Schools Add eBooks at Record Pace in 2014-15
Mar. 20, 2015 – Growing catalog, ease of use, broad compatibility seen as drivers for OverDrive-powered schools
Alice Hoffman’s First Middle Grade Novel: Reviewing Nightbird
Alice Hoffman, the author of such popular books as The Dovekeepers and Practical Magic, just penned her first middle grade novel, Nightbird. As in her previous novels, Hoffman uses magical realism to explore life in a small town where one small girl lives a lonely…
A message to our library and school partners from Steve Potash
[this letter was sent via email on the morning of March 19, 2015] Dear OverDrive Library & School Partners, OverDrive announced today that Rakuten, Inc. has agreed to acquire OverDrive from Insight Venture Partners, our private equity partner and majority owner since 2010. In a…
The March Adult eHighlights Catalog is here!
For us at OverDrive, we’re excited that the weather is finally warming up. It has been a very chilly winter and to get us through the last of those cooler days, we’ve got this great list of hot new releases for adults in March. NYPD…
Librarian’s Share: OverDrive Media Stations promote discovery of the digital collection
Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library, a member of Ontario Library Service Consortium, received an OverDrive Media Station (OMS) as the result of a collection development promotion in November 2014. Faith Roebuck Shergold, Co-ordinator of Community Engagement and Young Adult Services with the library, kindly shared how the…
Big Library Read hath returned with a true Shakespearian tale!
We’re excited to announce that the latest Big Library Read is now live, offering millions of users around the globe the opportunity to join the largest global book club in the world. For the next two weeks Shakespeare Saved my Life by Laura Bates will…
Team OverDrive’s Saint Patrick’s Day Picks
Today is a great day to be Irish. In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, the Collection Development Analysts made a list of some of our favorite Irish authors and Saint Patrick’s Day related titles. CD Team’s St. Patrick’s Day Picks Between pints of Guinness and…
Take advantage of our Monday Magazine Mania sale!
It’s Monday Magazine Mania! Add OverDrive Periodicals today to offer the hottest magazines and newspapers, with an industry leading NOOK user experience, on the same platform as your other digital materials! Here’s how it works: Each library or school that orders OverDrive Periodicals today, Monday March…
Time to Imagine: Reviewing The Lost Track of Time by Paige Britt
While other kids spend their summer vacations at the pool, Penelope must follow a rigorous daily schedule set out by her mother. She needs to study and achieve in order to get into a great college and become a successful adult. She may only be…
Happy Pi Day!
This year’s Pi Day isn’t just any ol’ holiday that celebrates an irrational and transcendental number, but a once in a lifetime date in which the year lines up with the number as well: 3.1415…. (3-14-15) To help celebrate this very mathematical date, the Collection…
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