Putting the pieces together on library puzzle programming with competitive puzzler Sarah Schuler
According to family lore, when competitive puzzler Sarah Schuler was 4 or 5, she’d wake up early Saturday mornings before anyone else. By the time her parents woke up, the living room coffee table would be covered with all the 100-piece puzzles she completed while…
Cookbooks for the Holidays
By Meghan Volchko, Digital Content Librarian Now that Halloween is over, we can really get down to the business of the (actual) best time of the year. That magical time between mid-November and New Year’s is really the absolute most amazing time of the year….
Coming soon! New Metered Access Manager tool
OverDrive Marketplace will soon offer Metered Access Manager, a new tool designed to make managing Metered Access (MA) content easier and more efficient for your library. With Metered Access Manager, you can create customized plans based on specific criteria like format, price, time or checkouts…
Be In the Know with Saturday AM
Tune in Thursday, Nov. 9 at 2pm ET to hear from Saturday AM – the world’s most diverse manga-inspired comics provider – as they round out our In the Know series for 2023 with our first-ever manga virtual event. Register now! Join Saturday AM’s Editor,…
Shop Native American Heritage Month books, films, & more
Twice a month our team will assemble a thematic one-stop-shop collection of books, films, lists, and Libby Extras to provide a more seamless shopping experience. This week’s theme is Native America Heritage Month! Celebrated since 1990, the month of November is the perfect time to…
Free library marketing graphics to make your patrons even more thankful for your digital library this November
I don’t want to alarm anyone, but the end of the year is only two months away. But don’t worry, there is still plenty of time to reach all of your circulation goals for 2023! One of the best and easiest ways to reach readers…
OverDrive founders Steve & Loree Potash honored at the University Hospitals Annual Society of 1866 Celebration
OverDrive founders Steve and Loree Potash were joined by nearly 500 friends and supporters of University Hospitals (UH) for the Annual Society of 1866 Celebration on October 9, 2023 held at the Cleveland Museum of Art. They were awarded the Samuel L. Mather Visionary Award…
Our Strangers by Lydia Davis is now available on OverDrive!
From one of the most accomplished writers of our time comes Our Strangers, another brilliant collection of short fiction. Artful, deft, and inventive, Lydia Davis’ newest collection of stories delves into topics ranging from marriage to tiny insects. These stories are a celebration of language…
Just in thyme! 5 culinary programming ideas for your library in 2024
The Great British Baking Show is back which means a new season of stunning showstoppers, tricky technicals, and the elusive Paul Hollywood handshake as amateur bakers compete in the big white tent. It also means another season of me watching each episode and immediately wanting…
Quoth the Raven: 5 Edgar Allen Poe retellings your patrons will want to read for evermore
Last night, my husband and I finished watching the miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. Created by the showrunner behind horror retellings The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor, this latest venture takes inspiration from none other…