{"id":139379,"date":"2010-01-05T06:21:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T11:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"tag:contentnext.com,2010-01-05:article\/419-ebook-distributor-overdrive-adds-1700-international-partners"},"modified":"2010-01-05T06:21:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T11:21:28","slug":"ebook-distributor-overdrive-adds-1700-international-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/139379","title":{"rendered":"EBook Distributor OverDrive Adds 1,700 International Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One thing the CES show in Las Vegas will demonstrate is that the eReader device market is getting very crowded. Added to this is a raft of content and content distributors vying for your eReading attention. One of these, the eBook aggregator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.overdrive.com\" title=\"OverDrive\">OverDrive<\/a>, is capitalising on worldwide interest in eReaders and looking to expand its customer base outside the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The company reports that it has added 1,700 international book sellers, publishers and libararies to its network \u2013 existing partners included <a href=\"http:\/\/www.borders.com\" title=\"Borders.com\">Borders.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\" title=\"BarnesAndNoble.com\">BarnesAndNoble.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whsmith.co.uk\" title=\"WHSmith.co.uk\">WHSmith.co.uk<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>The partnerships bring its total catalog up to 400,000 digital books. New online retailers include Australia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwithoutpaper.com\/\" title=\"Read Without Paper\">Read Without Paper<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/livrariacultura.com.br\/\" title=\"Livraria Cultura\">Livraria Cultura<\/a> in Brazil, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.txtr.com\/\" title=\"Txtr\">Txtr<\/a> in Germany, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infibeam.com\/\" title=\"InfiBeam\">InfiBeam<\/a> in Inida, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalbok.no\/\" title=\"Digitalbok\">Digitalbok<\/a> in Norway and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksonboard.com\/uk_index.html?ebooks=ebooks\" title=\"Books on Board\">Books on Board<\/a> in the UK. <\/p>\n<p>International publishers added to the OverDrive stable include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iminds.com\/\" title=\"iMinds\">iMinds<\/a> in Australia, <a href=\"http:\/\/online.chineseall.com\/\" title=\"ChineseAll\">ChineseAll<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguin.ca\/\" title=\"Penguin Canada\">Penguin Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also gained a foothold in the library sector, with some 10,000 institutions currently in its stable. They include libararies in New York City, Singapore, Toronto and Taipei. <a href=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.co.uk\/article\/419-ebook-distributor-overdrive-seeks-uk-business-expansion\/\" title=\"Last year\">Last year<\/a>, the company put an effort into expanding its business in the UK and now also have dozens of libraries from there, too, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/bexley.lib.overdrive.com\/\" title=\"London Borough of Bexley\">London Borough of Bexley<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/liverpool.lib.overdrive.com\/\" title=\"Liverpool City Council\">Liverpool City Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OverDrive currently works on Windows-based tablets, Apple (<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.paidcontent.org\/paidcontent?Page=QUOTE&#038;Ticker=AAPL\" class=\"ticker\" title=\"AAPL\">NSDQ: AAPL<\/a>) products, the Sony (<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.paidcontent.org\/paidcontent?Page=QUOTE&#038;Ticker=SNE\" class=\"ticker\" title=\"SNE\">NYSE: SNE<\/a>) Reader, nook and Motorola&#8217;s Droid. 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