OverDrive, which supplies e-books to schools, libraries and retailers, has declared tomorrow (18th September) as International Read an eBook Day.

The event is billed as a “celebration of modern storytelling”, with readers encouraged to share why they love e-books using the hashtag #eBookLove on social media.

OverDrive is a distribution platform which supplies e-books, audiobooks, music and streaming video to 30,000 libraries, schools and retailers across the world.

The company said: “As with most other aspects of our lives, the ways in which we read books have undergone radical changes in the past few years. International Read an eBook Day honors this digital shift in partnership with libraries across the world.”

Earlier this year OverDrive was purchased by Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten.