Starting on May 1st, OverDrive app users who still use it to digitally access a library’s collection will need to upgrade to Libby, a newer app from the same company that also lets you rent library ...

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 ...

For over a decade, the OverDrive app has offered a service that allows institutions, including public libraries and schools, to lend their digital catalogs of e-books, audiobooks and other digital ...

The Overdrive Media Console or the Overdrive app for Android and iOS is being discontinued. This flagship app was released in 2010 and has been the only way to read ebooks and listen to audiobooks or ...

Frequent users of OverDrive may be surprised to learn the popular e-reading app is set to be removed from application stores in 2023. But why would OverDrive remove an app which helped make digital ...

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins announced this week the suspension of funding to OverDrive, a distribution company that oversees popular e-book apps like Sora and Libby. Related video above: ...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services will be dismantled, and federal funding for libraries will cease, preventing loans across multiple libraries. Most rural and small city libraries depend on ...

University of Wyoming Libraries has added the ArtistWorks platform to OverDrive, the statewide e-content provider, and Libby, a one-tap reading app. ArtistWorks offers world-class instruction from ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. CLEVELAND, June 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As libraries navigate ongoing budget and staff challenges, OverDrive and ...

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 ...