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Rakuten Buys OverDrive; What’s it Mean for Kindle Library Books?

March 19, 2015 by Nathan Groezinger

OverDrive

There’s big news in the ebook industry today. Rakuten has announced that they are purchasing OverDrive for 410 million dollars in cash. The acquisition is expected to be finalized next month, April 2015. OverDrive is the leading platform for ebook and audiobook lending to public and school libraries, with over 30,000 supported libraries worldwide. Rakuten, […]

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