Offer your users digital magazines and newspapers access fee free for a year
While meeting with our library partners at ALA in San Francisco last week, many were excited to hear about the success of one of our newest products, OverDrive Periodicals. To help spread the word about how libraries can offer digital newspapers and magazines on the…
Reviewing Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
It happens a couple times a year that you come across a book that hits all the right notes and leaves you wandering around the house afterward wondering what you do with yourself now that you are finished with it. I found myself in this…
Happy 4th of July reads!
The 4th of July is a great time to spend with family and friends, having cookouts, watching fireworks, and enjoying an eBook or two! Take advantage of the holiday and use your OverDrive account to learn a bit more about the founding of the U.S.A….
eBook and Audiobook checkouts hit single day record
While the nation’s librarians gathered in San Francisco for the 2015 annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA), library users around the world helped contribute to a record setting day in digital reading. Monday, June 29, 2015 saw a new single-day milestone of 500,535 digital titles…
Millions of Students Using eBooks as a Learning Tool in Schools
June 29, 2015 – Digital instructional materials empowering students and educators in thousands of schools and districts
OverDrive once again the top digital reading app for libraries
Thank you! OverDrive continues to be rated the best eBook app for libraries based on user ratings from both iOS and Android users (4.5 stars). These ratings were based on far more downloads and ratings than our competitors. Users enjoy the apps’ functionality and UI…
OverDrive to Present the Future of eBook Lending at National Library Conference
June 25, 2015 – New platform will redefine how libraries lend digital materials with unprecedented ease and speed
#ThrowbackThursday Streaming Video Edition
Celebrate #ThrowbackThursday with some retro streaming video! OverDrive has a wonderfully nostalgic selection of titles from the 50s – 90s. Here are just a few examples from each decade: The 90s At First Sight – Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino star in this romantic…
Celebrate the power of audiobooks all year long
If you are reading this, you are probably a lover of words. Written before you or broadcasted through you headphones, words matter to you. They matter to us too. Audiobooks may take a backseat to their shinier, newer eBook counterparts sometimes but they offer a…
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