8 books we’re excited about in 2019
We asked team OverDrive what books they were excited about in 2019. As a building full of readers and librarians,…
65 Public Libraries Achieve Record-breaking Reading Engagement by Exceeding 1 Million Digital Checkouts in 2018
Jan. 15, 2019 – Toronto Public Library leads globally, King County Library System #1 in US and National Library Board Singapore is largest outside of North America
How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 1/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library With an abundance of reading and other mobile apps to distract…
Book-to-Movie details that annoy us
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. When you are in the business of books and in the company of several book…
65 libraries reach 1 million digital checkouts in 2018
2018 was a banner year in digital reading as 43,000+ OverDrive library and school partners around the world circulated over…
Public Libraries Achieve Record-Breaking Ebook and Audiobook Usage in 2018
Jan. 8, 2019 – Readers using libraries to engage with digital books and authors in record numbers
Books to engage your emerging readers
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. Emerging readers are not beginning readers anymore. They have mastered basic phonics and learned frequently…
The most popular ebooks and audiobooks of 2018
Recently, we released a press release highlighting the books readers could not get enough of in 2018. Both the ebook and…
Monday 5×5 for January 7, 2019
Hello and welcome to the first Monday 5×5 for 2019! This seems like as good a time as any to…
Books to celebrate the African American experience
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. The Black Lives Matter movement is celebrating four years in formal existence. It started…