The countdown is on – Digipalooza is coming (infographic)
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist. We’re less than 6 months away from Digipalooza, OverDrive’s digital library conference you can’t miss! Digipalooza is a unique professional development opportunity, no matter what your role is at the library. Our goal is to help you learn innovative…
The Enduring Legacy of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
By: Jill Grunenwald, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst & co-host of the Professional Book Nerds Podcast I was fifteen when I first discovered iconic Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was 1997, which I only remember because the Stow Public Library in Stow, Ohio was going through a…
56 Schools across Montana Launch Statewide Shared Collection of eBooks and Audiobooks
Feb. 8. 2017 – OverDrive Education makes digital books accessible to underserved schools via district sharing
We hope you’re hungry because Art of the Pie is the next Big Library Read selection
Grab your aprons and your rolling pins because the Big Library Read is coming back on March 16 and we’re heading to the kitchen. Called “one of the best cookbooks of 2016” and the new “Pie-Baking Bible” by NPR, Oprah.com and others, Art of the Pie…
Discover Manga with up to 50% off top trending titles
By: Rickie Mascia, OverDrive Social Media Specialist. OverDrive has partnered with Kodansha Advanced Media (KAM) and VIZ Media, the two bestselling manga publishers to provide hundreds of translated (English) manga titles to libraries in North America. Kodansha Advanced Media (KAM), is offering 50% off newly-added…
Save up to 50% on 2000+ romance titles during our February sale
With Valentine’s Day falling in the middle of the month, February has become the unofficial “Romance Month” in the literary world. For libraries, this means big savings as over 2,000 romance titles are up to 50% of in OverDrive Marketplace from now through the 20th….
Join our special webcast to learn how to bring new users to your digital library
A new year brings new opportunities to reach more users and increase circulation at your digital library. Make 2017 your best year yet with our free webcast full of ideas and resources for marketing your digital library. We’ll have two live sessions this Thursday at…
Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology: A masterclass in storytelling
By: Kristin Milks, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst Gods, heroes, drinking, battling, and a lot of clever brutes. Thus is Nordic mythology. Literature is informed by oral traditions of long ago like Homer’s works, religion, philosophy, and histories of the ancients. Most of us know a…
OverDrive Shared Collections increase eBook access for students
Budgeting for digital content remains a challenge in many schools. Individual schools often cannot launch a comprehensive digital initiative alone. To increase accessibility, OverDrive Education now offers shared collections, a collaborative eBook platform that enables two or more schools or districts to borrow eBooks and audiobooks via…
From Picture Books to Steamy Romance Novels: 14 New Books about Love
By: Liz Tousey, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst When people hear the word “romance” in regards to books they often think of old regency paperbacks and erotica. These are, of course, a big part of the genre but the truth is that romance is incredibly popular…
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