The Most Downloaded eBooks and Audiobooks From the Library for September, 2009 (via OverDrive)
Some info from e-book provider Overdrive.
The ‘Most Downloaded Books from the Library’ for September 2009 was Dan Brown’s international bestseller “The Lost Symbol” [which] became the most downloaded audiobook and eBook in its first month of release. Popular titles from James Patterson, Nora Roberts, and Charlaine Harris also moved up on the eBook adult fiction listing. Audiobooks and eBooks by Malcolm Gladwell, Lisa Kleypas, and Stephenie Meyer were also among the most downloaded books from OverDrive-powered libraries last month.
The complete list can be accessed here showing the Top 10 in each category.
Here's the top eBook or audiobook in each category.
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The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown (Books on Tape)
+ Download eBooks - Adult Fiction
The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
+ Download eBooks - Adult Nonfiction
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company)
+ Download eBooks - Juvenile Fiction
Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
+ Download eBooks - Juvenile Nonfiction
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Penguin USA, Inc.)
The ‘Most Downloaded Books from the Library’ lists are organized by subject and format, and compiled based on activity at more than 9,000 libraries in the OverDrive global network.
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