2014 saw widespread growth in K-12 market for eBooks and digital content
2014 was a great year, and we’re excited to see what 2015 will bring! This past year, we experienced a record number of new K-12 partnerships in the U.S. and abroad. As of January 1, 2015, nearly 12,000 schools and districts have incorporated the OverDrive…
NEW! eHighlights catalog moves to a new location
Thank you for following our various eHighlights catalogs on this blog. To make it easier to review title selections, we have created a new Catalogs page to better feature our new, noteworthy, and hot titles each month. Along with our Recommended Lists page, the Catalogs…
OverDrive sees widespread growth in K-12 market for eBooks and digital content
Jan. 21, 2015 – 12,000 Schools and districts choose OverDrive for a central digital content solution
MGM and Warner Bros. gems
If your library hasn’t started using a Cost Per Circ (CPC) plan, what are you waiting for? CPC plans give patrons simultaneous access to hundreds of fantastic streaming videos from Warner Bros. and MGM. Here is just a small sample of the great titles…
CES 2015: Connecting all of the things
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 really expended the “internet of things.” In essence, that’s just a fun way to say that all sorts of every-day things (from light-bulbs to thermostats) are getting connected to your home network. I think it’s pretty sweet, because, in a…
Staff resources to kick off the new year
For many of our partners, January brings a parade of new device owners walking into library branches needing help getting started with eBooks. Feeling overwhelmed? Here are some tips: The importance of staff training If you have new hires or if any staff members need…
Children’s eBook sales surge in 2014 in public libraries and schools through OverDrive
Jan. 13, 2015 – Synchronized eBooks with narration from top publishers provide ubiquitous compatibility for kids’ best-sellers
Children’s eBook sales surge in 2014 in public libraries and schools through OverDrive
Library spending on children’s, juvenile, and young adult eBooks in 2014 grew by 48% over 2013. Helping drive this dramatic growth was OverDrive’s 2014 launch of narrated eBooks and highly-illustrated best-selling children’s titles using open industry-standard EPUB3 and OverDrive Read. These popular children’s eBook titles…
Win free registration to Digipalooza ‘15!
OverDrive is excited to announce a partnership with Digipalooza conference partner, Penguin Random House, to offer 10 scholarships for Digipalooza ‘15! The scholarship will cover the $199 registration fee for five public library staff members and five school teachers or librarians to our 5th international…
Help your students resolve to read more in 2015
Creating a New Year’s resolution is a time-honored tradition. We vow to better ourselves in some fashion, be it improving our health or donating more to charity. Resolutions can be a great way to improve students in the classroom as well. As classes return from…
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