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OverDrive provides digital content distribution for libraries, schools, and workplaces, offering access to ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and streaming films. It powers consumer and student apps such as Libby for library patrons and Sora for K-12 students, along with Kanopy for films and TeachingBooks for children's and teen materials, accessible via library cards or workplace/school accounts. The company partners with libraries, schools, publishers, and businesses to create and grow digital collections and improve content discoverability across education and reading initiatives.
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OverDrive also reports that libraries combining multiple access models—including CPC and OverDrive MAX—have achieved substantially lower cost-per-checkout

OverDrive/Libby: Your library purchases/licenses individual ebooks and audiobooks under different models.
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OverDrive: More of a distribution platform than a pure DRM vendor. It provides publishers with secure ebook distribution

OverDrive/ContentReserve: Offers secured ebookstore hosting and DRM for digital lending.
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OverDrive — Distributes ebooks, audiobooks, and digital media to libraries, schools, and institutions.

OverDrive — Digital distribution of ebooks and audiobooks to libraries and schools; it works with roughly 30,000 publishers.
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OverDrive's Libby can be fantastic because it's free with a participating library card.