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 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…
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…
Join the Big Library Read by borrowing A Murder in Time
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist Starting today until July 7, users from over 20,000 libraries around the world will be participating in the Big Library Read, our global digital book club. Readers at participating libraries can borrow A Murder in Time without wait…
Get a 5% content credit for all orders placed in Markeplace this Wednesday & Thursday
To celebrate OverDrive’s hometown basketball team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, winning the city’s first professional sports championship in half a century we’re offering a 48 hour promotion in Marketplace. On Wednesday and Thursday, every purchase you make for your OverDrive digital library will come with a…
OverDrive to demonstrate revolutionary innovations and reporting tools at ALA
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist. Next week, June 23 through 28, the library community will come together in Orlando, a city built on nostalgia, magic and innovations that shape the world of tomorrow. What better place to show our partners the latest state-of-the-art…
Getting the most out of the Big Library Read program
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist The Big Library Read digital book club program, which kicks off June 23, offers a unique opportunity to bring your community together through a shared reading experience. Having a featured eBook available on your OverDrive website without wait…
Cast your vote for the next Big Library Read!
On June 23rd, the global library community will once again come together to create the largest digital book club in the world and we want you, the readers, to pick the book everyone will be enjoying! Head over to the Big Library Read website and let…
#LBF16 preview: OverDrive adds 500 new publishers to global eBook catalog for schools and libraries
This week Team OverDrive will be at the London Book Fair holding meetings with library and publishing partners and offering demonstrations of the latest inventive technologies in digital library lending. While highlighting enhanced eBook features like Read-Along eBooks we’ll also be discussing the new publishing…
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