The Palace Project Adds Overdrive Titles

Lyrasis has put our a press release announcing that ebook and digital audiobook content libraries get through OverDrive will now also launch in the Palace app. OverDrive thus joins Bibliotheca’s Cloud Library, Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360, and other apps in making content available through the “one app to rule them all.”

Atlanta, GA - June 1, 2022. LYRASIS, a global nonprofit committed to increasing equitable access to knowledge, and The Palace Project, the nonprofit library-centered platform and ereader app for digital content and services, are pleased to announce that OverDrive content will soon be available in the Palace app. This addition will bring the largest provider of library ebooks into The Palace Project platform, allowing libraries to deliver the majority of their ebooks and audiobooks from multiple vendors through a single app.

Informed by librarians and supported by a multi-year, multi-million dollar investment from the Knight Foundation, The Palace Project is a division of LYRASIS in strategic partnership with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The Palace Project is designed to support libraries as they work to expand their digital offerings to their communities. The Palace Project mobile app, available for iOS and Android, allows libraries to serve all their econtent to patrons in one easy-to-use interface, while protecting patron privacy and data.

“We extend a big thanks to OverDrive for working with The Palace Project,” said Michael Blackwell, project manager for The Palace Project’s launch in Maryland and Chair of ALA’s Ebook Interest Group. “Having OverDrive’s industry-leading content selection and its powerful advocacy for libraries joined with Palace’s ability to seamlessly integrate content from other platforms will create a rich and easy user experience for readers and be especially beneficial for libraries with multiple content providers.”

“OverDrive is a crucial provider of digital content and adding them to The Palace Project is a major win for public libraries,” says Michele Kimpton, Global Senior Director of The Palace Project. “We believe that by bringing OverDrive and Palace together, we’ll be able to get even more content in the hands of library patrons everywhere.”

Libraries currently using The Palace Project will be able to access their OverDrive titles in the app in the coming weeks, and OverDrive titles will remain accessible in the Libby app as well. To find out more information on The Palace Project or how to get started email info@thepalaceproject.org.

Palace is currently the only platform offering excusive Amazon content and will soon offer Audible. The open source software can be deployed through a third-party vendor at reasonable rates. Libraries looking for access to this content, especially jf they already have multiple vendors, may find taking a look at Palace helpful.