Talk:OverDrive, Inc.

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I added a {{collapse top}} around the proposed article. Could you summarise what you want to add? We don't have a lot of time to go thourgh the entire article. Thanks  Darth Flappy ^«Talk» 19:56, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Hey @DARTHflappy, I appreciate the response! The entire page is wildly out of date so we needed to make major edit requests and thought the quickest way to do so for the Wiki editors would be to write out the content and properly cite them which we did above. It should be fairly turnkey from an approval standpoint. A list of all the changes would be much more time consuming on both ends. Let me know if, at a second look, our content can be approved, or if you have issues with what we've provided. Our goal is to have this page accurately reflect the state of the company which is what we've written above in hopes that an editor could read through and approve. Would love a your thoughts. Thanks so much. SocksCLE (talk) 12:31, 15 June 2020 (UTC)Adam Sockel

Sorry but please:

• Put it you proposed edits in a X to Y format. It's harder to figure it out than you might think also, we can say yes or no the each edit seperatly.
• Please use reliable sources in the article, not press releases.
• You may want to add Template:Paid to your user page.

You may want to read about how wikipedia is not for marketing, or a sales catalogues. Our goal is to summarise what reliable sources say.

Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published secondary sources and, to a lesser extent, on tertiary sources and primary sources. Secondary or tertiary sources are needed to establish the topic's notability and to avoid novel interpretations of primary sources.

— Some Wikipedia Editor, WP:PSTS

You need to have secondary sources.

Be sure to change |answered=yes and ping me if you have anything else or if I missed somthing! ^{ping!@RandomCanadian and SocksCLE:}  Darth Flappy ^«Talk» 20:55, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Also I removed a lot of fluff, feel free to look at it.  Darth Flappy ^«Talk» 21:00, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

April 2024 cleanup

Removed a lot of poorly-sourced content, including this section that I added below with improved citations to show that the sources aren't reliable or notable.

Public Libraries and K-12 Schools

OverDrive launched its Digital Library Reserve, a digital download platform for public libraries, in 2002. In 2004, the platform was changed into a DRM-protected audiobook download platform. In 2005, OverDrive installed download stations into public libraries and added music to its library platform. OverDrive added downloadable videos in April 2006. In 2007, the company launched its School Download Library, an eBook service for K–12 schools based on Digital Library Reserve. In March 2008, the company announced plans to provide MP3 audiobooks to public libraries as well as retailers.

OverDrive's Libby and Sora programs for mobile devices can check out eBooks and audiobooks from public libraries and K-12 Schools. Superb Owl (talk) 22:59, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

There should be a mention of a complaint of spammy notifications:

Recently, I seen a user online saying that the Sora app which is owned by OverDrive which is this company is spamming notifications. While it doesn't let me place the link in here, I seen one online. I can confirm by checking online 76.121.213.77 (talk) 01:14, 19 April 2025 (UTC)