Overdrive, eBooks and Kindles
September 22, 2011Yesterday Amazon and Overdrive announced that eBooks offered through Overdrive would now be available for Kindles. I was actually in an Overdrive eBook training session yesterday and saw how it will all work.
So why was I in an Overdrive training if we don’t have eBooks yet? Because we are going to announce the launch date for our eBook collection very soon! Our selectors are selecting titles, our staff will be trained and our Friends of the Durham Library are glowing because they provided us with the funds for our eBook start-up collection.
The Overdrive training also included information about the updates they are making to their interface. The help will be easier and more streamlined, all of that crazy format confusion will be clarified, searching will be better and there are lots of good behind-the-scenes updates for library staff as well. Overdrive has heard us grumble about their interface and they are working hard to fix it.
Please watch for our launch date announcement. — Jill
