OverDrive’s Jill Grunenwald shares her best books of the year on NPR’s On Point
By: Jill Grunenwald, librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst When I say I love talking about books, I mean I LOVE TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. It’s one reason we started the Professional Book Nerds podcast a year ago. Thanks to the podcast, I was asked to…
OverDrive to Donate Popular eBooks to 1,000 Elementary Schools
We are serious about empowering young readers. To that end, we have launched a new initiative that will make hundreds of popular eBooks available to children for free. As part of OverDrive’s 30th anniversary and mission to create “a world enlightened by reading,” we…
OverDrive celebrates 30 years as the global leader in digital library content
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist. It may be hard to believe, given that many readers around the world have just discovered the sheer awesomeness of borrowing eBooks in the last half decade, but here at OverDrive we’re celebrating our 30th year of working…
More than 50 libraries are on pace to hit one million digital checkouts with OverDrive in 2016
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist At the end of each calendar year, we share a list of the highest circulating digital library collections from around the world. As the rise in digital reading (and listening) has grown, so has our “Million Checkout Club.”…
Join the Big Library Read by borrowing A Murder in Time
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist Starting today until July 7, users from over 20,000 libraries around the world will be participating in the Big Library Read, our global digital book club. Readers at participating libraries can borrow A Murder in Time without wait…
OverDrive Summer Read has arrived
By: Christina Samek, OverDrive Marketing Specialist. OverDrive Summer Read is finally here! The collections* have now been added, in eBook format, to OverDrive-powered school websites. They will be available, with unlimited access, through June 30th. We’re very excited about this program and hope our schools…
Digital content keeps users connected to the library
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist Earlier this week we shared information from a Pew Research report stating that public awareness of library eBooks has never been higher. The report provided survey findings that show three out of every five adults now know that…
Awareness of library eBook availability is at an all-time high
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist Recently, Pew released a report titled “Libraries and Learning”, which found that the number of people aware of digital materials at their library has never been higher. As lifestyles continue to get busier and technologies advance, people are…
Cast your vote for the next Big Library Read!
On June 23rd, the global library community will once again come together to create the largest digital book club in the world and we want you, the readers, to pick the book everyone will be enjoying! Head over to the Big Library Read website and let…
The Audiobook SYNC program is now live!
Audiobook SYNC, the yearly summer reading program designed to help teens avoid the summer slide, is now live. Each week from now until August 17th, SYNC will give away two paired audiobook titles that readers can download for free. These titles are yours to keep…
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