SYNC, a free summer audiobook program, returns on April 27th and OverDrive’s Training Team wants to help you get the most out it. Join us this Thursday (March 30) at 11:00am (ET) or 3:00pm to learn about how SYNC works and how this great audiobook…
By: Annie Suhy, Librarian and Collection Development Specialist Last month, we reported on the rise in popularity of a number of dystopian novels which coincided with sweeping changes to the U.S. government administration and the inauguration of President Trump. While titles like 1984 and The…
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist. You can ask her about eBooks anytime. It can sometimes be a challenge to represent something intangible in a tangible way. In your library branch, patrons can browse the stacks, pick up books, read the jacket copy and flip…
By: Adam Sockel, co-host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast This morning, the Professional Book Nerds podcast released it’s 100th episode, an interview with YA author extraordinaire, Barry Lyga. Barry’s latest novel, Bang, tells the story of a four-year-old toddler who accidentally shoots and kills…
By: Rickie Mascia, OverDrive Social Media Specialist. At the London Book Fair, March 14-16, OverDrive’s global expansion is providing one of the hottest opportunities in the publishing industry. With new library partners launching in Europe, Asia and Latin America, digital book sales will continue to…
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing & Communications Specialist and co-host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. OverDrive Help is a wonderful resource for library users who are looking for FAQs, getting started guides or simply want to learn something new about your digital library services. Readers can…
March 14 is known around the world as Pi Day. This is a holiday dedicated to celebrating Pi, a number used in mathematics to represent the ratio of a circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is famous for having been calculated to…
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist One of the key steps to promoting your OverDrive Digital Library is to make sure your staff is knowledgeable about OverDrive products and services. So grab your team and get registered for our monthly training sessions on Marketplace Basics…
By: Rickie Mascia and Adam Sockel Across the nation, Librarians are leading, readers are reading, and Teachers are teaching. Many will begin their day with “Green Eggs & Ham”, others may say I do not like them, Sam I am. A few may ask “How…
By: Christina Samek, OverDrive Marketing Specialist Yes, yours. OverDrive’s Resource Center was created with our partners in mind. We wanted it to be your one-stop-shop for all things OverDrive: the best of our marketing, collection development, training and product resources. We are coming up on…
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing Specialist & co-host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. I consider myself very lucky when it comes to my employment. I’ve always loved the concept of books. If you’ll excuse the pun, the fact that all you need to do to…
By: Shannon Carroll, OverDrive Account Specialist eReading Rooms are additional curated locations available on your OverDrive platform that show content that share a certain theme, age level or format. Most commonly, our partners utilize Kids and Teens rooms, which limit content based on audience level,…