OverDrive Acquires TeachingBooks.net
October 7, 2021
OverDrive, the digital reading platform for libraries and schools, acquired TeachingBooks.net to strengthen curriculum-focused resources for K-12 educators and integrate supplemental materials into OverDrive Education’s Sora app. The acquisition expands OverDrive’s catalog of instructional content and provides educators with over 265,000 curated resources used by tens of thousands of schools and libraries worldwide.
- Buyers
- OverDrive
- Targets
- TeachingBooks.net
- Industry
- Education
- Location
- Wisconsin, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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