A message to our library and school partners from Steve Potash
[this letter was sent via email on the morning of March 19, 2015] Dear OverDrive Library & School Partners, OverDrive announced today that Rakuten, Inc. has agreed to acquire OverDrive from Insight Venture Partners, our private equity partner and majority owner since 2010. In a…
Librarian’s Share: OverDrive Media Stations promote discovery of the digital collection
Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library, a member of Ontario Library Service Consortium, received an OverDrive Media Station (OMS) as the result of a collection development promotion in November 2014. Faith Roebuck Shergold, Co-ordinator of Community Engagement and Young Adult Services with the library, kindly shared how the…
Big Library Read hath returned with a true Shakespearian tale!
We’re excited to announce that the latest Big Library Read is now live, offering millions of users around the globe the opportunity to join the largest global book club in the world. For the next two weeks Shakespeare Saved my Life by Laura Bates will…
Terry Pratchett, we’ll miss you
As most of you have probably heard, Sir Terry Pratchett (an author whose works I dearly loved) passed away yesterday, March 12th, 2015. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2007, and managed to fight it, while continuing to write best sellers. He called it…
FREE Webinar – OverDrive Periodicals: Lend popular digital magazines & newspapers
If I don’t have a lot of time to dive into the book I’m currently reading I turn to the latest copy of my favorite magazine. I also like to keep up with what’s going on around the world by reading the newspaper each morning….
The moving story of The Children of Willesden Lane
Last week Team OverDrive had the privilege of welcoming author and concert pianist Mona Golabek to our offices. Her book, The Children of Willesden Lane, tells the true story of how her mother, Lisa Yura, escaped Austria during World War II through the Kindertransport and how…
Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob and the whole Nickelodeon gang are now available through OverDrive!
OverDrive is excited to announce that we are the first digital content provider live with narrated and fixed layout eBook titles available for libraries and schools in the U.S. to add to their collections! These interactive titles contain popular characters including Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob, iCarly, the Teenage…
Come see why Cleveland Rocks at Digipalooza!
What city was named one of the 52 Places to Go in 2015 by the New York Times, one of the Best Places to Travel in 2015 by Travel + Leisuremagazine, and made Fodor’s Travel Go List 2015? The same city was also named to…
By Librarians, For Librarians… and cats.
It’s no secret that OverDrive loves librarians. Librarians are information superheros. To quote Judy Blume, “Librarians save lives…” In celebration of librarians, our own punk-rockbook jockeys banded together to compile a list of titles for librarians (and their cats) to enjoy. Crafting with Cat Hair…
You can now add Disney streaming videos to your digital library!
Team OverDrive is incredibly delighted to announce the addition of streaming videos from The Walt Disney Studios for your OverDrive digital collection. Each of us has fond Disney memories from Tinker Bell flying around Cinderella’s castle to watching intently and trying to find hidden Mickey…
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