Add some wow to your digital collection with our Comics and Graphic Novel Spotlight
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing Communications Specialist Looking for a way to bring Comic-Con home to users in your community? Shop our Comics and Graphic Novel Spotlight and add some wow to your digital collection! Along with stories featuring popular superheroes, we also have great comics…
Books written by Presidents
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Election Day in the United States is November 3rd. Visit https://www.usa.gov/voter-registration to register to vote, confirm your registration, and to learn more. Readers in the U.S. and beyond have long been interested in books by and about U.S. presidents….
10 campus crime novels that will thrill you all year long
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communiations Specialist I have always loved this time of year in college and grad school; walking around campus, that whip of a cool breeze tussling with the orange and red leaves around my feet. While I’m glad to no longer…
Young Adult and Juvenile ebooks borrowed at a record setting pace from libraries and schools
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist As back-to-school arrives with many students learning in virtual classrooms, circulation of young adult and juvenile ebooks across OverDrive digital reading platforms continues to surge. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new way of life for hundreds of millions…
Readership increase in books by Black authors
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist In June of this year, OverDrive released statistics about the rise in readership of antiracism books. As social justice and Black Lives Matters (BLM) protests have continued throughout the United States, digital circulation of popular books on racial equality…
The most borrowed ebooks and audiobooks since Libby launched
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Since Libby, our award-winning one-tap reading app, launched in June of 2017, millions of readers have borrowed hundreds of millions of digital books from public libraries around the world. Now, with COVID-19’s impact as well as advancements in digital…
Put me in coach: book recs for baseball fans
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist When I was growing up, you could find me in one of two places: the library or a baseball field. I spent countless hours on diamonds in every small town across the Midwest. I played high school and collegiate…
Recorded Books now available in Cost Per Circ
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Recently we announced that our catalog of Recorded Books audiobooks has expanded. Many of these titles are available to library partners for the first time. Today we are excited to announce that partners can now buy titles across…
Now available free to libraries without waitlists or holds: audiobook of So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist New: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo now available Knowing that our library partners want to provide antiracism and social justice titles to their patrons, we are launching a new program called Black Lives Matter:…
Audiobooks to help you plan and enjoy your road trip
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist As the calendar turns to summer in the northern hemisphere, stay-at-home orders are beginning to ease around the world. While larger crowds and public gatherings remain unsafe, people are beginning to plan road trips as a means to get…