Happy French Language Day!
By: Beau Livengood, Account Specialist. I’m (probably?) biased because my name is Beau, but I believe French is the most beautiful language in the world. I find all the Romance languages pleasant-sounding, and I really fell in love with the French language and culture after studying…
At OverDrive, the romance (sale) is in the air.
By: Ryan Chamberlain, Publisher Account Specialist February is a troubling month. We do strange things for it. The highest-fi equipment and NYC-based reporters travel to a campsite in Punxsutawney to bear analytical witness as a dirt-dwelling animal walks around under a rumored sun. Candygrams are…
Kickstart your 2018 reading resolutions with audiobooks
By Rachel Kray, Collection Development Librarian and avid audiobook listener If you’re anything like me (and most other OverDrive staff members), you have a lofty reading goal for 2018. To help you get a jump-start on your reading resolution, we have compiled a list of…
9 books we’re thankful for
Earlier this week, we shared a few things Team OverDrive is thankful for this holiday season, ranging from the librarians we work with to the inspiration we see around our office every day and, of course, our families. At our our core, we believe in…
Celebrating the heritage of First Nations people
We’ve compiled a list of more than 100 eBooks & audiobooks featuring indigenous topics, authors and characters for Native American Heritage Month. Sample a few here, or get the complete list of titles. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Whole communities were reading…
OverDrive to Offer Cost-per-Circ Model for eBooks and Audiobooks to Library and School Partners
Simon & Schuster Audio, Baker Publishing and Lerner Publishing among the first to provide libraries and schools additional options to manage their digital book collections By: Hadie Bartholomew, OverDrive Communications Manager OverDrive has played a pivotal role in digital library lending and its development by…
Summer blockbuster movie tie-ins
By: Annie Suhy, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst All the best stories begin in a book. It seems that film directors agree based on this summer’s ‘page to screen’ lineup. Many devoted readers will be making the trek to the theater to see if the fresh…
The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Hogwarts Library audiobook brings magic to your headphones
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing Communications Specialist & lifelong Potterhead. Harry Potter has been a part of my life for nearly twenty years. The first book came out when I was eleven years old and I have been enamored with J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World ever since….
We hope you’re hungry because Art of the Pie is the next Big Library Read selection
Grab your aprons and your rolling pins because the Big Library Read is coming back on March 16 and we’re heading to the kitchen. Called “one of the best cookbooks of 2016” and the new “Pie-Baking Bible” by NPR, Oprah.com and others, Art of the Pie…
Join our special webcast to learn how to bring new users to your digital library
A new year brings new opportunities to reach more users and increase circulation at your digital library. Make 2017 your best year yet with our free webcast full of ideas and resources for marketing your digital library. We’ll have two live sessions this Thursday at…
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