Thread: Penguin ends library/Overdrive relationship starting tomorrow
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Old 02-10-2012, 07:37 PM   #18
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You're correct. Hachette no longer offers any ebooks. They terminated their contract with Overdrive. I believe it was last year around Kindle joining
Do you have a link? I can't find anything on OverDrive and the articles I've found contradict each other.

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Hachette Book Group has been doing a lot of legwork in recent months as part of an effort to decide whether it should increase its exposure to the library ebook market, reversing a previous decision that has kept Hachette's frontlist ebook titles out of library hands since July 2010. (Aug 11)
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Simon & Schuster has refused to allow any titles to be borrowed as ebooks in US libraries and Hachette Book Group withdrew its service last year. (Nov 11)
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Hachette stopped making its e-books available to libraries in 2009. (Dec 11)
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