OverDrive Adds Foreign Language Content, More Streaming

OverDrive is the world’s largest supplier of digital content to public and school libraries, but that content isn’t only ebooks. The company also meets the needs of libraries and their patrons with music, audiobooks, and the ability to stream movies from the library. OverDrive announced a recent addition to that catalog that will increase its already-10,000 strong list of movie titles to include great new programing from National Geographic, BBC, and more. "Streaming video is the fastest-growing category of digital titles you can now access from your local library," said Alexis Petric-Black, OverDrive's manager of publisher account services, in a press release. "The OverDrive collection of Hollywood feature films, documentaries, self-help and beloved children's titles permit the public library to offer a first-stop destination for what to watch online." The bigger news, though, is the availability of new foreign language titles through a large addition to OverDrive’s catalog. Some 30,000 new titles from major European publishers have been incorporated, adding to the accessibility of content for native speakers and interested language learners alike. “Renowned international publishers and aggregators recently added to the OverDrive network include RCS Group (5,000 Italian titles), Libranda (12,000 Spanish titles), Zebralution (2,000 German titles), DeMarque (8,000 French titles), and Primento (1,500 French titles). Imprints under RCS Group include Adelphi, Bompiani, BUR, Marsilio, and Rizzoli, with authors such as Umberto Eco, Oriana Fallaci, Dacia Mariani, and Papa Francesco (the Catholic Pope). Zebralution brings works in the German language from authors such as Timur Vermes, Phillip Müller, Dan Brown and Ken Follet.” This recent addition brings that total amount of content that member libraries can use to build their catalogs to just over two million titles. OverDrive Adds Foreign Language Content, More Streaming is a post from: Good e-Reader

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