Celebrate the Year of the Ox with our Chinese New Year sale
By Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Usher in the Year of the Ox with our Chinese New Year sale! Between now and March 8, you can save up to 50% off on thousands of Chinese-language titles. In 2019, circulation of Chinese-content increased across our…
Australian Public Library Ebook and Audiobook Checkouts Reach Record Heights in 2020
Feb. 8, 2021 – OverDrive acquisition of RBdigital benefits libraries with expanded catalogue and access to award-winning Libby reading app
Books for Black History Month and all year long
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Every February, librarians, educators, and readers carve out time in their reading schedule or on the bookshelves to celebrate and amplify Black voices for Black History Month. The truth is, 28 days isn’t enough. We should be reading,…
Provide readers the best of self-published titles with BookLife Elite
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Biblioboard, in partnership with Publishers Weekly, has launched BookLife Elite, a new simultaneous use collection now available for purchase in Marketplace! An expansion of Biblioboard’s popular Indie Author Project, the BookLife Elite collection is 50 curated self-published titles…
Helping first-time Libby users get started
The most frequently asked questions by readers new to Libby. In the past, we’ve shared a number of tips and tricks to get the most out of Libby. We delight in helping readers learn about all the different features Libby has to offer — but…
An Amanda Gorman reading list
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist During the Presidential inauguration of Joe Biden, millions of viewers were moved by the passionate words of Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate in the U.S. In reading her original poem, The Hill We Climb, Amanda sparked…
The next Big Library Read is coming soon
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Big Library Read (BLR) will soon be returning! From April 5 – April 19, the ebook of The Art of Taking it Easy by comedian and psychologist Dr. Brian King will be available without waitlists or holds. In…
Introducing Recorded Books Children’s Sim Use Collection
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist The circulation of juvenile content has seen tremendous growth since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are excited to announce a new simultaneous use package of children’s audiobooks from Recorded Books that will help our library partners…
Schools Reduce Barriers to Reading through Sora App Integrations
Jan. 26, 2021 – In 2020, more schools optimized app and content discovery by enabling Sora’s cross-platform connections
OverDrive’s ALA Midwinter preview: Marketplace, What’s New and more
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist The 2021 ALA Midwinter conference is here! Things might look a little different, and we might not have our big booth in Indianapolis, but you can still visit us in our virtual booth. When you visit our virtual…
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