Ep. #400 - Steve Potash, Rakuten OverDrive Founder and CEO (Part 1)
Book Lounge by Libby
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Early Days of Online Digital Books
The chapter delves into the inception of online digital books during the dot-com bubble era, with a focus on OverDrive's significant role in partnering with major publishers to create opportunities for an emerging retail ebook business. It describes the transition from catering to retail ebook consumers to pivoting towards the library market and the challenges faced in obtaining content from major publishers for library lending services.
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