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…
By: Jill Grunenwald From the Mary Sue, N.K. Jemisin wins her 3rd consecutive Hugo award for Best Novel YEAH SHE DID. Back at BEA, my coworker Adam got to interview N.K. Jemisin and Ann Leckie (why no, no I am not jealous, why do you…
By: Annie Suhy, OverDrive Outreach Specialist There’s a lot to celebrate in the digital literary land this month. Cue Kool & The Gang. ? Ceeeelebrate good times, come on!? Pass the good times and the good vibes along to your patrons by letting them know…
In OverDrive Marketplace we’re currently running our Back to School Sale where libraries and schools can save up to 50% on more than 20,000 titles. Within the sale you’ll find curated collections for young readers, educators and fans of young adult and middle grade fiction….
By: Jill Grunenwald Instagram star has her book recalled due to potentially dangerous ingredients Awkward. (But seriously, Rodale — publisher of Tales from a Forager’s Kitchen — is offering refunds.) Tor has the transcript of VE Schwab’s 2018 JRR Tolkien lecture on Fantasy Literature My…
Last week, OverDrive and the American Library Association partnered to host dozens of federal, state, county and local legislators and business leaders for a “Libraries Transform” program on libraries and workforce development at our world headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. This first-ever regional event featured a…
We are happy to announce that we are extending the deadline to enroll in the SELF-e Select on OverDrive pilot program to August 31. As many of our library partners already know, there are so many wonderful independent authors waiting to be discovered by patrons,…
By: Jill Grunenwald Twenty years ago, readers of all ages in the United States and Canada were introduced to The Boy Who Lived. In the upcoming months, fans old and new of J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of…
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist Did you know you can customize the collections featured on your OverDrive website and in Libby? Yes! Curation allows you to highlight format-specific content, newly added titles, or themed lists to promote library events or popular topics. These curated lists…
The Mary Sue breaks down why the Harry Potter series makes a mess of its commentary on racism Even prior to starting the Monday 5×5 series, I read a lot of various literature and bookish commentary on a daily basis. It’s why I started the…
