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 ...

OverDrive, the service you can use to borrow ebooks, audiobooks and other digital media from your local library, school or university, is shutting down. In a blog post spotted by TechCrunch, OverDrive ...

One of the big advantages of a Kobo e-reader is being able to attach your library card in the settings menu and unlock a new UI entry for your local library branch. This is done through Overdrive, ...

OverDrive is putting another nail in the coffin of DRM with the announcement that it’ll stop offering audiobooks in the WMA format. Soon OverDrive will only sell audiobooks in DRM-free MP3. The ...

I was recently listening to public radio show Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! while waiting for my bus when author Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray, Love fame came on as a guest. I became intrigued enough to ...

OverDrive Media Console—the iPhone app that lets users check out and read e-books from their local libraries—has been upgraded to a universal app optimized for iPad use. The version 2.2 update from ...

OverDrive has announced that more than 400,000 e-book and audiobook titles are now available in its OverDrive Max program. OverDrive Max enables libraries to buy bundles of up to 100 loans for ...

An inflection point came in 2002, when Potash said OverDrive was not in its strongest position as a business. This was after dot com crash, and e-book was almost a dirty word, Potash said. But ...

We are about 10 weeks into the new year, and how many of us are still keeping up on our New Year’s resolutions? According to some new research, about less than half of us are. It’s OK, though, I get ...

Overdrive is the largest company involved in the digital library sector and they power the collections of thousands of branches all over the world. The company has just launched a new initiative ...