by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Getting our digital books into libraries is much easier these days than it was a few years ago. All we need to do is upload our ebooks to a distributor like Smashwords, Draft2Digital, PublishDrive, or StreetLib , which will make the file available to OverDrive. OverDrive supplies over 30,000 libraries in 40+ countries.
OverDrive is one of my favorite sites as a reader, so I was eager to have my books available there. I was writing this post and pulled the site up and then immediately became distracted and requested three books. :) Eventually I realized that I was trying to write a blog post.
A little bit of background for those of you who aren’t familiar with OverDrive. For me, OverDrive makes reading easier. I’ve read over 45 books so far this year and OverDrive definitely helped. When I hear about an interesting book, I check OverDrive through my library’s website. If it’s available through OverDrive, I add my name to the waitlist. When the book becomes available, it’s automatically checked out to me. I download it on my Kindle (readers can also read on epub devices or by reading a PDF) and then, when it’s time for the book to be ‘returned’ to the library, it becomes unavailable on my device. It’s just a very easy process for a busy person who might not have time to go to the library as much as they’d like.Continue reading