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…
Download episode 3 of the Professional Book Nerds podcast!
By Jill Grunenwald, a Librarian, Collection Development Specialist and host of the Professional Book Nerds Podcast Working in the book business, we here at OverDrive looooove books. Being an active reader helps us do our jobs better, especially here in the Collection Development department because…
Penguin Random House now offers simplified lending models
Effective January 1, 2016, the full Penguin Random House US and Canada eBook catalogs will be available for libraries and schools in the US and Canada under the one copy one user model. All PRH titles purchased will remain in your collection for the life…
Kick off the new year with OverDrive Streaming Video
By Melissa Marin, Marketing Specialist on the Library Partner Services team at OverDrive. If you follow our blog, you’ve been reading a lot lately about the benefits of streaming video and some of our favorite holiday content. Now is the perfect time to expand your…
How OverDrive Streaming Video adds value to your collection
When people think about their library’s digital offerings they likely think about all the great eBook and audiobooks they can get for free on devices, tablets and phones. What many people might not realize is that, with OverDrive and their library, they can also get…
Don’t miss out on the biggest content sale of the year!
As you may have noticed, all month long we’ve been promoting our Holiday Spectacular Sale where you can save 25-50% off of thousands of titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Much like the year itself, this sale is coming to an end in a few short days…
You Can Now Commence Your Binge-Reading: Series Conclusions of 2015
By Liz Tousey, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Many of us are, or know someone who is, the kind of reader who hates to be left hanging in a series. We hear from friends and colleagues about the agony and ecstasy of an…