Gain more readers during Library Card Sign-Up Month with IDC
September is one of my favorite months because it’s the American Library Association’s Library Card Sign-Up Month! More library cards mean more people are discovering the joys of their local public library. Here in Ohio, residents can get a card at any public library in…
Listen up! Over 800 HarperCollins audiobook titles now available in CPC for $2.99 or less
Over the past few years, audiobooks have consistently been gaining in popularity. Many of our library partners have been leveraging this rise, often seeing double-digit checkout growth year over year. One of the best ways to leverage the rising demand for audiobooks is with Cost…
For the Love of Language
By: Anna Kogan, Support Specialist Throughout my life, I’ve sought fellow foreign language learners and speakers in the wild. I’ve met the dedicated, all-or-nothing unicorns that have sacrificed a scant few months to immersing themselves in a foreign language, frequently coming out of the experience…
Save on staff picks from the Back to School Sale
September is here and so is a new school year! Many of our partners have started investing heavily in kids and teen content and seen terrific circulation numbers as a result. Our Back to School Sale is going on through the end of the month,…
3 ways to create a foreign language lesson plan with Sora
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager Hola, educators! Whether you’ve got students who are just learning their “le” from their “la” or you’re diving into des études plus avancées (more advanced study), chances are you’re looking for engaging and creative ways to make language come alive…
We need your help deciding the next Big Library Read!
Our latest Big Library Read (BLR) program was another success for our library partners and their patrons. BLR will be back in the fall, and this time we’ll be featuring a kids or teens title! Our global ebook club has reached thousands of readers all…
Celebrate Read an Ebook Day on September 18th and win
September is a big month for readers. It’s Library Card Sign Up Month, features Banned Books Week and several days are dedicated to celebrating literacy. Our favorite among them is, of course, Read an Ebook Day, which takes place on September 18th and is all…
Sora is now available in 10 languages
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist We’re excited to share that Sora is now available in the following additional languages, giving more students the opportunity to fall in love with reading: Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese French German Italian Japanese Russian Spanish Swedish In your browser Students…
Best of the Back to School Sale (Part 1)
By Bailey Hotujac (Account Manager) and Sarah Wilsman (OverDrive Librarian) As you’re setting up for the new school year, don’t neglect your digital library. There’s no processing for new ebooks and audiobooks, so think of that as one less item on your to do list…
How to reach new users in and outside of your library (Part 3: Local media outreach made easy)
Pop quiz! What’s the primary platform U.S. adults use most often to receive the news? If you guessed TV, you guessed correctly as 57% of Americans rely on mostly local TV-news with online, radio, and print newspapers trailing closely behind. As many as 7 in…