14 Libby tips and tricks you may not know about
Updated February 2023 Our Libby app has been designed to ensure that readers of all technological skill levels can quickly and easily start reading or listening to digital books instantly. Whether you’re a regular user or a complete novice, Libby has been developed to be…
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….
How OverDrive Professional partners connect with their employees using curated collections
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Curated collections are one of the best tools available in an OverDrive partner’s toolbox. With curated collections, partners can highlight various titles and subjects in their digital libraries. For our OverDrive Professional partners, curated collections are an opportunity…
Now you can automate curated collections using BISAC subjects
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Autumn is my favorite season, and while, yes, technically speaking it’s not officially autumn yet, I’m already considering it the most wonderful time of the year. Along with drinking pumpkin spice lattes, my autumnal behaviors include a shift…
Get the latest Libraries Transform Book Pick without waitlists or holds
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist A couple weeks ago, we announced the latest Libraries Transform Book Pick title, Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma. This program is a collaboration between OverDrive and the American Library Association (ALA) and is designed to…
Share your love of reading with the new Libby update
by Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist If you’re anything like me, once you finish a really great book you want to tell everyone about it. This usually means posting about it on social media, but it would be really great if I could provide…
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…
Read an Ebook Day is one week away!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist It’s already, somehow, September 11th, and that means Read an Ebook Day is only a week away! Every year since 2014, on September 18th, schools and libraries celebrate the joys of digital reading. This year has brought so many challenges…
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…