why are we just now seeing this announcement in 2011? It’s hard to believe that this one of the big 6 publishers, [...]
Overdrive iOS, Android apps get an update
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · software news
Overdrive have released a new version of the Media Console app today. With this app you can listen to MP3s and read Epubs that you’ve checked out of a participating library. Both the Android and iOS app were updated today. The Android app got a new UI and the ability to lock orientation. The iPhone [...]
How to download Overdrive ebooks to your computer
January 19th, 2011 · 7 Comments · digital library
I came across a video a few days ago that show how to get Overdrive ebooks onto your e-reader. My local library doesn’t have ebooks so this is a topic I couldn’t write for myself. Before you watch the video, you might want to check to see of your library supports ebooks. You can search [...]
Overdrive report ebook checkouts at libraries up 200 percent in 2010
January 6th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Libraries and schools worldwide were at the forefront of the eBook boom in 2010, as patrons and students downloaded millions of digital books for iPhone®, Android™, Sony® Reader, NOOK™, and personal computers. More than one million new users signed on to access free eBooks, audiobooks, and more from ‘Virtual Branch’ websites [...]
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Overdrive saw record traffic over Christmas
December 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
Perhaps that’s why I’ve heard reports that their servers were running slow on the day after Christmas. Anyway, Overdrive have posted some traffic stats for Christmas weekend. This was the first time ever tjat ebook traffic surpassed audiobook. To show you what happened in one month, we’ve compared usage from Nov. 26-28 (around US Thanksgiving) [...]
Overdrive Android, iPhone apps now support Epub
December 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · digital library, software news
Overdrive just announced the release of the latest version of the Overdrive Media Console. With this update, you cna now check out and read Epub ebooks from your local library. BTW, according to one poster over at Mobileread, the Epub downloads actually went live several hours ago. I guess they thought no one would notice. [...]
Overdrive announce e-reader cheat sheet for EVERYONE
December 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments · overdrive
Overdrive announced another library e-reader cheat sheet last week. This one, like the last, shows e-readers that are compatible with Overdrive’s ebook library system. But this one differs from the last in that it was made for the user, not the librarian. There’s a big problem with it becuase it is woefully incomplete. leaving aside [...]
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