OverDrive Releases List of the Most Downloaded Library eBooks and Audiobooks for August 2011
Most Downloaded lists are available for the U.S., Canada, UK, and Australia. A global ranking is also available.
Discussion About August 2011 Lists by Jason Sockel (via OverDrive Library Blog)
Direct to Access All Lists (Top 10 For Each Category are Available)
Worldwide #1s For August 2011
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The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Penguin USA, Inc.)
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Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House Publishing Group)
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs (Quirk Books)
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The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan (Penguin USA, Inc.)
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The Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Books on Tape)
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Bossypants, by Tina Fey (AudioGO)
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The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Audio)
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Night, by Elie Wiesel (Audio Bookshelf, LLC)
Most Downloaded Books from the Library Lists’ are based on a formula that includes books checked out and on a waiting list for the month of August 2011 at thousands of OverDrive-powered libraries worldwide.
Filed under: Libraries, Publishing, Resources, Scholastic
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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