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Sell Your eBooks & Audiobooks
Multichannel Distribution Platform for Publishers
Sell Your eBooks & Audiobooks
to thousands of retailers, libraries & schools OverDrive is one of the world’s largest digital distributors, serving thousands of publishers with a global network of more than 33,000 retailers, libraries, schools & colleges. We help you generate revenue in the digital marketplace with our OverDrive Connect distribution and delivery platform.
Secure Content Delivery
Established Revenue Channels
OverDrive’s distribution network offers secure management,
OverDrive’s global distribution network includes the
protection and fulfillment of your digital content. Our
world’s leading retailers, libraries & schools. We serve
platform features dynamic digital rights management
channel partners in 50 countries, including:
(DRM) that allows you to protect your copyrighted content.
• U.S.
• Australia
• Taiwan
• U.K.
• Canada
• South Africa
Free OverDrive apps enable compatibility with a variety of
• Indonesia
• Turkey
• India
devices, including iPhone , iPad , Android and Windows 8
• Malaysia
• Singapore
• Germany
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(not all formats compatible with all devices). eBooks are also compatible with NOOK™, Kindle® (U.S. only), Kobo™ and other eBook readers.
APPLY AT:
company.overdrive.com/connect-application
About Our Channels
33,000 Channel partners worldwide
RETAILERS OverDrive provides digital inventory and eRetail website development services for top booksellers around the globe. Our client list includes Waterstones, Books-A-Million, Big W and dozens more.
LIBRARIES OverDrive delivers bestselling digital eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video and periodicals to library patrons directly from a custom-built ‘Virtual Branch’ website. Thousands of the world’s leading libraries choose OverDrive.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS OverDrive enables schools to offer students popular and educational eBooks and audiobooks. Thousands of schools have discovered digital books as a way to encourage reading, and they choose OverDrive to deliver the content.
COLLEGES OverDrive extends college libraries with custom-branded websites, including Yale University, University of Pittsburgh, Joliet Junior College, McGill University and hundreds more.
Promotional Opportunities for your eBooks Work with OverDrive to complement your sales strategies and drive significant channel revenue with tools and services to increase reach, discovery and engagement.
BRANDED CAMPAIGN MICROSITES
CONTENTWIRE
SAMPLES (BOOK EXCERPTS)
OverDrive can build, host and maintain a custom-branded website for a short-term content promotion, offering redemption services to a targeted audience.
Reach more than 20,000 librarian buyers through OverDrive’s ContentWire eNewsletter. Highlight your new titles, promote discounts, specials, bundles and collections.*
Use browser-based eBook “Samples” to dramatically increase exposure and discovery of your catalog. Publishers can post OverDrive Samples on social media, in an email or on a website.
Content and services current as of May 2015. Subject to change without notice. *ContentWire eNewsletter is editorial based, not all submissions will be included. Fees may apply for advertising and promotion.
OverDrive Corporate Overview OverDrive is a leading multichannel digital distributor and technology provider. We enable publishers and channel partners to securely manage, enhance, protect, fulfill and promote their eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video and periodicals to maximize visibility and purchase or circulation.
GLOBAL PARTNERS Library School & Higher Education Corporate Retail Publisher
OverDrive’s partner list includes thousands of leading publishers, libraries, schools, retailers and corporate enterprises serving millions of end users. We have developed deep relationships with global leaders, such as HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, John Wiley, Microsoft, PBS, Disney and many others. OverDrive is committed to the success of digital media in the global marketplace and works closely with all partners, as well as other key stakeholders, such as national and international trade associations for the library and school markets.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE & INNOVATION
Much of OverDrive’s success can be traced to the innovative digital media ecosystem built from the ground up by our talented engineering team. We have developed intelligent solutions for each step of the supplier, channel partner and user experience, including highly rated apps for major devices and browser-based eBook reading via OverDrive Read. As a founding member of the International Digital Publishing Forum (www.IDPF.org), OverDrive helps promote standards for the rapidly evolving digital publishing industry.
INDUSTRY-LEADING SOLUTIONS
Our partners benefit from the circulation or sales our solutions help drive. Four main categories define what we do:
eBooks Audiobooks Streaming video Periodicals
MANAGE An easy-to-use admin portal simplifies content selection and purchase for channel partners and activity tracking via real-time reports for publishers and other suppliers.
ENHANCE & PROTECT Copyright holders can rest assured that their content is stored and delivered in a secure environment with or without DRM to their specification. Library lending includes secure expiration of each title.
FULFILL Channel partners enjoy a single, user-friendly website for eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video and periodicals that streamlines the user experience. With support for all major computers & devices, our free OverDrive app has been installed more than 25 million times.
PROMOTE OverDrive also supports our partners with promotional opportunities to increase reach and discovery of titles, and deepen engagement with readers & buyers.
OverDrive Fast Facts • Founded in 1986 • Serve more than 33,000 libraries worldwide, including 12,000 schools & colleges • World Headquarters in Cleveland, OH USA • Vast catalog of more than 2.6 million titles from 5,000 publishers • Subsidiary of Tokyo-based eCommerce company Rakuten • Partners in 50 countries and content in more than 50 languages
Publishers: company.overdrive.com/connect-application One OverDrive Way • Cleveland, OH 44125 USA +1.216.573.6886 main • +1.216.573.6888 fax
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