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Macmillan announces ebook library lending program with OverDrive In the US, Macmillan will launch a library lending program with ebook distributor OverDrive, the publisher announced in a statement. As part...
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OverDrive reports ‘record traffic’ for 2012 Ebook provider OverDrive has released user statistics from 2012, reporting significant increases in the number of registered visits to its platform, the number of...
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Penguin expands US ebook library lending In the US, Penguin will launch a new ebook library lending pilot program with Baker & Taylor this year, reports the New York Times....
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OverDrive releases app for Nook OverDrive has released a free app for Barnes & Noble’s Nook ereading devices in the US which will allow Nook users to borrow ebook and MP3...
Campion Education relaunches ebookstore with ReadCloud
Campion Education has relaunched its ebookstore on the ReadCloud platform. The store, which was previously called Read Without Paper, has also been rebranded under the Campion name. As previously reported...
WA library launches ebook ‘buddy’ program
The City of Vincent Public Library in Western Australia has developed a way of helping housebound individuals in its community learn how to use ereaders. The library, which is located...
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Hachette increases ebook prices for libraries According to OverDrive in the US, Hachette will increase backlist ebook prices (over 3500 titles with release dates of April 2010 and earlier) by an...
Read Without Paper ebookstore ‘discontinued’
Campion Education’s ebookstore Read Without Paper is no longer operating. A statement on the Read Without Paper website said ‘as of September 1, 2012, the Read Without Paper website has...
New publishers sign with Overdrive
OverDrive has announced that it has added new titles from local publishers to its ebook platform for libraries and schools. Among the local publishers with new content now available to...
Penguin ebooks available through Booki.sh
Ebooks from Penguin Australia are now available through ebook platform Booki.sh, which is now owned by US-based ebook distributor OverDrive. A spokesperson for Penguin confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that the publisher’s...
McDonald joins OverDrive
Andrew McDonald will leave the position of online manager at Readings and join OverDrive Australia as business development consultant at the start of September. McDonald told Bookseller+Publisher that he will...
Softlink offers OverDrive Read in Australia and UK
Browser-based ebook reader OverDrive Read will be offered to schools, libraries and organisations in Australia and the UK by Softlink, as part of its distribution agreement with OverDrive. OverDrive Read is...
OverDrive to launch browser-based ereading platform this year
Ebook distributor OverDrive has announced that it will launch a new web browser-based ereading platform later this year, based on the HTML5 ereading technology developed by local ebook platform provider...
Inventive Labs to become Melbourne office of Icelab
Inventive Labs, the software and website design company founded by Joseph Pearson and Virginia Murdoch and responsible for the creation of the Booki.sh ebook platform, will become the Melbourne office of...
Penguin to stop supplying new ebooks, audiobooks through OverDrive
Penguin has announced that it has ended its relationship with ebook and audiobook distributor Overdrive, saying that it will no longer provide new copies of ebooks and audiobooks for purchase...
Overdrive acquires Booki.sh
Ebook distributor Overdrive has announced it has acquired local ebook platform provider Booki.sh. Peter Haasz, speaking for Booki.sh told the Weekly Book Newsletter that Booki.sh--founded by Inventive Labs partners Joseph Pearson and...
Overdrive acquires Booki.sh
Ebook distributor Overdrive has announced it has acquired local ebook platform provider Booki.sh. Peter Haasz, who founded Booki.sh with Inventive Labs partners Virginia Murdoch and Joseph Pearson, told the Weekly Book...
Penguin to stop supplying new ebooks, audiobooks through Overdrive
Penguin has announced that it has ended its relationship with ebook and audiobook distributor Overdrive, saying that it will no longer provide new copies of ebooks and audiobooks for purchase by...
New Australian ebookstore launched
Online book retailer Boomerang Books has launched a new ebookstore this week. Booku launched on Tuesday with more than 134,000 ebooks, including some Australian content from publishers such as Allen...
Overdrive releases territory-specific ‘Most Downloaded Books from the Library’ lists
Global ebook distributor OverDrive has announced that it has expanded its monthly 'Most Downloaded Books from the Library' lists to include territory-specific charts, including one for Australian libraries which use...