By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist I recently interviewed author Joan F. Smith for the Professional Book Nerds podcast about her novel The Half-Orphan’s Handbook. When she was a teenager, Joan’s father took his own life. Her book is a fictional but somewhat autobiographical story…
Between now and May 31, you can save up to 50% off on thousands of Spanish language titles in our Spanish Language Sale! In 2020, the circulation of Spanish content increased across our network of OverDrive libraries and schools. Public libraries saw a 70% increase…
As part of OverDrive’s continued commitment to helping you meet increased demand for digital content, we are pleased to announce the OverDrive Community Read: Social and Emotional Learning Collection. This bundle is donated by OverDrive and comes at no cost to your library. The collection…
By Annie Suhy, Outreach Services Specialist We’ve heard how the usage of ebooks and audiobooks has grown exponentially in the last year in academic libraries. Accelerated by the pandemic, digital usage in the academic environment is an upward trend that began in the mid-2010’s. With…
As of Nov. 1, 2023, Universal Class is no longer available for purchase through OverDrive. Visit the Resource Center to learn more about all of our other Libby Extras offerings. We’re excited to introduce a new category of content for your library’s digital collection: Databases…
Visit this page to see the tools and resources available in Marketplace to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to purchase digital content. Over the past several weeks, we here at OverDrive have been in dialog with leadership from the Institute of Museum and…
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist With respect to T.S. Eliot, I’m not so sure about his whole “April is the cruellest month” from The Waste Land. After all, how could an entire month dedicated to the magic and majesty of poetry be considered…
At the beginning of the year, we talked with Martin County Library System (FL) about some unique ways they found success promoting their digital collection. Many libraries like Martin County focused on increasing their social presence or handing out items during curbside pickup, but reimagining…
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist OverDrive joins all librarians to promote and celebrate National Library Week for what they truly are — superheroes of society. To celebrate librarians, reading, and digital libraries, we’ve called on a few friends to assemble with their stories of…
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist From now until April 19, readers at participating OverDrive libraries can check out the ebook and audiobook of The Art of Taking It Easy without any waitlist or holds. After reading the book, be sure to head over…
Join us on April 14 at 10:00 a.m. EST for a special catalog presentation from Kensington! This event will feature special appearances by Kensington editors and authors and will cover a list of their summer and fall 2021 new releases. Library partners who want a…
National Library Week is here and we are so excited to announce Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden as our keynote speaker for Day 1 of Digipalooza ‘21! Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead the national library, was nominated to…