Apple CarPlay and 4 more Libby updates
Libby got some work done recently, and we’re excited to announce a few of the changes that have arrived in the latest release of our award-winning digital reading app, as well as the upgrades still to come. In this post, we’ll breakdown what new features…
Read the rainbow during Pride Month
If you’ve ever wondered why June has been designated as Pride Month, it goes back to June 28, 1969, and the Stonewall Riots. That event is also where the American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Award got its name. This annual award recognizes books of exceptional…
Instant Digital Card brings new avid readers to public libraries
Digital library power users discover local eBook and audiobook collections and become frequent users Last year, public libraries and schools loaned 274 million digital books using OverDrive technologies and apps, a 22% increase over the previous year and the highest growth rate since 2015. New…
Voting is now open for the next Big Library Read!
We just wrapped up our latest Big Library Read (BLR) program with Homes: a Refugee Story and saw really awesome engagement from all of our partners and readers. BLR will be back this summer and we need your help deciding what the next book will…
OverDrive Founder Steve Potash honored by U.S. Supreme Court
On March 27 in Washington, D.C., OverDrive Founder and CEO Steve Potash, his wife and co-founder, Loree, and OverDrive’s Executive VP of Publisher Services & General Counsel Erica Lazzaro were sworn in by all nine Supreme Court Justices. They are now admitted to appear and…
The third issue of Perspectives on Reading is available now!
The third issue of Perspectives on Reading is here and full of fantastic interviews with thought leaders, insightful articles, data on treading topics, opinion pieces and more. Issue 3 includes: The evolving duties of school library media specialists and innovative ways they’re encouraging independent reading…
7 Game of Thrones read alikes: one for each kingdom
Come April 14th, we’ll return to Westeros one last time to discover who will win the Game of Thrones. The White Walkers have breached the wall, there is chaos across the Realm and, somehow, it’s all coming to a head in the final season of…
Professional Book Nerds 2019 Reading Challenge recommendations
Earlier this year, we shared the news that our Professional Book Nerds podcast had launched their very own Professional Book Nerds 2019 Reading Challenge. The interest and response from librarians and readers alike was so great that they’ve dedicated an entire episode to a few…
8 new Libby features to help you read more
If you’ve used Libby lately you may have noticed that the award-winning app got a bit of a makeover. We’ve highlighted eight great tips from the latest update below. Borrowing and placing holds at multiple libraries A major change in Libby is that you can…
Register for Digipalooza Academy
For nearly a decade, Team OverDrive has been welcoming librarians to Cleveland for Digipalooza every other summer. The event is loaded with important information about OverDrive, the digital reading landscape, presentations from leaders in the library industry, and, of course, a lot of fun. We’ve…