Saturday, November 15 2003
OverDrive, Inc., the leading vendor of eBooks to retailers and libraries, today announced broad support for Mobipocket, a popular software format that allows users to download and read eBooks on popular smartphones, all PDA systems, and personal computers. Over 10,000 commercial titles in Mobipocket format from 150 leading publishers such as Random House, McGraw-Hill, Time Warner, Oxford University Press and others will be available through OverDrive's Content Reserve for resale to global retailers and libraries.
Based in France, Mobipocket (www.mobipocket.com) is the only company in the world whose free eBook reader provides instant access to and onscreen reading of thousands of eBooks using mobile phones that combine organizer functions, as well any PDA or PC device. It is one of the fastest-growing eBook formats with over 1 million downloads since March 2000. Industry analysts report that Smartphone sales have grown over 400% this year and are expected to be adopted by over 50 million users in the next three years.
