OverDrive API Notices
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10-NOV-2021 - Changes to OverDrive Checkouts API Now Available
Dear OverDrive API partner,
As a follow-up to our previous message, our Checkouts API changes have been deployed to our production environment. You have until January 12, 2022 to switch to the new … more
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25-OCT-2021 - Update regarding changes to the OverDrive Checkouts API
As a follow-up to our previous message, our Checkouts API changes will be deployed to our production environment on November 10, 2021 and you’ll have until January 12, 2022 to switch to the new … more
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01-SEP-2021 - Coming Soon - Changes to OverDrive Checkouts API
Later this year, we’re planning to make changes to loan fulfillment in the OverDrive Checkouts API. We’re making this update to simplify the fulfillment experience, so your API … more
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16-MAR-2021 - New Magazine Issues API Deployed to Production
Our new Magazine Issues API has now been deployed to our production environment. With this API, you can access details for all available issues of a magazine.
If you haven’t done so already, … more
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19-FEB-2021 - Coming March 15! New Magazine Issues API
Our new Magazine Issues API will be deployed to our production environment on March 15. With this API, you can access details for all available issues of a magazine.
To prepare for release, the … more
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20-JAN-2021 - New Record Structure for Magazines
OverDrive plans to release its new structure for magazine records on Wednesday, January 20. To implement the new structure, we’ll remove all individual issues from library catalogs and replace … more
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18-DEC-2020 - Coming January 2021: New Record Structure for Magazines
Recently, OverDrive switched our magazine supplier to ZINIO. When libraries subscribe to the ZINIO magazine plan, they automatically receive all magazines offered, plus any magazines added during … more
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03-SEP-2020 - OverDrive to Launch a New "Metered Access" Lending Model
Later this month, we’re adding a new Metered Access (MA) lending model called MA: by checkout (concurrent users). Each unit of a title in this lending model has a fixed number of checkouts (e.g. … more
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03-AUG-2020 - OverDrive Acquires RBdigital
OverDrive recently acquired RBmedia’s library business, RBdigital, in North America, UK, and Australia. This means that all RBdigital customers and titles will be transferred to OverDrive. When … more
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03-MAR-2020 - RELEASE: Hold Redelivery
As an update to our previous message, hold redelivery was released today March 3, 2020. Hold redelivery replaces auto-checkout and will give readers more control over their holds by … more