2018年8月22日下午,中國輕工業出版社副社長江波女士與OverDrive公司CEO Steve Potash先生在第二十五屆北京國際圖書博覽會上順利簽約。出席本次簽約活動的還有中國輕工業出版社副總編輯龍志丹女士。
OverDrive公司是全球最大的圖書館電子書供應商,成立于1986年,總部位于美國俄亥俄州的克利夫蘭市。OverDrive公司目前從全球5000多家優秀出版社或者機構獲得內容,其中包括美國五大出版集團和中國正在日益增加的出版社隊伍,通過自己平臺的出色服務,將內容輸送到全球40000多家圖書館和學校。平臺可供選擇的電子書、音樂、視頻等近350萬種。
中國輕工業出版社通過與OverDrive公司的合作,將更多的優質本版內容傳播到全球每一位熱愛中文的讀者手中,不僅滿足了迅猛增長的國際市場對中文內容的需求,也為政府倡導的文化“走出去”戰略做出了貢獻。
On the afternoon of August 22, 2018, Ms. Jiang Bo, deputy head of China Light Industry Press, and Mr. Steve Potash, CEO of OverDrive Company, successfully signed the contract at the 25th Beijing International Book Fair. Long Zhidan, deputy chief editor of China Light Industry Press, attended the signing ceremony.
OverDrive is the world's largest library e-book supplier, founded in 1986, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. OverDrive currently receives content from more than 5,000 excellent publishers or institutions around the world, including five major publishing groups in the United States and an increasing number of publishing houses in China, delivering content to more than 40,000 libraries and schools worldwide through the excellent services of its own platform. There are nearly 3 million 500 thousand kinds of e-books, music, video and so on.
Through the cooperation with OverDrive, China Light Industry Press has spread more and more high-quality content to every Chinese-loving reader in the world. It not only meets the demand of the rapidly growing international market for Chinese content, but also contributes to the cultural "going global" strategy advocated by the government.