By: Jill Grunenwald As Lucy Maud Montgomery once wrote, I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. And, here we are, the first Monday 5×5 of the month. The Establishment discusses how public libraries are outgrowing their classist roots Ah, Melvil…
A fundamental aspect of libraries is the fact that they are a bastion of knowledge. Libraries understand the importance of information and how essential access to that information is. This is why every year we join libraries around the country to celebrate Banned Books…
By: Annie Suhy, OverDrive Marketing Specialist A little over a year ago, we introduced Libby to the world. Her bright red hair and shy smile intrigued us; and her love of books was contagious. Have you introduced her to your patrons yet? If not, we’re…
Publisher’s Weekly discusses the fact that Susan Orleans knows librarians are superheroes I’m so excited for this book, and not just because it may give the Professional Book Nerds another opportunity to interview Susan. Instead, when we did interview she was working on this book…
As you may have noticed, we’ve been running a massive sale in OverDrive Marketplace highlighting quality content that perfectly aligns with back to school time. Both libraries and schools can take advantage of some of the wonderful collections and custom created lists you’ll find on…
Get a signed copy of The Hate U Give to give away for your next library book club The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas has won countless major literary awards, sat atop the New York Times bestseller list for over a year and is…
If you noticed an absence of 5x5s for the past two weeks it’s because I was off getting married! We are both librarians so, naturally, we had a library-themed wedding and took wedding photos at the Cleveland Public Library. But, because of the small break…
On September 15, we can all consider ourselves citizens of Gotham as we’re celebrating Batman Day. In honor of the Dark Knight’s holiday DC Comics is giving away digital copies of two of their popular titles to OverDrive library and school partners. The available books…
By Lauren Bajda Originally posted at https://digitalbookmobile.com First Digital Bookmobile Event 2008 The Digital Bookmobile powered by OverDrive just celebrated its 10 year anniversary! We could not have reached this milestone without the support of our library and school partners across North America. From California…
This October, our Big Library Read returns with the latest entry in the world’s largest ebook club and this time around the winning title is The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke. The book, which tells the story of sixteen-year-old Ellie Baum as…
By Briana Johnson-Sims If you’ve attended one of our marketing webcasts this year, you know a thing or two about connecting kids, teens, and older adults to your digital collection. (If not, check out our past webcasts here.) Now it’s time to talk about another…
When people talk about Libby and/or OverDrive, odds are the first thing they mention is how easy and convenient it is. The accessibility of being able to read anytime, anywhere and all for free, thanks to the sheer awesomeness of libraries, is a wonder that…
