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Old 10-14-2026, 10:49 AM   #1
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Overdrive Acquires Onleihe
Potentially relevant news for anyone here living in the DACH region / German-speaking countries of Europe and using the Onleihe library service.

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OverDrive, the company behind the Libby, Sora, and Kanopy apps for libraries and schools, today announced it has entered into a partnership with ekz-Group and acquired divibib GmbH, the ekz-Group subsidiary behind Onleihe, from ekz.bibliotheksservice GmbH. The acquisition will give every Onleihe library and reader access to Libby, a world-class reading experience, while keeping the continuity, care, and local relationships that libraries have always counted on.
https://company.overdrive.com/2026/0...ith-ekz-group/

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It is a bit disappointing because there were alternatives that offer servers in Europe and now we have a library system that is very much dependent on servers in the US. This feels out of touch when Europe makes an effort to be more resilient.
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Who owns Overdrive these days? I remember Rakuten had purchased them at some point to beef up the Kobo integration, but then I think they sold it.
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Who owns Overdrive these days? I remember Rakuten had purchased them at some point to beef up the Kobo integration, but then I think they sold it.
Private equity of course. KKR & Co.
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Rakuten had purchased them at some point
They'd only owned them from 2015-2020.
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