As a full-service digital content distributor, OverDrive can help you manage and fulfill delivery of premium downloadable media content. Our download services for libraries, schools, retailers, and publishers work with a variety of popular formats. The simple download process and enhanced user experience ensure that even the most casual user will quickly become a regular downloader.

• An eBook is the digital, onscreen version of a published physical book. The format of the title is text-based, and some eBooks are interactive, with sound and hyperlinks. eBooks from OverDrive can be transferred to a variety of portable devices, such as PDAs, Pocket PCs, and Smartphones (depending on publisher permissions and device specifications).


• An OverDrive Audiobook is the digital version of a book on tape or book on CD. Patrons may listen to a spoken word audiobooks on their computers or transfer to a variety of portable devices, including the iPod®. Many audiobooks can also be burned to CD. OverDrive Audiobooks are specifically engineered to provide the best audiobook listening experience.


• OverDrive Download Video is video that has been optimized for download and can be watched on a computer or transferred to a compatible mobile device.


• OverDrive Music titles usually consist of an entire album, and many music titles include a supplementary PDF with liner notes or the libretto.

Search for downloadable eBook, audiobook, music, and video titles using OverDrive Digital Media Locator.