<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000">Good Afternoon,</div><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>A colleague at a TLN member library shared this article from PW with me while I was on vacation: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.publishersweekly.com_pw_by-2Dtopic_industry-2Dnews_industry-2Ddeals_article_82066-2Dequity-2Dfirm-2Dagrees-2Dto-2Dbuy-2Doverdrive.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VZwzE-ihmVk8MWnuOKeBhdzjlCVxa_pma10LdYu6QtI&m=I3GWj7IQo38e6r6DpSkXPp3-MF-I3zm1TFubBCVHxMc&s=Ub2T11oiCT8MeddMeeB85DAFkmZAYVo5jAvauC9PxoY&e=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.publishersweekly.com_pw_by-2Dtopic_industry-2Dnews_industry-2Ddeals_article_82066-2Dequity-2Dfirm-2Dagrees-2Dto-2Dbuy-2Doverdrive.html&d=DwQFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VZwzE-ihmVk8MWnuOKeBhdzjlCVxa_pma10LdYu6QtI&m=I3GWj7IQo38e6r6DpSkXPp3-MF-I3zm1TFubBCVHxMc&s=Ub2T11oiCT8MeddMeeB85DAFkmZAYVo5jAvauC9PxoY&e=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/82066-equity-firm-agrees-to-buy-overdrive.html</a> </div><br><div>As the article notes, KKR is the same private equity firm that purchased RBmedia (Recorded Books) a couple of years ago.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Jim</div><br><div>Jim Flury<br>Technical Services Manager<br>The Library Network<br>41365 Vincenti Court<br>Novi, MI 48375<br>248-536-3100, ext 133<br>Fax 248-536-3098<br>jflury@tln.lib.mi.us</div></div><br></div></div></body></html>