How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 3/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library We hope you enjoyed the “How libraries can spend less and circ more” checklist we introduced in Part 2 of this series last week. Maybe you’ve even used some of those tips to help manage the…
How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 2/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library When we introduced this series last week, we reviewed some of the impressive stats behind the dramatic increase in demand on libraries’ digital collections. How can you manage this growing popularity on a budget? Curate, curate,…
How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 1/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library With an abundance of reading and other mobile apps to distract readers and suck up mindshare, how do we position the library as the first place to look when they want to be entertained, escape the…
The most popular ebooks and audiobooks of 2018
Recently, we released a press release highlighting the books readers could not get enough of in 2018. Both the ebook and audiobook top tens feature some expected names (nice to see you, Harry) but there are also a large number of newcomers as well. We’ll soon…
Monday 5×5 for January 7, 2019
Hello and welcome to the first Monday 5×5 for 2019! This seems like as good a time as any to recap what the Monday 5×5 is. Monday mornings, I post 5 interesting articles I read over the past week that are a mix of 5…
How Peninsula Library System is using the Instant Digital Card feature to bring commuters to the library
Recently, Peninsula Library System began looking for ways to promote their digital library services to extend their reach and usage. They began by signing up for OverDrive’s Instant Digital Library Card feature and then looked for ways to best use it to locate users most…
Join the Professional Book Nerds 2019 Reading Challenge
Recently, our Professional Book Nerds podcast created a 30 Day Reading challenge where they shared various types of books for 30 straight days on social media. After seeing the massive interest across social media for that challenge, they’ve decided to create a 2019 Reading Challenge…
Join OverDrive in the Season of Giving
Throughout the month of December, we’ve been promoting our Holiday Sale in our Marketplace where you can help give your community the gift of reading by saving up to 50% off thousands of ebook, audiobook and streaming video titles. The giving doesn’t just stop with…
Free audiobook offer! Sell It Like Serhant from Rakuten OverDrive
By: Steve Potash, Rakuten OverDrive CEO & President EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS OFFER IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE I worked on a few projects with Ryan Serhant, one of the three stars of Bravo TV’s Emmy award winning…
The everlasting importance of Children’s Librarians
Recently, I had the opportunity to surprise my niece by being a “guest speaker” for her class of first graders. First and foremost, seeing her giggling and smiling the entire time was the the absolute best thing. The next best thing though was seeing an…