OverDrive Deploys New Adobe Content Protection Service for Adobe Digital Editions
Hosted Service Protects Digital Rights for eBooks and Other Digital Publications
CLEVELAND, OH--(Marketwire - January 23, 2008) - OverDrive, Inc., a leader in digital media
services for publishers, libraries, schools and retailers, today announced
that it has begun making available to its customers a hosted application
service designed to protect eBooks, digital newspapers and other
e-publications for use with Adobe® Digital Editions. Adobe Digital
Experience Protection Technology (ADEPT) protects publishers' rights while
maintaining superior ease of use for consumers. For more information,
visit www.overdrive.com/products/adept.asp.
ADEPT is the only content protection service designed specifically for
Adobe Digital Editions, the free, lightweight (less than 3 MB) software
application for acquiring, managing, and reading eBooks, digital newspapers
and other digital publications. ADEPT protects, from unauthorized use,
files in both PDF and the new reflow-centric epub formats -- for example,
it allows the publisher (or other rights holder) to set limits for sharing,
copying and printing.
"As co-developer and operator of ADEPT, we are proud to also be offering
this new Adobe service to our customers," said Steve Potash, CEO of
OverDrive, Inc. "Adobe Digital Editions is a great leap forward for
digital publications such as eBooks and periodicals, and now publishers and
other rights holders can confidently profit from this growing market by
protecting their content with ADEPT."
"Adobe selected OverDrive as our ADEPT development and operational partner
based on their leadership and experience with e-publishing, libraries and
retailers," said Bill McCoy, general manager for Adobe's ePublishing
Business. "Customers who choose to purchase this service from OverDrive
will benefit not only from OverDrive's proven solutions for publishers and
distributors, but also from their deep working knowledge of Adobe Digital
Editions and other Adobe products."
As a hosted application, ADEPT includes an easy-to-use Web portal designed
to streamline the content protection process. Publishers, distributors,
libraries, retailers and other holders of eBooks and digital publications
upload their files to ADEPT and then set desired permissions for each file
(such as sharing, copying, printing and expiration). ADEPT applies DRM
(Digital Rights Management) so each file is protected against unauthorized
use, and provides secure download links via ADEPT Link to be used at the
account owner's public-facing website to enable the files to be safely
sold, loaned, rented or freely delivered. Regardless of the protections
applied, the end user enjoys a seamless experience opening and reading the
files in Adobe Digital Editions.
With native support for Adobe PDF and the new IDPF standard epub format,
Adobe Digital Editions already works seamlessly with more than 150,000
commercially published titles. Using Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 readers
have found that epub content automatically re-flows, adapting to different
screen sizes, and support for Adobe Flash® software enhances digital
publications through the integration of rich audio and video.
OverDrive also offers additional complimentary services to ADEPT, including
managing and protecting additional digital formats (like .WMA files for
audio and .WMV files for video) and developing custom public-facing
websites with e-commerce or library/lending features.
For more information about Adobe Digital Experience Protection Technology
(ADEPT), visit www.overdrive.com/products/adept.asp, or the Adobe ADEPT web
page at www.adobe.com/products/adept. For more information about Adobe
Digital Editions, visit www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions.
About OverDrive, Inc.
OverDrive provides the infrastructure to protect & download premium digital
audio books, eBooks, music, video and interactive games on a single
platform. We serve hundreds of publishers and thousands of libraries,
schools, retailers, enterprises and distributors serving millions of end
users. Our loyal customers rely on OverDrive for complete end-to-end and
custom solutions. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, OH.
www.overdrive.com
Contact Information: Contacts:
David Burleigh
OverDrive, Inc.
216-573-6886 x218