OverDrive Launches QuickStart eBook Collection to Promote Reading in Elementary Schools
Mar. 14, 2016 – Teacher-recommended titles with simultaneous access for K-5 students in class, at home and everywhere, both online and offline
OverDrive Launches QuickStart eBook Collection to Promote Reading in Elementary Schools
OverDrive is excited to announce the launch of a new reading service, K-5 QuickStart. To promote reading, encourage digital learning, and support literacy goals, OverDrive is partnering with award-winning publishers including, Dawn Publications, Lerner Publishing Group, Britannica Digital Learning and ABDO, to offer a new…
Little House on the Prairie is now available through OverDrive!
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist “I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder The simple things in life do tend to be the best ones. For us,…
Listen to our exclusive podcast interview with Taya Kyle
By Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist and co-host of the Professional Book Nerds Recently we had the opportunity to speak with Taya Kyle, the widow of Chris Kyle who wrote the #1 New York Times best selling book American Sniper, which was chosen as the next…
A Few Excellent Reasons to Consider the Simultaneous Use Model
By Liz Tousey, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive All publishers and titles menitoned in this article are available here. OverDrive’ Simultaneous Use lending model allows you to circulate unlimited copies of a chosen titles or set of titles concurrently, for the length of your selected…
How to spread the word to your community about the Big Library Read
The latest Big Library Read begins on March 17th with readers having selected American Sniper as the title users from around the world will be reading and listening to at the same time. Given the popularity of the title this Big Library Read offers your…
EPUB3 and HTML5 eBooks Provide Enhanced Engagement with Readers
Mar. 7, 2016 – OverDrive enabling publishers to grow book sales by leveraging open industry standards
An updated version of the OverDrive app for iOS is now available
On Sunday, OverDrive released v3.5.2 of our iOS app, which resolves some of the issues that users encountered after upgrading to v3.5 in early February. This new version also includes: Displaying “Part x of y” in the audiobook player (added back based on user feedback) More specific…
Save 40% on DK Publishing and Rough Guides titles
All content in this sale can be found here. Throughout the month of March your Collection Development team will be excited to learn that they can save 40% on popular content from Dorling Kindersley and Rough Guides. Titles in this sale include useful travel guides for…
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