Sora spotlight: Dr. Linda Verge from Tahanto Regional Middle/High School
By: Kristen Griesmer, Product Support Specialist In this recurring series, we’ll feature a different librarian, media specialist or educator who’s become a Sora champion at their school, impressing us with their innovative methods for implementing the reading app and engaging with their students. We’ve asked…
Roar into the ‘20s with OverDrive’s “Best of” webinar
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist The decade is drawing to a close, which means it’s almost time for the ‘20s again! This isn’t Jay Gatsby’s ‘20s, and while hindsight is 20/20, foresight is, too, and we want to help you prepare for 2020…
The 2019 K-12 Digital Content Report: What devices are students using? (Part 3)
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist This series analyzes data from the newly released 2019 K-12 Digital Content Report co-sponsored by ASCD and OverDrive Education. The report aggregates responses from 2,000 K-12 administrators to identify how ebooks and audiobooks are currently being used, in…
Coming soon: Hold Redelivery
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Three years before I started working at OverDrive, I was a brand-new ebook reader discovering a problem many of our users face: The struggle is real. I’m a fast reader, but not fast enough to get through all…
Finish strong in the final weeks of the Digital Dash Challenge
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist As we sprint toward the finish line in the final weeks of the Digital Dash, I can almost hear Coach Gleason, my high-school cross country coach, yelling from the sidelines, “Save it for the end! Finish strong!” He was right….
Sora honored with 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist OverDrive is pleased to announce that the Sora student reading app has been honored with a 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award in the mobile app category! The award is a prestigious seal of educational quality, reserved for…
20 reasons our communities are thankful for libraries and reading
By: Rickie Mascia, Social Media Specialist “This is why I wanted to write this book, to tell about a place I love that doesn’t belong to me but feels like it is mine, and how that feels marvelous and exceptional. All the things that are…
Sora named to TIME’s list of the 100 Best Inventions of 2019
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist OverDrive is thrilled to announce that our Sora student reading app has been selected as one of TIME’s Best Inventions in the Education category for 2019! To assemble the 2019 TIME Best Inventions list, TIME solicited nominations across…
Say hello good buy with our End of Year Sale
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist There are six weeks left in 2019, and you might be thinking about all those things you want to do before the decade ends. Maybe you want to take up a new hobby, travel to some exotic location…
We’re halfway there! More tips to help your library win content prizes in the Digital Dash Challenge
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist How is your library doing in the Digital Dash? With a little over a month to go, check out the Goals page in Marketplace to see how you’re doing as we cross the midway point. You may already see on…