Love is in the air with the new Readers’ Advisory collection
By Jim Monastra, an Account Specialist with OverDrive You are invited to participate in OverDrive’s next Readers’ Advisory project, which centers on terrific romantic titles. As with the last campaign, we will be showcasing two separate collections for your OverDrive site – one collection that…
The newest international titles we can’t wait to read
By Emma Kanagaki, Librarian and Collection Development Specialist at OverDrive January is the start of a new year, which brings new beginnings…and so many new books! I’ve challenged myself to read more books than last year and step outside of my comfort zone in the…
New Year, New You: Audiobooks to listen to while you work out
By Todd Warhola, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive When I’m working out in the gym there are several different routes I take in terms of the kind of audiobook I’ll listen to. I like to listen to something that makes me feel like…
OverDrive Local Content lets your community be a part of your digital collection
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist OverDrive’s Local Content tool is a great way to enhance the value of your digital collection by offering unique historical documents, titles written by local authors and community videos your library has copyright permission to upload. Schools can…
Download Episode #5 of the Professional Book Nerds Podcast
By Jill Grunenwald, librarian, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst, and host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast As host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast I am, of course, always excited to share a new episode with our listeners but this one I am particularly excited…
Books to read once you finish Making a Murderer
By Rachel Kray, a Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive (and an amateur sleuth / armchair crime solver) It seems like the whole world is talking about Steven Avery and the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer. If you’re anything like me, you binge watched…
What we’re excited to READ in 2016
By Kristin Milks, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive. We here at OverDrive know what you really need: more books on your ‘To Read’ list! Lucky for you, we’re going to tell you what we cannot wait to load on our eReading devices. Humor…
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month
Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month are right around the corner and we wanted to take a look at all the great content, we here at OverDrive, have in order to fill out your digital collection during this important time of year….
The Oscars of Children’s & YA Lit: The ALA 2016 Youth Media Awards
By Annie Suhy, A Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. The American Library Association has once again announced the winners of some of the most prestigious awards in children’s literature. Along with being a fantastic honor, these awards almost guarantee literary prominence for a…
The books that got Team OverDrive reading
By Christina Samek, an OverDrive Launch Specialist We are a team of book nerds. This is not news–we love books, we know books. But, it wasn’t always this way. We were children once, figuring it all out. Words were shaping the trajectory of our…
Rebel, Rebel Reader
By Jill Grunenwald, librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. I was born in 1981 and my introduction to Grammy winning recording artist David Bowie was not through the numerous studio albums he had already produced by that point but was actually courtesy of the 1986…
Reviewing American Housewife by Helen Ellis
By Rachel Kray, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive First off, let me just say one thing: this book is hysterical. I was reading this while I was traveling and could not contain my laughter on an airplane and a train. Yes, I was…