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Wednesday, 1st September 2010

OverDrive: The Most Downloaded eBooks and Audiobooks from the Library (August, 2010)

The monthly lists of the most requested eBooks and Audiobooks, August, 2010) are now available from OverDrive.

Below is the number one title in each category The complete list provide the Top 10 titles in each of the eight categories.

Most Downloaded Audiobook from the Library - Adult Fiction
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson (Books on Tape)

Downloaded Audiobook - Adult Nonfiction
1. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Books on Tape)

Downloaded Audiobook - Juvenile Fiction
1. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Audio)

Downloaded Audiobook - Juvenile Non-Fiction
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Penguin Group (USA), Inc.)

Most Downloaded eBooks from the Library - Adult Fiction
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

Downloaded eBook - Adult Nonfiction
1. Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin Group USA, Inc.)

Downloaded eBook - Juvenile Fiction
1. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

Downloaded eBook - Juvenile Nonfiction
1. Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Penguin USA, Inc.)

Notes from the Announcement:

For a third consecutive month, Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” took the top spot on the adult fiction eBook and audiobook charts, while his blockbuster follow-ups remained close behind in the No. 2 and 3 positions. In juvenile fiction, the release of Suzanne Collins’ “Mockingjay” sent the first book in the trilogy, “The Hunger Games,” to the top of the audiobook list. Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love,” Gretchen Rubin’s “The Happiness Project,” and James Patterson and Maxine Paetro’s “Private” were also among the most downloaded digital books from the library in August 2010.

Again, the complete listings will provide you with the Top 10 titles in each category.

At the bottom of the rankings page you'll now see a "cloud" of popular search terms that were used on OverDrive in August.

The ‘Most Downloaded Books from the Library’ lists are organized by subject and format, and compiled based on activity at more than 11,000 libraries in the OverDrive global network.

Source: OverDrive

See Also: Learn More About OverDrive in this New InfoToday NewsBreak by Paula Hane
"Digital Lending Goes into OverDrive"


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