Monday 5×5 8/20/2018
By: Jill Grunenwald Instagram star has her book recalled due to potentially dangerous ingredients Awkward. (But seriously, Rodale — publisher of Tales from a Forager’s Kitchen — is offering refunds.) Tor has the transcript of VE Schwab’s 2018 JRR Tolkien lecture on Fantasy Literature My…
Librarians and legislators join forces at OverDrive’s Blue Sky Campus
Last week, OverDrive and the American Library Association partnered to host dozens of federal, state, county and local legislators and business leaders for a “Libraries Transform” program on libraries and workforce development at our world headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. This first-ever regional event featured a…
Provide the best of independent authors to your patrons for free with SELF-e Select webinar
We are happy to announce that we are extending the deadline to enroll in the SELF-e Select on OverDrive pilot program to August 31. As many of our library partners already know, there are so many wonderful independent authors waiting to be discovered by patrons,…
Attract new users with the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter
By: Jill Grunenwald Twenty years ago, readers of all ages in the United States and Canada were introduced to The Boy Who Lived. In the upcoming months, fans old and new of J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of…
Curating Collections for Your Digital Library
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist Did you know you can customize the collections featured on your OverDrive website and in Libby? Yes! Curation allows you to highlight format-specific content, newly added titles, or themed lists to promote library events or popular topics. These curated lists…
Monday 5×5 August 13 2018
The Mary Sue breaks down why the Harry Potter series makes a mess of its commentary on racism Even prior to starting the Monday 5×5 series, I read a lot of various literature and bookish commentary on a daily basis. It’s why I started the…
What Big Library Read has taught us
For several years now, we’ve proudly hosted the Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club. Every few months, we work with publishers to make one title available to library users across the globe without any wait lists or holds. This exciting event brings…
Discover Sora!
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist What has everyone at OverDrive excited about back-to-school season? Our new student reading app, Sora! Sora is designed to make reading engaging for your students. From earning achievement badges to customizing reading settings, it’s the best way for students to…
Monday 5×5 August 6, 2018
By: Jill Grunenwald Electric Literature provides a list of 11 books that prove there’s nothing wrong with self-publishing Are there people who still think there is something wrong with self-publishing? I hope not, but even if there are I think this list will show that,…