The private equity firm KKR has signed a definitive agreement to acquire OverDrive in a deal announced on Christmas Eve. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten is to buy OverDrive, which provides an ebook library lending platform, for $410m (£275m) in cash. The move will help Rakuten to expand into "new market segments". OverDrive is a distribution platform which supplies ebooks, audiobooks, music and streaming... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Japan’s Rakuten, Inc. has agreed to acquire the U.S. digital distributor OverDrive for $410 million in cash. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]