Readers have borrowed more than 4 billion books through OverDrive - OverDrive

"On April 30, 2024, Crafty Birds by Kristy Conlin became the four billionth title checked out through OverDrive and our award-winning apps, Libby and Sora. This achievement is a testament to the librarians and educators who champion digital reading every day (as well as that patron at Calgary Public Library who checked the title out!).

The very first library checkout of an ebook through OverDrive occurred in 2003 and it took four years to reach the first million in 2007 and another five to reach 100 million in 2012.  As libraries’ support for digital reading grew, OverDrive’s all-time checkouts reached 1 billion checkouts in March 2018. By December 2020, digital checkouts through OverDrive – and Libby and Sora – surpassed 2 billion. Within two years, that number had reached 3 billion.  

 Thanks to your commitment and dedication, checkouts have now surpassed 4 billion. More people than ever are discovering the joy of borrowing ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, comics from your digital library and we are grateful to serve all the users who benefit from access to digital content...."