How to Support Your Digital Users
by Lauren Bajda, Training Specialist On June 30th, OverDrive hosted a live webinar, Supporting Your Digital Users. What began as a partner request (shout-out to Timberland Regional Library, WA), turned into an interactive webinar with best practices to support your digital users. In case you…
Now available free to libraries without waitlists or holds: audiobook of So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist New: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo now available Knowing that our library partners want to provide antiracism and social justice titles to their patrons, we are launching a new program called Black Lives Matter:…
The ear reading advantage: Why students need audiobook access
By: Regis Coustillac, Account Manager “Well, you didn’t really read the book if you listened to the audiobook.” We’ve probably all encountered that person. The print-book-purist who criticizes audiobooks at every opportunity. Maybe it’s your mother or your favorite grandparent. Maybe it’s a friend who’s…
Audiobooks to help you plan and enjoy your road trip
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist As the calendar turns to summer in the northern hemisphere, stay-at-home orders are beginning to ease around the world. While larger crowds and public gatherings remain unsafe, people are beginning to plan road trips as a means to get…
Announcing the next Libraries Transform Book Pick
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist OverDrive, in collaboration with the American Library Association, will soon be bringing you the second Libraries Transform Book Pick! This program is designed to connect readers at U.S. public libraries and allow them to read the same book…
New Recorded Books now available to libraries for the first time
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist We are excited to announce that our catalog of audiobooks from Recorded Books has expanded! Many of these titles have never before been available to library partners and we are thrilled to bring them to you and your…
“The Hate U Give”: Now available free to schools, no holds or waitlists
OverDrive stands in solidarity with the Black community. We believe we can and must find ways to do more. As part of our Black Lives Matter: Community Read program that supports efforts to encourage conversation with students and build community awareness and advocacy, OverDrive is…
Sora Sweet Reads so far…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist It’s finally summertime here in Cleveland, Ohio (our global headquarters) and while the livin’ isn’t always easy, the reading has sure helped. We launched Sora Sweet Reads over two months ago (and two months early!) to support schools amidst closures…
Penguin Random House special lending policies extended through August 31, 2020
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Back in March, Penguin Random House announced a change to their digital content lending policies. These additional purchasing options on PRH-published ebook and audiobook titles were created in response to COVID-19 and allowed libraries and schools to better…
COVID Response Collections Now Available
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist In response to the unprecedented demand for digital books for your readers, OverDrive is adding a growing collection of unlimited simultaneous use ebooks and audiobooks, at no cost to your library, to help you deliver more titles to…