There’s still time to join us for Big Library Read!
Our global ebook club, Big Library Read (BLR), is happening now and there is still time for your readers to join us! Between now and Nov. 16, readers at participating OverDrive libraries can check out the ebook and audiobook of A Snake Falls to Earth…
Top 10 tips from an OverDrive Trainer (2022): K-12 webinar recap
By: Gabby Cregan, Instructional Designer With the final quarter of the year upon us, your Sora training team is feeling nostalgic, so we created our top 10 tips for K-12 school partners to look back fondly at our 2022 webinar season. Keep reading to discover…
November trainings you won’t want to miss
By: Emma Dwyer, Product Trainer Your friends at OverDrive are enjoying the crisp autumn air and the gorgeous changing of the leaves at our Blue Sky Campus location. There’s always something inspirational about this time of year…maybe it’s all those years of back to school…
Get your students ready for Big Library Read!
The first global ebook club is back, with a new title that will be available for free to all schools with Sora from Nov. 2 – 16 in ebook and audiobook format. Big Library Read is a global book club facilitated by OverDrive. It connects…
5 ways to support the writers in your community during NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), one of my favorite times of the year. Started in 1999, NaNoWriMo offers a simple but daunting challenge: write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days (I said it was daunting!). I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo several times,…
Wrap up 2022 with a grand finale of savings
Our biggest sale of the year is here and we want to make sure you’re prepared! Between Nov. 14 and Dec. 31, you can save up to 50% off on over 100,000 titles by shopping our End of Year sale in Marketplace. To help you…
Be In the Know with Kensington!
Join us Thursday, November 17 at 1:30pm EST for a special catalog presentation from Kensington. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get a first look at Kensington’s winter and spring 2023 titles, including special appearances by authors and editors. Attendees will hear from Kensington…
Sora Spotlight: Susan Young, Librarian at Pinewood Elementary (NE)
By: Kristen Hein, Account Manager Our recurring Sora Spotlight series features a wide range of educators who’ve become Sora champions at their school, impressing us with their innovative methods for implementing the reading app and engaging with their students. Here, we ask them to share…
Empower your patrons to think critically with our newest Libby Extra!
Libraries have always been on the front lines of providing their communities with the most up-to-date news and accurate information. Ground News is an essential information literary resource that you’ll want to add to your digital library today. With access to over 50,000 news sources,…
Introducing Libby Life, a new blog for readers
By: Annie Suhy, Marketing & Communications Specialist If you can’t tell, we really like talking about books. So much, in fact, that we’ve recently launched a brand new blog, Libby Life. Created especially for readers and Libby users, Libby Life allows us to keep on…