Here are some interesting stats on OverDrive usage for 2012
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Today OverDrive released data highlighting the libraries and schools within its worldwide network achieving the greatest growth and exposure for their eBook and audiobook catalogs. During 2012, hundreds of millions of online visitors turned to their libraries’ OverDrive-powered eBook catalogs to browse, sample, and gather recommendations for what to read next. These readers generated over 2.7 billion page views at 22,000 libraries and schools across the OverDrive network.
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Public libraries lending the most eBooks and other digital titles from OverDrive-powered catalogs:
- King County Library System, Wash. (1.3 million checkouts)
- New York Public Library (1.1 million checkouts)
- Toronto Public Library (900,000 checkouts)
- Seattle Public Library (850,000 checkouts)
- Hennepin County Library, Minn. (750,000 checkouts)
Public libraries recording the fastest growth for their eBook-lending catalogs:
- Moreton Bay Libraries (Australia) (464% growth)
- Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative (370%)
- Western Plains Library System (Okla.) (351%)
- Up North Michigan Consortium (317%)
- Northeast Texas Digital Consortium (300%)