Provide the best of independent authors to your patrons for free with SELF-e Select webinar
We are happy to announce that we are extending the deadline to enroll in the SELF-e Select on OverDrive pilot program to August 31. As many of our library partners already know, there are so many wonderful independent authors waiting to be discovered by patrons,…
Pokemon Adventures: Red and Blue now available!
By: Jill Grunenwald We are excited to announce that you can now add volumes 1-7 of Pokémon Adventures: Red and Blue to your OverDrive digital collection. Start the adventures in the land of Kanto with Red and Blue as they take on the Pokémon League…
Get Your Collection Ready for Summer
By: Courtney Sveda, OverDrive Training Specialist July is filled with family vacations, day trips, and time outside. What do all these activities have in common? They all pair perfectly with an eBook or audiobook! Because your digital collection may receive more attention due to the…
Expand your nonfiction collection and save up to 50% all month long
Throughout the month of July, you can get up to half off of thousands of nonfiction ebook titles in our exciting Marketplace sale. Memoirs, biographies, true crime stories and political books are routinely some of the most heavily circulated collections, and so we’ve worked with…
Magazines return to your OverDrive services
We’re excited to share that libraries can now add magazines to your OverDrive digital collection for readers to enjoy right in Libby or their browser. Magazines come in the OverDrive Read formatting, meaning there is no need to download any third party apps or create…
50% off audiobooks makes June the perfect month to grab your headphones
June is Audiobook Month and we’re celebrating by offering one of our biggest sales of the year. All month long you can save up to 50% on 20,000+ audiobook titles in OverDrive Marketplace. This means no matter how fast your patrons speed up the books to…
Now fill the world with words, love and pride
Each June, LGBTQ pride Month is celebrated as a way to look back and remember the tipping point of the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Last year, we suggested Stonewall by Ann Bausum and David Carter’s book on the riots with the same name as two…
2 YA CHARACTERS SURE TO BRING ANY RELUCTANT READER BACK TO THE BOOKS
Here at OverDrive, we pride ourselves on our book nerdery and borderline obsessive integration of literature in our daily lives. Honestly, it’s pretty rare to walk by a group of coworkers in the office and hear them chatting about anything other than books. We work with public…
Take the mystery out of Curated Collections this May
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist May is Mystery Month and while we’re already halfway through the month, there’s still time to add some mystery themed curated collections to your OverDrive site! As a genre, mystery is one of those all encompassing ones that…
8 Book collections readers will love this summer
Summer time, and the readin’s easy… Apologies. I couldn’t help myself. The calendar now says May which means, on this western side of the globe, temperatures are heating up. Summer to me has always been a time of outdoor adventures, beach lounging and, of course,…
Save Big This Month With Our A-May-zing Sales
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist When I was a kid, one of my favorite jokes went like this: Question: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Answer: Pilgrims I know. Super corny. But, along with corny jokes and even cornier blog…
Help decide The Great American Read
PBS wants to know America’s favorite book Over the next several months, PBS will delve into the books that American readers love, both classic and modern, in an effort to discover the most popular book in the country. The Great American Read is a celebration…