Category: Digital Libraries
OverDrive Acquires divibib: A New Chapter for DACH Digital Lending
OverDrive acquires divibib and its Onleihe platform from ekz-Group, uniting the two largest digital library aggregators in the German-speaking DACH region under Libby.
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Beyond the Audiobook Store: Why Publishers Need to Think Bigger About Audio Distribution
British Airways partners with Audible, but the bigger story is audio escaping apps — from airline cabins and connected cars to six-cent daily subscriptions in Africa. Why publishers must look beyond premium markets.
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OverDrive Libraries Clock 820 Million Downloads. 379 Million Were Ebooks. Kindle Unlimited Paid Out $689.9 Million To Self-Publishers
OverDrive 379 m ebook loans + $700 m KU payouts expose the “ebook plateau” myth—self-publishers quietly dominate digital reading.
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British TV Streaming Through US Libraries: A Publishing Goldmine
BBC’s Hoopla Digital expansion offers publishers unprecedented US market access through library streaming, converting TV viewers into book buyers and driving 44% sales increases.
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De Marque Arrives in Rwanda – a Big Boost for One of Africa’s Digital Hubs
De Marque launches in Rwanda, highlighting the country’s rise as a digital publishing hub and its growing potential to transform reading and education.
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Morocco’s National Library Embraces Digitisation – A Leap Forward for Publishing
The agreement marks a pivotal moment for the publishing and cultural sectors, aiming to make the library’s resources more accessible to citizens across the Kingdom.
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Digitisation at Pakistan’s National Library: Preserving Heritage Amid Challenges
The National Library’s efforts, widely praised for promoting education, art, and cultural heritage, represent a vital endeavour in safeguarding Pakistan’s intellectual resources and making them accessible to the nation’s scholars.
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Netherlands – We All Know The Dutch Speak English Better Than The British Do, But OverDrive’s Partnership With Erasmus University Is Still Insensitive
I suspect it would be even more relaxing if Dutch students were able to see Dutch books in the promo.
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366 Million Ebooks Among OverDrive’s 739 Million Digital Download Tsunami, Redux
A few days ago TNPS reported on the latest numbers from OverDrive, as record were broken yet again, with 366 million ebook downloads blowing a gaping hole in the preferred industry narrative that ebooks are out of fashion.
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366 million ebooks among OverDrive’s 739 digital download tsunami as Kindle Unlimited pays out $645 million to self-publishers in 2024
There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes and the January TNPS round up of the real numbers for ebooks that the industry collectively prefers to keep in the shade.
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Audiobooks: subscription, digital libraries or à la carte? There’s room for all!
The Dutch experience, and the emerging picture from Spotify, shows very clearly there is room for all models, and that publishers and authors that eschew one or the other are simply missing out.
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In 2023 OverDrive’s digital library downloads alone were 86% of total US print sales, while Kindle Unlimited paid out $575 million
Per The Bookseller, reporting on Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market report for 2023, the...
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