Best books for your staycation
By: Tiffany Wincek, Product Liaison It’s been almost eight years since I last took a real destination vacation, but I’m coming off the heels of a week-long staycation, so I really can’t complain. I love days spent exploring my hometown, hiking through the Cleveland Metroparks…
80 libraries on pace to surpass 1 million digital checkouts in 2019
Libraries are connecting readers to both their favorite and new authors at a record pace in 2019. Discovery and borrowing of ebooks and audiobooks through the library are once again outpacing all previous years, as 80 separate OverDrive partner library systems across the world are…
The Indie Author Project is back and better than ever
As many of our library partners know, independent and self-publishing circulation numbers continue to rise among readers. There are so many wonderful self-published authors waiting to be discovered, including writers living in your community! As more libraries embrace the growing popularity of independent authors, we…
Monday 5×5 for July 8, 2019
I know, I know. You’ve missed my Monday 5x5s. In my defense, first it was the week of ALA and then it was the week after ALA and apparently I just forgot. Ooops. But never fear, I am back this week and no conferences on…
Combat high holds with these Wimpy Kid read-alikes
By: Hannah Monson, Content Specialist Do you have a holds list a mile long for The Meltdown: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 13? Well, if so, you aren’t alone. Jeff Kinney’s humor series is by far the most popular for middle grade readers in the…
The Subtle Joys of Audiobooks
By: Anna Kogan, Support Specialist It’s been 10 years since I graduated high school, and I wonder what my academic life would have looked like had I come of age with a smartphone in hand. Having attended a notoriously competitive high school, the bar was…
10 books to read after you binge Stranger Things
Mornings might be for coffee and contemplation, but this weekend is for binge-watching everyone’s favorite Netflix series, Stranger Things. After waiting for over a year, we’ll all soon sit down to uncover the next chapter of the saga in Hawkins. The Mind Flayer is back,…
Using the Sora Activity tab to gain “Insight” into your students’ reading habits
By: Sydney Kalnay , Training Specialist With the Sora Activity tab under Insights in OverDrive Marketplace, all staff can gain a deeper understanding of students’ reading interests and habits and can use that data to make even smarter decisions about using digital content in the…
The fourth issue of Perspectives on Reading is now available!
The latest edition of Perspectives on Reading is here and full of interviews, opinions, articles and data from industry leaders. In this issue you’ll find topics including: The importance of comics in our current age of distraction and how there is a graphic novel for…
Reserve copies of popular titles with our new Lucky Day feature
Whether you call them Hot Picks, Sizzlers, Lucky Day or something else, we know that so many of our library partners reserve a select number of physical copies of popular titles on display for readers to borrow. As a reader, there is no better feeling…