Summer is traditionally when Hollywood rolls out its blockbuster movies. The big budget, tent pole films we all enjoy with a bucket of buttery popcorn and a smile on our face. While we fill the theaters to laugh, cry and be endlessly entertained, there’s a…
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist Starting today until July 7, users from over 20,000 libraries around the world will be participating in the Big Library Read, our global digital book club. Readers at participating libraries can borrow A Murder in Time without wait…
To celebrate OverDrive’s hometown basketball team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, winning the city’s first professional sports championship in half a century we’re offering a 48 hour promotion in Marketplace. On Wednesday and Thursday, every purchase you make for your OverDrive digital library will come with a…
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist When doing your purchasing in OverDrive Marketplace you’ll now find BISAC subject headings have been added to many title details pages. They can include up to one major subject level and three topical subject levels, following this example:…
Last week, we announced the June Extravaganza Sale in OverDrive Marketplace with thousands of titles marked down anywhere from 25-50% off their normal sale price. The sale is more than just eBooks, however. On the sale page you’ll find over 20,000 audiobooks are on sale…
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist. Next week, June 23 through 28, the library community will come together in Orlando, a city built on nostalgia, magic and innovations that shape the world of tomorrow. What better place to show our partners the latest state-of-the-art…
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist The Big Library Read digital book club program, which kicks off June 23, offers a unique opportunity to bring your community together through a shared reading experience. Having a featured eBook available on your OverDrive website without wait…
Throughout the month of June library partners around the world can save up to 50% on over 25,000 titles available in OverDrive Marketplace. This means now is the perfect time to stock your digital library full of great titles whether they’re eBooks, audiobooks or streaming…
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist and audiobook addict. June is widely known as Audiobook Month, a time to celebrate the greatness that is reading with your ears! Audiobooks are perfect for people with busy lifestyles who don’t always have time to sit down…
By: Michael Hawkins, Electronic Resources Librarian with Sno-Isle Libraries. Ed. Note: Sno-Isle Libraries recently completed a community reading program called Whidbey Reads, a large scale book club. This year they implemented a digital aspect using their OverDrive collection for the first time. What follows is…
By: Kristin Milks, Librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. The season is a-changing and with it (unless you’re in Australia *hashtag sorry*) comes warm weather, cool nights and the promise of outdoor reading time. But what’s that you say? You must travel for work/weddings/vacation? How ever…
By: Jill Grunenwald, librarian, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst and host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast A little over six months ago, OverDrive’s staff librarian team introduced the Professional Book Nerds podcast! As voracious readers who spend their days talking about books and recommending books, we…