The title OverDrive users selected as the next Big Library Read
The next Big Library Read will be kicking off October 13, and the YA title chosen in our survey by readers, librarians and teachers is This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp. Told from four perspectives over the course of 54 harrowing minutes, the…
11 classic book quotes that prove the importance of reading banned books
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist Being a library company we fervently believe in the importance of Banned Books Week. Regardless of whether you agree with the information presented in a particular book it’s essential that the information be made available for readers to discover…
The top 5 reasons you can’t miss Digipalooza 2017
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist What are you doing next August? We hope the answer is joining us in Cleveland for Digipalooza! If you work with OverDrive at your library, this is a conference you need to add to your professional development calendar for…
Team OverDrive spends a day with the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank
Recently, members of Team OverDrive spent an afternoon volunteering at The Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank, helping to sort and package books that are then sent to children, families and schools in need of reading materials. Their goal is to foster literacy and a love of…
Tools to Help Users with Common OverDrive Questions
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist How do I return titles early? How do I curate collections in Marketplace? How do I merge a user’s original and new IDs? These questions may sound familiar. They’re a few of the more common questions sent to our…
Celebrate Read an eBook Day and win content credit from OverDrive
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist You may have heard that we’re celebrating the third annual International Read an eBook Day this Friday, September 16. The holiday was created as a way to promote the convenience and accessibility of digital reading, especially through the…
No time to read? Think again.
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist. With September being Library Card Sign-Up Month and Read an eBook Day quickly approaching, we are on a mission to help you get everyone in your community reading. There are so many people that don’t stop in to the…
There’s still time to join this month’s OverDrive training webinars
By: Sydney Kalnay, OverDrive Training Specialist. Looking to learn about — or refresh your understanding of — OverDrive Marketplace or the OverDrive user experience? Join us for our live basics sessions held on the second week of every month. In Marketplace Basics we’ll talk about…
The Kobo Aura ONE: Borrowing library books is even easier on newest eReader
Rakuten Kobo recently made waves in the tech world when they announced their latest eReading device, the Kobo Aura ONE. One of the many new features readers are excited about is the ability to access library eBooks with a direct borrow option built into the…
Create Reading Happiness: Library Card Sign Up month and Celebrating Read an eBook Day
By: Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist September is known around the literary world as Library Card Sign Up Month, a time to boost awareness of all the goodness your library has to offer. Sometimes it’s as simple as reminding families in the community what you…
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