As many of our partners already know, romance is the most highly circulated genre in libraries, especially in digital formats that allow patrons to indulge their guilty pleasures without anyone else knowing. Romance is also the most cost-effective genre and one of the easiest ways…
Admit it, you missed my Monday 5x5s when I was at ALA Midwinter (Seattle, by the way, is a delightful city although way hillier than I anticipated). But nothing to fear, I have returned and am back with five more pieces I stumbled across last…
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist The Libby app has been delighting readers for awhile now, and the easy set-up and modern appearance make Libby perfect for both new and existing users of your OverDrive service. Recently, Libby received an update that makes it even easier…
For nearly a decade, Team OverDrive has been welcoming librarians to Cleveland for Digipalooza every other summer. The event is loaded with important information about OverDrive, the digital reading landscape, presentations from leaders in the library industry, and, of course, a lot of fun. We’ve…
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library We hope you enjoyed the “How libraries can spend less and circ more” checklist we introduced in Part 2 of this series last week. Maybe you’ve even used some of those tips to help manage the…
IT’S ALA WEEK! ::insert Kermit arms:: If you are attending Midwinter in Seattle, be sure to stop by the OverDrive booth #821 and say hello. We will also be giving presentations on how libraries can spend less & circ more with OverDrive, expanding on some…
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library When we introduced this series last week, we reviewed some of the impressive stats behind the dramatic increase in demand on libraries’ digital collections. How can you manage this growing popularity on a budget? Curate, curate,…
Last summer, we launched our new quarterly online magazine, Perspectives on Reading. The publication focuses on trends in the reading world, and since it’s launch we’ve featured the secret influence parents’ reading habits have on their children, the importance of organizations like We Need Diverse Books,…
From The New Yorker, Kristen Roupenian on what it felt like when “Cat Person” went viral Ah, “Cat Person.” I remember when the story was making the rounds a little over a year ago, and reading about the experience directly from Roupenian reminds me…
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library With an abundance of reading and other mobile apps to distract readers and suck up mindshare, how do we position the library as the first place to look when they want to be entertained, escape the…
2018 was a banner year in digital reading as 43,000+ OverDrive library and school partners around the world circulated over 274 million ebook and audiobook checkouts. We’ve seen consistent record breaking circulation numbers every year for some time, but this number represents a 22% increase…
Recently, we released a press release highlighting the books readers could not get enough of in 2018. Both the ebook and audiobook top tens feature some expected names (nice to see you, Harry) but there are also a large number of newcomers as well. We’ll soon…
