11/1/2023 0 Comments Overdrive library![]() ![]() Libraries can buy print books in bulk from any seller that they choose, and, thanks to a legal principle called the first-sale doctrine, they have the right to lend those books to any number of readers free of charge. The sudden shift to e-books had enormous practical and financial implications, not only for OverDrive but for public libraries across the country. ![]() closed down and issued a statement: “The responsible thing to do-and the best way to serve our patrons right now-is to help minimize the spread of COVID-19.” The library added, “We will continue to offer access to e-books.” He had an inkling that his business might be in for big changes when, toward the end of the week, on March 13th, the N.Y.P.L. By then, Potash had already heard what he described to me recently as “heart-wrenching stories” from colleagues in China, about neighborhoods that were shut down owing to the coronavirus. OverDrive distributes e-books and audiobooks-i.e., “digital content.” In New York, Potash met with two clients: the New York Public Library and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. of OverDrive, spent the second week of March, 2020, on a business trip to New York City. Thanks to a partnership between the New York Public Library and, more than 370,000 books may be downloaded and read using a text-to-speech program from any home computer with an internet connection.įor more information on what is available and how to sign up visit nypl.Steve Potash, the bearded and bespectacled president and C.E.O. Information on Accessible eBooks & AudiobooksĪccessible ebooks and eAudiobooks are now available free to persons with print disabilities living anywhere in New York State. Recommend for Purchase – 2 titles per day.Holds notifications – 72 hours (3 days) from the time of availability.Meet LIBBY, the new eBook / Audiobook app by Overdrive. Titles can be read or played on tablets, e-readers, computers and more. You can download the items and check them out on your library card just like a regular book. The OverDrive Digital collection includes currently popular e-books in epub, Kindle, and pdf formats, as well as downloadable audiobooks, and music. ![]()
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