By Adam Sockel, who forever believes in whimsy March 2nd is a big day for libraries and schools across the country. This date marks the birthday of Dr. Seuss and is celebrated as Read Across America, a day where librarians, teachers and classes read classic Dr….
By Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist and OverDrive’s resident Seuss fanatic. March is known as National Reading Month, a time to celebrate the joy of all things reading. The month kicks off with one of our favorite holidays, Read Across America, on March 2nd as…
By Kristin Milks, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive Don’t leave kids out in the cold! Make sure they have a Kids’ eReading Room to browse and find their own material in a safe environment without the fear of running into a bodice…
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist You can purchase all of the titles mentioned in this blog here. It’s no secret that a large number of the movies that come to the big screen every year are book adaptations. If people love reading a…
By Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist with OverDrive Your library’s digital collection is available 24/7, 365 days a year, anytime and anywhere. It’s an easy way to meet your users in the space they are most comfortable be it their couch, or their morning commute or…
The votes have been tallied and the overwhelming winner for the next Big Library Read is American Sniper, the New York Times number one bestselling autobiography by Chris Kyle. From March 17-31 millions of readers from around the world can join the Big Library Read…
By Annie Suhy, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. As a working mom with a young baby, I don’t have time for leisurely reading. To be perfectly honest, I barely have time for showering and going to the bathroom so curling up on the…
The curated collections, Love is in the Air: Romance Reads for Adults and Love is in the Air: Romance Reads for Teens, are ready for you to Publish in the curation interface in OverDrive Marketplace! Boost circulation and reader engagement by publishing the collection to your…
We released OverDrive v3.5.0 for iOS on Monday, February 1, 2016. Among other things, this updated version of the app resolves long-standing issues related to saving audiobook position and syncing. Unfortunately, it also introduced a new bug that prevented some users from opening or using…
Recently I had the chance to speak with acclaimed, debut author Sunil Yapa about his wonderful book, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist for our Professional Book Nerds Podcast. This story is one of compassion, showing how caring for others, even…
Here at OverDrive we believe that the library is the central connecting point in a community, the glue the brings everyone together. This means, as a library, you need to have materials and programs for all members of your diverse community. A library’s success comes…
By Joey Garcia, Infortmation & Technology Librarian at the Robert J. Kleberg Public Library Recently we spoke with Joey Garcia of the Robert J. Kleberg Public Library about a unique marketing idea they’re using to promote their digital library. The library has started promoting their…