Thread: OverDrive sold to private equity firm KKR
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Old 12-26-2019, 09:12 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by John F View Post
Aren't there other alternatives, like FReading?
never heard of them but ok - a google search shows some USA libraries use them, dunno how many.

I thought overdrive had most of the library market, except where Rbdigital had under-bid them on renewals( which is what happened with my library )

wikipedia says
[overdrive's]global network includes more than 43,000 public libraries, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and corporations in 75 countries worldwide.

I cant easily find comparable figures for the others,
but looking for freading on google play it had only 500+downloads [ and 1 terrible review] , compared to 1M+ for libby & 5M+ for overdrive, so hardly a serious competitor ?
RBditial is 500k+ and borrowbox 100k+

so judging from downloads, overdrive has 10x the users of Rbdigital , & 2,000x the users of Freading
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