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…
Check out the latest Teen & YA titles available through OverDrive!
This month, the Kids & Teens edition of our eHighlights catalog has a mix of exciting new titles, as well as some reissued classics that would both fit wonderfully into your existing collection. E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little are newly available in eBook…
Mad Men read alikes
If you’re like most of the OverDrive team, you’re excited to watch the conclusion of the award-winning show “Mad Men,” but perhaps not entirely ready to leave the characters behind just yet. Lucky for you, we have some great lists of books to keep that…
Family-friendly movie favorites you can only stream from your library
If you’re anything like me, when you’re not reading, you like to browse Netflix and see what movies are streaming. I was recently flipping through and trying to find some of my childhood favorites from the ’80s and ’90s and often came up short. I…
Spring break reads for travelers and staycationers alike!
Who doesn’t look forward to Spring Break? After spending all winter cooped up in the cold and snow, it is great to have the opportunity to relax and enjoy that book that we’ve been trying to read, maybe with our toes in the sand if…
Alice Hoffman’s First Middle Grade Novel: Reviewing Nightbird
Alice Hoffman, the author of such popular books as The Dovekeepers and Practical Magic, just penned her first middle grade novel, Nightbird. As in her previous novels, Hoffman uses magical realism to explore life in a small town where one small girl lives a lonely…
The March Adult eHighlights Catalog is here!
For us at OverDrive, we’re excited that the weather is finally warming up. It has been a very chilly winter and to get us through the last of those cooler days, we’ve got this great list of hot new releases for adults in March. NYPD…
Team OverDrive’s Saint Patrick’s Day Picks
Today is a great day to be Irish. In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, the Collection Development Analysts made a list of some of our favorite Irish authors and Saint Patrick’s Day related titles. CD Team’s St. Patrick’s Day Picks Between pints of Guinness and…
Time to Imagine: Reviewing The Lost Track of Time by Paige Britt
While other kids spend their summer vacations at the pool, Penelope must follow a rigorous daily schedule set out by her mother. She needs to study and achieve in order to get into a great college and become a successful adult. She may only be…