[Duraspace] Smashwords and OverDrive Ink Distribution Agreement - The Digital Shift

[Hilton Gibson]

Smashwords, the world’s largest distributor of self-published ebooks, on
May 20 announced a new partnership with OverDrive that *will make more than
200,000 ebooks from 80,000 self-published authors and independent presses
available to libraries* and their patrons via the OverDrive platform. All
titles will be sold as perpetual, non-expiring licenses with no loan caps,
and will be made available to patrons under a one ebook, one user model
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http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2014/05/ebooks/smashwords-overdrive-ink-distribution-agreement/
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