BrillianceAudio books suspended

Recently Overdrive partners were informed that  "Effective January 31, 2012, as instructed by the publisher, BrillianceAudio will suspend the availability of all download audiobook titles for library purchase across all vendors. This change does not affect any titles currently in your library’s catalog. You will not, however, be able to add any additional copies."



INFOdocket comments were:

"Brilliance Audio was acquired by Amazon.com in May, 2007. Amazon also owns Audible.com, the popular audiobook download service.

A Few of the Many Possibilities That Quickly Come to Mind

• Brilliance Sells Access to Titles via Audible, No Need To Lend
• Amazon Will Add Some/All Brilliance Titles to the Their Amazon Prime Program

We have asked Brilliance for a comment and will update if/when we here from them."

Kindle in public libraries?

According to an article on ReadWriteWeb, "The CEO of OverDrive, which distributes e-books and audiobooks to libraries, has dropped a pretty obvious hint that the Kindle will join other major e-readers in public libraries in September. EarlyWord reports that Steve Potash looked "like a kid with a delicious secret" at OverDrive's Digipalooza conference last weekend, saying that he was "not allowed to announce a date ye[t]," but he included this blunt clue in his "Crystal Ball Report" during the final session:


Streamlining (both downloading and ordering)
Explosion (we have gone from two reading devices to 85 and more are coming)
Premium (the library catalog as the most premium, value-added site on the Web)
Traffic (enormous growth coming by year's end).


I find this agreement very interesting.  It is great news for public libraries and the general public, but not for school libraries.  Recently Amazon made the statement that a separate email address for each device is required.  This requirement seems a bit unruly for school libraries with numerous Kindles.   Is this Amazon's way of forcing school libraries to subscribe to Overdrive?  However, the policy just might send school libraries to the Nook!

Overdrive's Most Popular Downloaded Books -- Juvenile titles

Below are the lists of the most popular downloaded juvenile titles on Overdrive:

Download Audiobooks - Juvenile Fiction		Months On List
1.	The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Audio)	40
2.	Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Audio)	44
3.	Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Audio)	33
4.	Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer (Listening Library)	46
5.	Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (Listening Library)	36
6.	The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan (Listening Library)	29
7.	The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan (Listening Library)	15
8.	Matched, by Ally Condie (Penguin Audio)	8
9.	Theodore Boone, by John Grisham (Penguin Group (USA), Inc.)	10
10.	The Maze of Bones, by Rick Riordan (Scholastic Audio)	36

Download eBooks - Juvenile Fiction Months On List 1. I Am Number Four, by Pittacus Lore (HarperCollins) 15 2. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) 29 3. Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) 19 4. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (Random House Children's Books) 15 5. The Angel Experiment, by James Patterson (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) 22 6. Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) 25 7. New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) 27 8. Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead (Penguin USA, Inc.) 18 9. Virals, by Kathy Reichs (Penguin Group USA, Inc.) 12 10. 3 Willows, by Ann Brashares (Random House Children's Books) 29

Overdrive's Most Popular Downloaded Books

Overdrive has posted the most popular downloaded books as of March 1:  (audio and ebook)


 Download eBooks - Adult Fiction                                      Months On List 
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 12 
 2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 11 
 3. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Penguin USA, Inc.) 10 
 4. The Confession, by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 11 
 5. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 12 
 6. Dead or Alive, by Tom Clancy (Penguin Group USA, Inc.) 4 
 7. Port Mortuary, by Patricia Cornwell (Penguin Group USA, Inc.) 4 
 8. Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett (Penguin Group USA, Inc.) 6 
 9. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen (Algonquin Books) 3 
 10. Happy Ever After, by Nora Roberts (Penguin Group USA, Inc.) 7


 Download Audiobooks - Adult Fiction                 Months On List 
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Books on Tape) 16 
 2. Tick Tock, by James Patterson (AudioGO) 4 
 3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson (Books on Tape) 10 
 4. The Confession, by John Grisham (Books on Tape) 17 
 5. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson (Books on Tape) 20 
 6. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Books on Tape) 13 
 7. Hell's Corner, by David Baldacci (BBC Audiobooks America) 9 
 8. Cross Fire, by James Patterson (BBC Audiobooks America) 12 
 9. Treachery In Death, by J. D. Robb (Brilliance Audio) 5 
10. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen (HighBridge Company) 18