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OverDrive for iPad update   no comments

Posted at 9:47 pm in Random,Reading apps

OverDrive today released OverDrive Media Console version 2.2 for iPad and iPhone.  The new version will let you read ebooks from the public library on the iPad with an app designed for it rather than double sizing the iPhone app to fit the larger iPad screen — which was less than optimum.

The update also enables both landscape and portrait orientation on all of the iDevices.  A new calendar icon also shows the number of days remaining before your loan expires.

The OverDrive app is free at iTunes.

 

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Written by Richard on February 15th, 2011

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New OverDrive iPhone app will read ebooks   no comments

Posted at 3:02 pm in Apps,Random

OverDrive has announced a new iPhone app to be released next month that will add the ability to read ebooks borrowed from your local OverDrive powered public library.  An iPad specific app and an Android app that will finally include ebook support will be forthcoming as well.  Hopefully we won’t have to wait too much longer for the iPad and Android apps — they have been a long time coming.

Below is a preview video of the iPhone app from Overdrive:

 

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Written by Richard on November 9th, 2010

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OverDrive Releases Audiobook App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch   no comments

Posted at 10:43 pm in Apple iPad,Audiobooks,Random

OverDrive announced the release today of of their free audiobook app which will let you borrow titles from public libraries and listen to them on an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch.  From the press release:

OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of audiobooks and eBooks to libraries and retailers, today announced the availability of OverDrive’s free audiobook application for iPhone®, iPadTM, and iPod touch®. With OverDrive® Media ConsoleTM for iPhone, users can now wirelessly download MP3 audiobooks from OverDrive-powered library and retail websites to their Apple® device. Audiobooks for over-the-air download are available from more than 10,000 libraries worldwide, as well as major retailers such as BarnesAndNoble.com, BooksOnBoard.com, Borders.com, and WHSmith.co.uk.

 

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Written by Richard on April 21st, 2010

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OverDrive on iPad   2 comments

Posted at 11:22 am in Apple iPad,Random

On its blog OverDrive says that it has completed testing of the company’s  media formats on the iPad.  Audiobooks in MP3 and WMA formats can be loaded onto the iPad by using either the OverDrive Media Console for Windows or the Mac version.  As for borrowing ebooks from your local library the blog post notes that “As of right now, the iPad does not currently support the eBook formats (Adobe PDF, Adobe EPUB, Mobipocket) supplied by OverDrive.”

Update: OverDrive has released new apps for the iPhone and Android that will support ebooks.

Update 1/8/2011: At CES an OverDrive rep told me that a version of the OverDrive app optimized for the iPad should finally be out by the end of Q1 this year.

Update 2/15/2011: OverDrive released the iPad app today.

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Written by Richard on April 13th, 2010

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