Baker Publishing Group’s hottest titles coming out this fall
Digipalooza is officially less than a month away which means that soon the center of the library world will be downtown Cleveland. We’re excited to have our friends at the Baker Publishing Group joining us for the conference and so we wanted to share some…
Voting for our Curated Collection Naming Contest is now open
At the beginning of June we announced our OverDrive Curated Collection naming contest and, after receiving loads of wonderful entries, we’re excited to share that voting is now open! Simply click this link to see full list of all entries, sorted by category, and choose your…
Love is Love
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing & Communications Specialist June has long been known as LGBT Pride Month, a celebration demonstrating how Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans have strengthened our country, by using their talent and creativity to help create awareness and goodwill. June was chosen…
OverDrive to Offer Cost-per-Circ Model for eBooks and Audiobooks to Library and School Partners
Simon & Schuster Audio, Baker Publishing and Lerner Publishing among the first to provide libraries and schools additional options to manage their digital book collections By: Hadie Bartholomew, OverDrive Communications Manager OverDrive has played a pivotal role in digital library lending and its development by…
Summer blockbuster movie tie-ins
By: Annie Suhy, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst All the best stories begin in a book. It seems that film directors agree based on this summer’s ‘page to screen’ lineup. Many devoted readers will be making the trek to the theater to see if the fresh…
Curated Collections Create Circulation Commotion
(Ed. Note: This blog was written by Jessica Russell, Collection Development Manager at Harris County Public Library.) We love OverDrive’s Curated Collection feature here at Harris County Public Library! It’s all of the creative excitement of putting together a book display with none of the…
Short Reads for Weekend Getaways or Staycations
By: Kristin Milks, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst (Ed. Note: Summer is quickly approaching for readers in the U.S. and with it comes warm weather and holiday weekends. As we welcome that time honored tradition of the long weekend we thought it necessary to offer up some…
Audiobooks that Kids and Parents Can Enjoy Together
By: Liz Tousey, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. Ed. Note: You can view and purchase all these titles for your collection here: Click here to browse a list of these audiobooks and more in Marketplace.) Many of us know from personal experience that audiobooks are great for…
The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Hogwarts Library audiobook brings magic to your headphones
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing Communications Specialist & lifelong Potterhead. Harry Potter has been a part of my life for nearly twenty years. The first book came out when I was eleven years old and I have been enamored with J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World ever since….
Advantage Plus provides flexible collection options for consortium libraries
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Advantage Plus options available in OverDrive Marketplace. New options include the ability for Advantage members to share titles with the consortium while maintaining wait list priority for their users, and more flexibility over which titles are…
School Libraries Empower Students
School librarians report that eBooks and audiobooks help them reach sneaky readers, Hi-Lo readers and those seeking the privacy that digital reading provides. As a result for the past two years, OverDrive Education has seen a 48 percent growth in eBook and audiobook checkouts in…
getAbstract provides expert summaries of popular business and management books
getAbstract’s catalog of over 8,000 simultaneous access eBook titles is available now in Marketplace. The collection includes abstracts of some of the most popular and best-selling business, career and self-improvement books such as The 4-hour Workweek, Start with Why, Getting to Yes, Emotional Intelligence 2.0,…