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BlackBerry App from OverDrive Enables Direct Library E-Book Downloads

OverDrive recently announced the release of its free OverDrive Media Console app for BlackBerry with e-book support,allowing libraries to provide direct EPUB e-book downloads on BlackBerry mobile devices. Users at more than 13,000 libraries worldwide can now wirelessly download and enjoy EPUB e-books, as well as MP3 audiobooks, on their BlackBerry devices. The app’s “Get Books” feature makes it easy to find a local library and then browse for titles, check them out with a library card, and download directly to BlackBerry. Digital books borrowed from the library will automatically expire, so there are never late fees. Users will also benefit from such enhancements as an orientation lock and custom bookmarks. The app is also the first for BlackBerry that supports both DRM-free and Adobeprotected e-books.

The free e-book app can be installed on BlackBerry touchscreen devices running BlackBerry OS v4.7 (or newer) and nontouchscreen devices running BlackBerry OS v4.5 (or newer). The BlackBerry app joins the previously released OverDrive apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android, which have been installed nearly one million times. The OverDrive app for BlackBerry is available from OverDrive’s website and the MobiHand Superstore. It will also appear in BlackBerry App World in the coming weeks.