OverDrive Releases Windows Phone App for Ebooks and Audiobooks

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By David Rapp Jun 14, 2011

OverDrive yesterday unveiled a downloadable Windows Phone version of its OverDrive Media Console app, the latest of several mobile apps that let library patrons check out OverDrive ebooks and audiobooks wirelessly.

Previous versions had been released for BlackBerry mobile devices in April, and for Android devices, iPhones, and iPod Touches last December. An optimized iPad version was released in February. With this latest app, OverDrive now covers the four most popular smartphone platforms in the U.S. market.

The Windows Phone app, like previous mobile apps, supports only EPUB ebook and MP3 audiobook formats. It can be installed on devices running the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system.

OverDrive supplies more than 500,000 electronic titles to 15,000 public, school, and corporate libraries.

Reader Comments (6)

What about Nook/Nook Color?

Posted by Jon Moss on June 14, 2011 11:10:30AM

The Nook is an Android device. Although I have not tried it, I would think it might work with the Android app.

Posted by WAYNE HAY on June 14, 2011 06:20:21PM

Overdrive works with Nooks already. This article focuses only on OverDrive expanding their smartphone platforms, not their eReader platforms.

Posted by Kate Skarbek on June 15, 2011 11:43:41AM

To clarify, Overdrive downloads can be transferred to the Nook/Nook Color via USB-to-PC connection. What I am hoping for is a Nook Color app that supports over-the-air (i.e. wireless) downloading, mirroring the functionality of the iOS/Android apps.

Posted by Phil on June 17, 2011 12:03:39PM

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