Voting is now open: Help us select the next Big Library Read
We’re cooking up something fresh as the next installment of the global eBook club will be a culinary delight. Voting is now live for the world’s largest digital reading event when millions of library users from around the world will have access to the same book…
Add Cleveland to your 2017 plans
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist You may have heard that 2016 has been a good year for Cleveland. The Cavs won their first NBA title. The Indians are leading in the World Series (sorry, Chicago area libraries). Our American Hockey League team, the Monsters,…
OverDrive Fall webinars with Booklist, ASCD and NEISTE
This fall, OverDrive is partnering with various organizations to explore the latest in edtech through webinars and webcasts. The first two events are in September and October, with more be announced soon. Booklist: Increasing Reading Rates using Digital Join us for a look at the incredible opportunity eBooks and…
Create Reading Happiness: Library Card Sign Up month and Celebrating Read an eBook Day
By: Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist September is known around the literary world as Library Card Sign Up Month, a time to boost awareness of all the goodness your library has to offer. Sometimes it’s as simple as reminding families in the community what you…
OverDrive to present on expanded global distribution of digital content at Beijing International Book Fair
This week, a team of OverDrive executives lead by CEO Steve Potash is holding publisher and library meetings at the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF). The purpose of this trip is to continue to expand the size and breadth of OverDrive’s digital offerings as we…
Show your #eBookLove and celebrate Read an eBook Day with us on September 16
Mark your calendar for September 16th! OverDrive is celebrating the third annual International Read an eBook Day and you’re all invited to participate. This year, we’ll be giving out $1,000 content credits to a lucky 10 participating libraries and schools as well as tablets for…
OverDrive Education K-12 Fall Tour
By: Bailey Hotujac, OverDrive School Launch Specialist. OverDrive Education is hitting the road this fall with a sixteen-city tour across the U.S. and Canada! Come see what we’re doing to help students to get reading. Our experts will help you explore the possibilities of using…
OverDrive celebrates 30 years as the global leader in digital library content
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist. It may be hard to believe, given that many readers around the world have just discovered the sheer awesomeness of borrowing eBooks in the last half decade, but here at OverDrive we’re celebrating our 30th year of working…
We’re celebrating 30 years of digital content with a big Marketplace sale
In 1986, Steve Potash laid the foundation for what would become OverDrive, the world’s leading provider of digital content for libraries and schools. From that moment thirty years ago, when Steve began developing interactive diskette and CD-ROM products and digitizing legal documents through present day…
OverDrive Helps Thousands of Students Make the Digital Shift to eBooks at School
At the 2016 International Society for Technology in Education Conference (ISTE) OverDrive will share updates on the technologies that have led to a record number of students using digital books at school. In the 2015-16 school year, approximately six million students had access to digital books,…
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