OverDrive provides the platform used by most public libraries to loan eBooks to patrons. The company’s platform works with a number of dedicated eBook Readers including the Sony Reader and Barnes & Noble NOOK line, and OverDrive also offers apps for Android, BalckBerry, iOS, and Windows Mobile. Now you can also add Windows Phone 7 to the list. The folks at OverDrive launched a WP7… Read more »

Amazon has announced plans to launch Kindle Library Lending later this year, allowing Kindle users to borrow digital books from more than 11,000 US libraries. The feature will be available both on physical Kindle eBook readers and on the company’s mobile apps for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and other mobile and desktop computer platforms. A number of other eBook readers have been offering access to digital… Read more »

OverDrive is a company that powers library eBook and digital audio book loans for thousands of public libraries. OverDrive Media Console software is available for iPhone and Android devices, letting you check out media from your local library on your phone or tablet. But up until recently the company’s BlackBerry app only supported MP3 audio books. Now OverDrive has released a new version that adds… Read more »

I’m not generally a huge fan of DRM, because so-called digital rights management software basically limits what users can do with software, books, music, and movies they download. If you pay for an eBook or a movie you should really be able to access it on any device you choose, write in the margins, or do just about anything you would be able to do… Read more »

There’s a new version of the OverDrive Media Console available for iOS which adds native support for the Apple iPad. OverDrive is the platform that most public libraries in the US use to loan eBooks and audio books for up to three weeks at a time. While you can also use some other apps such as Bluefire Reader for iOS to read these books, the… Read more »

OverDrive Media Console is a free app for Android and iOS that lets you download and listen to audio books from public libraries that use the OverDrive service. But OverDrive doesn’t just power the audio book lending services of most public libraries in the US, it also powers the digital eBook distribution for those libraries. Up until now, though, you couldn’t use the mobile app… Read more »