Reviewing God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison know how to tug at people’s heart-stings. Her work is notoriously fierce, poignant, and emotional and God Help the Child has claimed its place among her canon of extraordinary novels. In less than 200 pages, Morrison shares a moving story about…
Get 3 free seasons of Sesame Street for your digital collection!
Want to earn FREE Streaming Video titles for you library’s digital collection? Here’s how: Purchase our Family Friendly video pack (worth ~$2600 USD) and you’ll get 3 seasons of Sesame Street for free! That’s right – Big Bird, Elmo, and the whole gang will be…
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
A fantastic campaign started one year ago in April of 2014 to address the lack of children’s literature with diverse voices. It is called We Need Diverse Books. Ellen Oh, the President of the organization, said “Armed with statistics, we knew that the lack of…
Reviewing The Children’s Crusade by Ann Packer
I still remember when my mom gave me Ann Packer’s The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, for two reasons. One: I could not put it down and suffered a night without sleep, followed by a day of dark circles under eyes and stumbling. Two: it made…
Reviewing House of Echoes by Brandon Duffy
My husband and I often daydream about selling all of our possessions and buying a little cabin in the middle of the woods in Vermont or upstate New York. We could read books all day and listen to music; he could write and I could…
Streamline purchasing: Updates to carts for expiring Metered Access titles
Managing your Metered Access content and keeping up with user demand can be a challenge. We’re committed to simplifying this process, and saving you time and effort on repurchasing expiring Metered Access titles. Earlier this year, we introduced features to assist selectors with shopping and…
Movies you can only stream at your library: Warner Brothers edition!
Recent studies show that two in five American households subscribe to a video streaming service like Netflix. This highlights the steady growth in popularity and high demand of streaming content, where consumers are looking for instant entertainment. With OverDrive’s streaming video collection, the library can…
The top 10 reasons to preorder titles in OverDrive Marketplace
Recently we announced that the ability to preorder titles up to six months in advance in OverDrive Marketplace was now live. This provides your library countless new opportunities to be the first stop for your users when looking for their next great read. Here are…
Game of Thrones Read alikes and streaming video picks
Winter is coming…Alright let’s hope winter is actually on its way out. The newest season of Game of Thrones is set to release in April, and I cannot wait. But since wait we must, here are some streaming videos for the lovers of high…
OverDrive Periodicals drive circulation growth
Earlier this year, OverDrive went live with our digital magazine service, OverDrive Periodicals, offering over 1,000 magazines and newspapers, through our relationship with Barnes and Noble NOOK. The collection includes the best coverage of the top 200 circulating magazines including: Glamour, The New Yorker, USA…
Reviewing The Wilderness of Ruin
I am a self-professed true crime junkie. I drop everything when my TV is tuned to Investigation Discovery. Ann Rule and Harold Schechter are my superheroes. I am also a bit of a history geek; my undergrad degree is in the subject. When history and…
Preordering is now live in Marketplace
OverDrive is happy to announce that support for Preorders in OverDrive Marketplace is now available for all libraries and schools, including consortia. Now, your library’s digital collection has another reason to be the first stop for the hottest pre-release titles. With Preorders, you won’t miss…