Challenge Your Patrons to Read this Holiday Break
By: Annie Suhy, Marketing Specialist Picture this: it’s holiday break and you’re lounging in your sweatpants on the couch. iPad in hand. Browsing social media. Leftover cookies in your belly. The movie A Christmas Story playing in the background on the TV, over and over…
How to get something for everybody on your patron holiday shopping list
The holiday season is upon us, and as the end of the year approaches, we’re sure you have a lot on your collective plates; finishing up last-minute projects, finalizing campaigns for 2019, sending reports to various boards of directors and trying to make sure you…
Monday 5×5 for December 3 2018
HELLO DECEMBER! Ohmygosh. There’s only one month left in 2018, can you believe it? Electric Literature asks is Iceland the most literary country in the world? This is a really wonderful introduction to the history of Icelandic literature and the trajectory it has taken to…
Register today for OverDrive’s Best of 2018 webcast!
Don’t miss your chance to join us for our final special webcast of the year, OverDrive’s Best of 2018! In this 60-minute session, we’ve gift wrapped everything you need to create reading happiness for your users: the best content, our favorite marketing ideas, and the…
Oh, What Fun! Promote Your Digital Library This Holiday Season
By Annie Suhy, Marketing Specialist ? Deck the halls with Libby posters, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. ‘Tis the season to read digital, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. Don we now our reading glasses, Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la. Troll the virtues of ebooks and audio, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la. ? NEW GRAPHICS YULE…
Why being a B Corporation matters to OverDrive & the community
In the United States, election day has come and gone but that doesn’t mean you can’t still let your voice be heard. Every dollar we spend or invest, every hour we work, and every transaction we make with other companies is a vote for the…
OverDrive’s Holiday Sale lets you give to your community in more ways than one
The holidays are a time of giving and OverDrive’s yearly Holiday Sale is designed to help libraries and schools around the world give readers as many new book options as possible. This year, we’re offering up to 50% off on thousands of ebooks, audiobooks and…
20 Reasons Why Readers Are Thankful For Libraries
By: Rickie Mascia, OverDrive Social Media Specialist It certainly goes without saying (or at least we hope it does) that the OverDrive staff is eternally grateful for every library in every community around the world. The value a library provides to a community is truly…
Monday 5×5 for November 19, 2018
BookRiot has all the details on the recently announced Netflix adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s REBECCA Look at that: just a few weeks ago I was telling y’all all about how much I love the book Rebecca and now there’s a Netflix film coming, which…
The second issue of Perspectives on Reading is now available
Issue 2 of Perspectives on Reading has arrived and it is packed with articles, interviews, opinions and data from industry leaders. In this issue you’ll find topics including: The secret to influencing kids’ reading habits while thinking only about yourself An examination of the idea…