How OverDrive Holds Manager can help automate your Collection Development
By Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist at OverDrive Collection Development is one of the many parts of running a library that is truly a full time job. Your Collection Development Librarians have to be aware of titles that are coming out everyday whether they’re best sellers,…
Reviewing The Widow by Fiona Barton
By Emma Kangaki, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive The marriage thriller novel is alive and well for 2016! If you’re a fan of The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison or The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, then you will enjoy the…
Let’s Hear It for the 2016 Audie Award Finalists and the Rise of the Spoken Word Format
By Annie Suhy, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. As a working mom with a young baby, I don’t have time for leisurely reading. To be perfectly honest, I barely have time for showering and going to the bathroom so curling up on the…
Publish your curated collection for Romance Reads!
The curated collections, Love is in the Air: Romance Reads for Adults and Love is in the Air: Romance Reads for Teens, are ready for you to Publish in the curation interface in OverDrive Marketplace! Boost circulation and reader engagement by publishing the collection to your…
Real Men Read Romance: Love from a male point of view
Feb. 12, 2016 – Top Romance eBooks and audiobooks for men to borrow from the library
An update regarding the problems with the recent OverDrive iOS app update
We released OverDrive v3.5.0 for iOS on Monday, February 1, 2016. Among other things, this updated version of the app resolves long-standing issues related to saving audiobook position and syncing. Unfortunately, it also introduced a new bug that prevented some users from opening or using…
Professional Book Nerds Interview: Sunil Yapa
Recently I had the chance to speak with acclaimed, debut author Sunil Yapa about his wonderful book, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist for our Professional Book Nerds Podcast. This story is one of compassion, showing how caring for others, even…
Create Reading Happiness at your library with this special webcast
Here at OverDrive we believe that the library is the central connecting point in a community, the glue the brings everyone together. This means, as a library, you need to have materials and programs for all members of your diverse community. A library’s success comes…
Save up to 30% on Harlequin and Harper Avon titles during our February Romance Sale
February is traditionally a time when we think of love which makes now the perfect time to enhance your collection of Romance titles. The Romance genre is always in high demand as the most popular type of eBook checked out across our library sites and…
Librarian’s Share: Go on a Blind Date with an eBook
By Joey Garcia, Infortmation & Technology Librarian at the Robert J. Kleberg Public Library Recently we spoke with Joey Garcia of the Robert J. Kleberg Public Library about a unique marketing idea they’re using to promote their digital library. The library has started promoting their…
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