From Bustle: Author Caitriona Lally just won a prestigious award from the university where she works as a janitor It’s like a real-life Good Will Hunting or something. I also love hearing about all of the “real jobs” other writers have. Iowa Public Radio has…
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. National Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative that celebrates picture books over the month of November. OverDrive supports this celebration with digital versions of all your favorite stories and artwork – from Pete the Cat to Goodnight…
Social media is a wonderful tool for finding new users in your community. It’s also a great way to interact with your patrons and show off your personality. One of the popular trends going around currently are “30 day” challenges where people share certain types…
From Book Riot, Hallowqueen: Queer Horror Books Excuse me while I furiously write every single title down. (Also, who else is watching The Haunting of Hill House? Can we talk about how Theo is one of the most amazing television characters ever?) Over on LitHub,…
Earlier this year, we launched the inaugural issue of Perspectives on Reading, our digital magazine which highlights trends in the world of literacy. In that first issue, you’ll find write ups about reading trends, literacy programs, iconic bookish locations and much more. We’ll soon be…
By now, you’ve hopefully downloaded Libby and borrowed some ebooks and audiobooks. The one-tap reading app is the fastest way to reading happiness with it’s simple and easy design. Libby is more than just a portal to your next great reading adventure. Our developers are…
Our Mags-travaganza is the perfect time to add OverDrive Magazines to your collection! Along with offering your patrons the hottest magazine titles that they can read on the same device as their ebooks and audiobooks, if you add OverDrive Magazines before December 31st you’ll be…
From the New York Times, 12 authors write about the libraries they love I don’t even know how you choose just one library. CrimeReads has a piece on reading Rebecca in the age of Trump I grew up reading Rebecca from a fairly young age…
By: Cristiam Usuga and Meredith Wemhoff. In Colombia, the Fundación EPM, has enthusiastically promoted their digital collection since the beginning of their partnership with OverDrive in 2015. They created an animated miniseries titled “Because when you read, nothing is impossible” featuring literary characters from beloved titles The Little…
On a recent episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, author, talk show host and stand-up comedian Guy Branum shared a wonderful story about encyclopedias. In both the interview and his book My Life as a Goddess, Guy discusses how, when he was young, the…
Based on interest from library partners, our developers have created a new Goals page in OverDrive Marketplace. This page provides public libraries with quarterly goals based on your digital collection’s trends and performance. It’s one thing to say you want to increase your circulation, reduce…
Each year, the Human Rights Campaign and millions of people around the country celebrate National Coming Out Day and October 11th 2018, is the 30 year anniversary of the holiday. In those three decades, countless individuals have celebrated coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,…
