If pups could read: Their Favorite Titles In Commemoration of the Year of the Dog
By: Winnie Li, Business Development Executive (Ed. Note: I can confirm all of these animals are very good doggos and their recommendations can definitely be trusted.) Peoples’ infatuation with dogs has been going on for 15,000 years. We are celebrating our beloved friends in…
Books & Besties: a GALentines’ Day treat
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. While I had crushes often as a teen – actors, boy bands, cute boys in my class – my first true love was my middle school best friend, Robin. She showed up at the start of 5th grade with huge,…
At OverDrive, the romance (sale) is in the air.
By: Ryan Chamberlain, Publisher Account Specialist February is a troubling month. We do strange things for it. The highest-fi equipment and NYC-based reporters travel to a campsite in Punxsutawney to bear analytical witness as a dirt-dwelling animal walks around under a rumored sun. Candygrams are…
New year, new training webcasts
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist Here at OverDrive, we love to innovate. We continually update our products with new features and improvements, and our monthly library webcasts are no exception. The Training team wants to ensure our live sessions meet your needs when it comes…
What we’re reading for Black History Month
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing & Communications Specialist and co-host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. I grew up a fortunate reader. Though my family was not wealthy, my parents always had the means to provide as many books as I could read. Library and bookstore…
OverDrive’s device advice: tablets, Part 2 of 3
By: Quinton Lawman, Product Owner. Welcome back! Last time, I talked (quite a bit) about eBook readers. Today, it’s tablet-time! This sounds a bit obvious, but the key to buying a tablet and being happy about it is to consider the specific things you’ll use…
The Digital Bookmobile Hits the Road in 2018
By: Lauren Bajda, Digital Media Events Specialists Ed. Note: this blog was originally posted on the Digital Bookmobile’s blog. Follow along for frequent events and tour updates. The Digital Bookmobile is geared up and ready to hit the road in 2018! After taking a two…
A Picture is worth a thousand words, Instagram how-tos
By: Abbie Frank, OverDrive Outreach Specialist Each day, 1.2 billion people around the world use social media and two million advertisers utilize these sites to market their brand. Instagram alone has 500 million active monthly users. For beginners, posting on complex platforms like Instagram can…
Summer (reading) in Oz
With the PyeongChang Winter Games approaching, we can’t help but recall the 2000 Summer Games, and the “unseasonably” cold weather in Sydney. Northern Hemisphere dwellers, some of us challenged by geography and climate, sat smugly in shorts, watching those poor runners and swimmers lose the…
6 Most Popular Manga Series of 2017
By: Rickie Mascia, OverDrive Social Media Specialist 2017 was an exceptional year for manga readers. As new volumes were added to popular series and new series were introduced, there was a story for every fan to enjoy. Our partners, Kodansha Advanced Media and VIZ Media, released numerous titles…
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