Overdrive is one of a number of apps that allow library patrons to access free audiobooks, eBooks and other digital content from home. In the old days, when you wanted to borrow a book, you trudged ...

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 ...

While e-book rentals may be free for library patrons, public libraries are still on the hook for expensive digital licensing fees. Kai Ryssdal: For those who are unfamiliar, how does the business end ...

NEW YORK, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Bilbary, an emerging internet-based, consumer e-book library and retail bookstore, announced today new partnerships with the first three of seven of the top ...

The e-book revolution had already transformed the concept of “going to the library,” even before the pandemic confined large swaths of the population to their homes and shuttered many public libraries ...

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 ...

The Publishing industry has firmly embraced making the vast majority of their titles to libraries in the United States. The big 5 have either initiated a major pilot project or have committed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of books and the business of storytelling. Digital materials hit record-breaking levels of popularity at ...

If you’ve ever bought an e-book from Amazon, you already know you don’t really own it. Sure, it’s in your Kindle library and you can read it in the app. But try moving it to another device or ...