By: Tiffany Wincek, Product Liaison PART 1 can be found here. “I’m not one who sets reading goals. Unless it was for a free personal pan pizza. Remember the BOOK IT! program? Anyone? Turns out it’s still a thing… I tend to read whatever and…
by Tiffany Wincek, Product Liaison This year has been nothing if not turbulent. For months, our daily schedules, habits, and thoughts have turned upside down, which means our reading lives have changed, too. Below, Team OverDrive shares how their reading lives are different in 2020….
A super-powered sale for the supersaver in all of us! From now through July 31, save up to 50% on more than 10,000 popular comics, graphic novels and manga titles sure to satisfy all your comic book enthusiasts. Head over to Marketplace to shop all…
What’s new from OverDrive’s Training team? Check out a few new how-to videos and upcoming training sessions for July, covering tips and tricks for getting the most out of OverDrive Marketplace and the Sora student reading app. Managing Holds – New How-To Video Learn how…
By: Regis Coustillac, Account Manager “Well, you didn’t really read the book if you listened to the audiobook.” We’ve probably all encountered that person. The print-book-purist who criticizes audiobooks at every opportunity. Maybe it’s your mother or your favorite grandparent. Maybe it’s a friend who’s…
OverDrive stands in solidarity with the Black community. We believe we can and must find ways to do more. As part of our Black Lives Matter: Community Read program that supports efforts to encourage conversation with students and build community awareness and advocacy, OverDrive is…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist It’s finally summertime here in Cleveland, Ohio (our global headquarters) and while the livin’ isn’t always easy, the reading has sure helped. We launched Sora Sweet Reads over two months ago (and two months early!) to support schools amidst closures…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist These past few months have been quite an adjustment. I won’t say much more than that, as I’m sure you’re quite aware. But through it all, we’ve seen extraordinary things. Our partners have stepped up, as always, to deliver resources…
By: Gabby Cregan, Training Specialist Educators, you may already be using the Sora – Student Learning at Home training kit, which includes lesson plans and helpful getting started resources to support your students’ remote learning in the Sora student reading app. Now, you can also…
As educators across the world initiate tough but necessary conversations with their students to address systemic racial injustice, one of the most important immediate actions you can take is to amplify Black voices and stories. To that end, there are plenty of fiction and nonfiction…
Searching for more content to aid your Chinese language students? OverDrive is pleased to announce new support for your foreign language lesson plans with the addition of Mandarin Matrix, a leader in research-based language publishing, to our catalog of world language titles. This includes a…
OverDrive stands in solidarity with the African American community in the United States and around the world. We believe that Black Lives Matter. Now is the time for all to listen, learn, reflect and act. As a team, we’re committed to informing and educating ourselves so…
