And the Audie goes to…
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Thanks to the ease of access provided by reading apps like Libby, audiobooks have continued to skyrocket in usage and notoriety. Gone are the days of finding a place to store a dozen CDs to enjoy an audiobook, as…
OverDrive’s 2020 Libraries Transform Award winners
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Last week, Team OverDrive and thousands of public librarians gathered in Nashville for the biannual Public Library Association conference! Along with sharing all the new services and features available on OverDrive, including Public Library CONNECT and Hold Redelivery,…
Libby wins Silver Lovie Award
We may be a bit biased, but there’s a lot to love about Libby. From Libby Academy to integration with Apple CarPlay and the brand new dark mode, there’s a reason Libby’s popularity among digital readers continues to grow. Turns out, we’re not the only…
OverDrive’s parent company Rakuten receives the Spartan Spirit Award
By Matt Lindner Building a successful global business requires many of the traits needed to take on a Spartan Race: the grit to focus on long and short-term goals, determination to finish what one starts, and the perseverance to keep a positive mental attitude in…
Libby named one of Google Play’s Best Apps of 2017
Every December, Google honors a select number of apps in their Google Play store as the best of the best. These apps are broken out into various categories and highlighted on their homepage for users to discover. Libby, our one-tap reading app, was honored as one of…
OverDrive’s Jill Grunenwald shares her best books of the year on NPR’s On Point
By: Jill Grunenwald, librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst When I say I love talking about books, I mean I LOVE TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. It’s one reason we started the Professional Book Nerds podcast a year ago. Thanks to the podcast, I was asked to…
Congrats to the Library Journal 2015 Movers & Shakers!
Each year Library Journal honors librarians from around the country for their contributions to the library world. These librarians may be focused on changing the landscaping, innovating, advocating, educating, developing or building their community but regardless of their path it’s clear thet they’re doing work…