Monday, April 1, 2013

OverDrive Launches New Reader-friendly Services

April 1, 2013 — Cleveland, Ohio – Leading eBook distributor OverDrive today announced a series of initiatives to broaden options for readers to discover and enjoy eBooks from schools and libraries.  Based on surveys completed by 18 million readers who each volunteered to brain wave scans (but without personally identifiable information), the following new services were announced:

 

OverDrive's new Digital BookmoBlimp soars over a local library

- New Integration protocol:   The company will upgrade from SIP user authentication to its own new Super Library User Registration Program (SLURP).

 

-Support for the "26 emotional response limit" to selective borrowed eBooks, as well as options to select new metered access term limits such as 24 months, 24 pages and 24 words.

 

-National Digital BookmoBlimp (see photo, right).  Building on the success of the Digital Bookmobile, OverDrive will introduce a new outreach vehicle:  A titanic hot air bag circling North America collecting reading preferences from air travelers while in flight.

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