Meet Libby: the fastest way to reading happiness
The United States currently has 160 million people who don’t yet know about all the goodness libraries have to offer. To enlighten these potential library users about the wonderment of reading, OverDrive has introduced a new way to find and engage with their local library….
Reach More of Your Community with OverDrive Library+School Sharing
As we constantly seek new ways to bring new users to the library, OverDrive is helping public libraries partner with their local school districts. By creating digital partnerships with local schools, public libraries can engage students, parents and educators on all the great programs available…
Kyle Cassidy, author of This is What a Librarian Looks Like on the importance of libraries
This week, the American Library Association will host its annual conference in Chicago and OverDrive will be on hand to share the latest innovations in digital reading. Before we head to the Windy City for this yearly celebration of library love however, our Professional Book…
Digipalooza welcomes author Kelly Corrigan
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist With less than two months until Digipalooza, we are hard at work planning to make this conference the best yet! We are proud to announce the latest addition to the Digipalooza 2017 program: a live interview with bestselling memoirist…
Blinded by Science: Big Library Read is back with The Other Einstein
Discover the fascinating life of Mitza Maric, an incredible scientist whose light was lost in Albert Einstein’s enormous shadow. Now through June 26th, users at participating libraries around the world can borrow The Other Einstein without any wait lists or holds as our most recent Big…
Love is Love
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing & Communications Specialist June has long been known as LGBT Pride Month, a celebration demonstrating how Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans have strengthened our country, by using their talent and creativity to help create awareness and goodwill. June was chosen…
Curate your way to a $500 Content Credit
By: Christina Samek, OverDrive Marketing Specialist Seeking all creative curators! If you used the curate feature in OverDrive Marketplace, you’ve probably come up with a funny, intellectual, quippy and/or outright genius title for your collections a time or two. Or perhaps you’ve been waiting for…
The latest OverDrive training sessions perfect for your staff
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist We’re in an exciting time at OverDrive. This June, we’re inviting new users to meet Libby, our new, one-tap reading app. In addition, we’re offering a new, live webcast series to give you more of what you need to…
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…
A love letter to books
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Marketing & Communications Specialist Stephen King describes books as, “Uniquely portable magic.” That may be true, but I like to think of them as kindling, metaphorically of course. Each book you read is cholk-full of bits of kindling for taking your…
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