OverDrive is introducing a new program that will let consumers buy e-books and audiobooks from its library catalogues. OverDrive's new WIN (Want it Now) catalogue will feature complete long tail collections of e-book and audiobook titles that comprise a publisher's catalogue, 90% or more of which libraries do not have available for lending.
Library patrons that want to buy the e-book or audiobook can link to a number bookseller sites, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and Powell's. Libraries that opt-in to offer access to OverDrive's WIN Catalog will earn affiliate fees for all sales referred through a link from their public library website.
