Ann Arbor, Mich. - Media retail chain Borders on Tuesday announced the launch of Borders Audiobook Downloads on Borders.com with an initial slate of 15,000 titles. Powered by audiobook distributor OverDrive, the site at launch offers around one-third of its catalog in the unprotected MP3 format

Cleveland, Ohio - OverDrive, a distributor of digital books to online retailers, libraries and schools, announced on Tuesday that it has added DRM-free audiobook titles in the MP3 format to its offering. The titles, from publishers including Random House Audio, Blackstone Audiobooks, Hachette Book Group and Books in Motion, will initially be made available through Borders.com's audiobook store, with a limited selection also to be offered through OverDrive's library partners.

Cleveland, Ohio - OverDrive, a provider of services used by over 5,000 libraries and schools to offer downloadable audio books, e-books, music and videos, announced this week that it has surpassed 1 million users. Ohio-based OverDrive counts more than 500 publishers and suppliers, who offer over 75,000 titles for electronic borrowing by library patrons.