Celebrate Earth Day with OverDrive
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Marketing & Communications Specialist Around OverDrive’s Blue Sky campus we take Earth Day seriously. On this day, we kick off our office gardening group and place an emphasis on our year-long recycling campaigns. Stop by our LEED-certified green building and you’ll…
The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Hogwarts Library audiobook brings magic to your headphones
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing Communications Specialist & lifelong Potterhead. Harry Potter has been a part of my life for nearly twenty years. The first book came out when I was eleven years old and I have been enamored with J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World ever since….
Spring into eBooks on social media
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist If you haven’t stopped by the Resource Center lately, make sure to check out “What’s Trending” in the Marketing section to download a suite of spring-themed promotional graphics, bookmarks and half-sheet flyers. The print materials can be displayed or…
Advantage Plus provides flexible collection options for consortium libraries
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Advantage Plus options available in OverDrive Marketplace. New options include the ability for Advantage members to share titles with the consortium while maintaining wait list priority for their users, and more flexibility over which titles are…
10 authors share their #LibraryLove
By: Adam Sockel, co-host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast Libraries. They are a pillar of our communities. A safe haven for readers both young and old. An escape from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. A gateway to not just knowledge, but…
OverDrive Education Recommends Top 200 Digital Books to Empower Students & Teachers for School Library Month
Apr. 10, 2017 – From emerging readers to Professional Development for teachers, eBooks and audiobooks supporting inclusion, social justice and empathy
getAbstract provides expert summaries of popular business and management books
getAbstract’s catalog of over 8,000 simultaneous access eBook titles is available now in Marketplace. The collection includes abstracts of some of the most popular and best-selling business, career and self-improvement books such as The 4-hour Workweek, Start with Why, Getting to Yes, Emotional Intelligence 2.0,…
Digital Book Clubs Bring Communities of All Sizes Together
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Marketing & Communications Specialist As previously noted, digital Book Clubs are a perfect way to bring communities of readers together, regardless of their size or geographic proximity to one another. Digital Book Clubs enable a shared connection through reading that wouldn’t…
Professional Book Nerds Announce the “Must Read” New Releases for April
Apr. 4, 2017 – Popular podcast’s latest author interview features one of Time’s 100 most influential people and New York Times bestselling author, George Saunders
The easiest way to train your staff and OverDrive users just got easier
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist When we say we’re happy to help, we really mean it. That’s why we’re so excited about these updates to the Staff Training section of the Resource Center. With the latest changes, we’ve made it even easier for you…
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