Outage in OverDrive

Press Reader users cannot access the service

Resolved Major

March 27, 2025 - Started 10 months ago - Lasted about 6 hours
Official incident page

Incident Report

We are investigating an incident where users are unable to access Press Reader (an Extra via Libby).

Components affected

OverDrive Databases & Streaming Media Services (external)

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RESOLVED 10 months ago - at 03/27/2025 07:40PM

This incident has been verified to have not been impacting multiple libraries and is now resolved. We will continue to troubleshoot any Press Reader access issues with impacted customers directly.

INVESTIGATING 10 months ago - at 03/27/2025 02:24PM

We are investigating an incident where users are unable to access Press Reader (an Extra via Libby).

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