By Lisa Mullins, Training Specialist Looking to start fresh this fall? OverDrive’s Training team is hard at work making sure you have the tools and resources you need to succeed when it comes to building your digital collection. Whether you’re new to OverDrive or looking…
Since launching The OverDrive Shop earlier this year, we’ve had a blast sharing the library love around the world with t-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, and lots of other fun swag. 100% of the profits are being donated to the American Library Association Literary Clearinghouse and…
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist If there was a word to describe 2020, pivot would be high on the list. We’ve all become experts at pivoting from the year’s best-laid plans. From how we work to how our children learn to how we interact with…
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Since Libby, our award-winning one-tap reading app, launched in June of 2017, millions of readers have borrowed hundreds of millions of digital books from public libraries around the world. Now, with COVID-19’s impact as well as advancements in digital…
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Big Library Read (BLR) is back, and this time we bring you The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason. Set against the backdrop of London in the summer of 1860, The Darwin Affair is a page-turning mystery that will…
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist During the COVID-19 pandemic, we know that your library has worked hard to provide remote reading and learning resources to the kids and teens in your community. And with school plans still in flux, your library will continue…
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Polestar 2 is launching as the first car in the world to have an Android Automotive OS-powered infotainment system and our award-winning reading app Libby is included! The Android Automotive OS system includes a selection of Google apps…
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist When I was growing up, you could find me in one of two places: the library or a baseball field. I spent countless hours on diamonds in every small town across the Midwest. I played high school and collegiate…
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Each January, OverDrive highlights the library systems around the world that surpass one million digital checkouts across our platforms for the previous year. Advancements in digital reading and apps like Libby have led to continued growth in digital readership…
By Lisa Mullins, Training Specialist Looking to get started with browsing and purchasing digital content? Wondering how to fill holds and stay ahead of user demands? Join Lauren of the Training team for an introductory session on OverDrive Marketplace, your hub for digital content. This…
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Recently we announced that our catalog of Recorded Books audiobooks has expanded. Many of these titles are available to library partners for the first time. Today we are excited to announce that partners can now buy titles across…
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, New York Times bestselling coauthors of I’m Not Dying With You Tonight, will be joining our Professional Book Nerds for a conversation about social justice and equality on Thursday, July 16th at 3 pm…
