'The Last Song,' 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' Climb the Most Downloaded Books from the Library Lists

Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol' tops the eBook & audiobook charts a seventh month

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Apr 01, 2010, 02:00 ET

CLEVELAND, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital content to libraries, today announced the 'Most Downloaded Books from the Library' for March 2010. For complete lists, visit www.overdrive.com/mostdownloaded. Nicholas Sparks' "The Last Song" and Stieg Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" moved up on both the adult fiction audiobook and eBook charts, while Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" remained the most downloaded adult fiction title for the seventh consecutive month. Digital books by Sue Grafton, Rick Riordan, and Malcolm Gladwell were also among the most downloaded books from the library in March.

The 'Most Downloaded Books from the Library' lists are organized by subject and format, and compiled based on activity at more than 10,000 libraries in the OverDrive global network. Complete lists for audiobooks and eBooks in adult fiction, adult nonfiction, juvenile fiction, and juvenile nonfiction are available at www.overdrive.com/mostdownloaded.

Most Downloaded Audiobooks from the Library - Adult Fiction (March 2010)
Rank	Title	Author	Publisher	Months on List
1	The Lost Symbol	Dan Brown	Books on Tape	7
2	The Help	Kathryn Stockett	Books on Tape	9
3	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Stieg Larsson	Books on Tape	18
4	The Last Song	Nicholas Sparks	BBC Audiobooks America	6
5	"U" is for Undertow	Sue Grafton	Books on Tape	4
6	1st to Die	James Patterson	Hachette Audio	27
7	The Time Traveler's Wife	Audrey Niffenegger	HighBridge Company	10
8	Bed of Roses	Nora Roberts	Brilliance Audio	6
9	The 8th Confession	James Patterson, Maxine Paetro	Books on Tape	12
10	13 1/2	Nevada Barr	Brilliance Audio	7

Most Downloaded eBooks from the Library - Adult Fiction (March 2010)
Rank	Title	Author	Publisher	Months on List
1	The Lost Symbol	Dan Brown	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	7
2	The Help	Kathryn Stockett	Penguin USA, Inc.	9
3	The Last Song	Nicholas Sparks	Grand Central Publishing	7
4	Pirate Latitudes	Michael Crichton	HarperCollins	5
5	I, Alex Cross	James Patterson	Little, Brown and Company	5
6	Alex Cross's Trial	James Patterson, Richard DiLallo	Little, Brown and Company	8
7	Bed of Roses	Nora Roberts	Penguin USA, Inc.	6
8	Vision in White	Nora Roberts	Penguin USA, Inc.	11
9	The Lovely Bones	Alice Sebold	Little, Brown and Company	8
10	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Stieg Larsson	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	7

OverDrive provides digital distribution services for more than 10,000 libraries, retailers, and schools worldwide with support for PC, Mac®, Sony® Reader™, nook™, BlackBerry® and Android™, as well as the largest collection of iPod®-compatible audiobooks for libraries. To see if your public library is a member of the OverDrive network, visit http://search.overdrive.com. OverDrive also operates the Digital Bookmobile (www.digitalbookmobile.com), a high-tech 18-wheeler traveling North America on behalf of public libraries to raise awareness about free library downloads.

'Most Downloaded Books from the Library' lists are developed based on a formula that includes books checked out and on a waiting list at OverDrive-powered libraries.

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