2016 is off to a torrent start for digital library lending as checkout numbers are up for Q1 (Jan. 1, 2016 – March 31, 2016) based on the activities of 50 top circulating libraries. eBook, audiobook and digital magazine checkouts through OverDrive are on track…
By Sydney Kalnay, OverDrive Training Specialist For many, spring is a time of renewal. The trees come alive with birdsong and lawns are awash in the first haze of green. For me, spring tends to mean one thing: restlessness. After being cooped up indoors for…
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist During April, we are proud to celebrate National Library Week, a time dedicated to the sheer awesomeness that is the librarian. Of course, celebrating “librarian love” is something we do every day here at OverDrive but National…
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist OverDrive is excited to announce that we have teamed up with Cityread London for the first time to get this year’s featured book, Ten Days by Gillian Slovo, in eBook format for local public library authorities. Cityread London…
By Rachel Woods, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive All of the streaming video titles discussed in this post can be found here. I have a confession to make: I am a recovering serial video re-watcher. When I love a movie, I really love a…
Starting today until March 31 users from over 21,000 libraries around the world can borrow the eBook and audiobook of the #1 New York Times best selling American Sniper without any wait lists or holds. The Big Library Read creates a digital “global book club” for two…
OverDrive is excited to announce the launch of a new reading service, K-5 QuickStart. To promote reading, encourage digital learning, and support literacy goals, OverDrive is partnering with award-winning publishers including, Dawn Publications, Lerner Publishing Group, Britannica Digital Learning and ABDO, to offer a new…
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist “I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder The simple things in life do tend to be the best ones. For us,…
By Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist and co-host of the Professional Book Nerds Recently we had the opportunity to speak with Taya Kyle, the widow of Chris Kyle who wrote the #1 New York Times best selling book American Sniper, which was chosen as the next…
The latest Big Library Read begins on March 17th with readers having selected American Sniper as the title users from around the world will be reading and listening to at the same time. Given the popularity of the title this Big Library Read offers your…
On Sunday, OverDrive released v3.5.2 of our iOS app, which resolves some of the issues that users encountered after upgrading to v3.5 in early February. This new version also includes: Displaying “Part x of y” in the audiobook player (added back based on user feedback) More specific…
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….