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OverDrive Expands E-Book Models

OverDrive has announced the first group of publishers that will provide simultaneous access e-books to libraries and schools in OverDrive’s network. Collections from such publishers as Thomas Nelson, Encyclopedia Britannica, Crabtree Publishing, and Lonely Planet will enable libraries to provide “always available” e-books without waiting lists or holds. Libraries can choose from titles in subjects including Christian fiction and nonfiction, reference young adult, children’s, and travel. Simultaneous access collections are available on an annual subscription basis, and can supplement a library’s existing one-copy/one-user collection. Additionally, Over-Drive has announced that it will offer 2,500 DRM-free e-books from seventeen smaller publishers. The lack of DRM protection makes the e-books easy to read on more devices. They will also remain accessible to the patron after the lending period has expired. A few publishers included in OverDrive’s DRM-free library include AMG, Books To Go Now, and Microsoft Press. These DRM-free titles will follow OverDrive’s one-book/one-user lending model.