As a San Franciscan of almost a decade, I’m fortunate to live within a few blocks of my neighborhood branch of the city’s public library. It’s a good place—perfect for writing—to take my laptop when I ...

We’ve been delighted with our community’s response to the addition of Overdrive’s ebooks and audiobooks, known affectionately as Libby. As a fan of audiobooks and a frequent traveler, I ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on life as we knew it. In the blink of an eye, work from home and e-learning became the things we were doing. Church services went virtual, stores and ...

For the first step, we will remove the OverDrive app from the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft Store in February 2022 […] In future phases, we will be actively encouraging OverDrive app ...

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 ...

Library e-book and audiobook app Libby is adding AI, much to the disappointment of some readers and librarians, who would prefer not to have AI inserted into their favorite apps. The new feature, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Libby will soon officially roll out a new AI-powered discovery tool called Inspire Me. The feature suggests five titles based on saved books or selected prompts. Some users and librarians are ...

Wickliffe Public Library will be hosting the program “Get to Know Libby” at 10 a.m. Feb. 16. The Libby app by OverDrive is an application designed to allow library patrons to check out digital ...

If you’re still paying full price for audiobooks while you’re in uniform, you’re probably leaving money on the table. Between public libraries, free apps, and the DoD’s own digital library, you can ...