The hottest audiobooks around are now on sale during the June Extravaganza
Last week, we announced the June Extravaganza Sale in OverDrive Marketplace with thousands of titles marked down anywhere from 25-50% off their normal sale price. The sale is more than just eBooks, however. On the sale page you’ll find over 20,000 audiobooks are on sale…
OverDrive to demonstrate revolutionary innovations and reporting tools at ALA
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist. Next week, June 23 through 28, the library community will come together in Orlando, a city built on nostalgia, magic and innovations that shape the world of tomorrow. What better place to show our partners the latest state-of-the-art…
Getting the most out of the Big Library Read program
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist The Big Library Read digital book club program, which kicks off June 23, offers a unique opportunity to bring your community together through a shared reading experience. Having a featured eBook available on your OverDrive website without wait…
Save 25-50% off thousands of titles during the June Extravaganza Sale
Throughout the month of June library partners around the world can save up to 50% on over 25,000 titles available in OverDrive Marketplace. This means now is the perfect time to stock your digital library full of great titles whether they’re eBooks, audiobooks or streaming…
Create Reading Happiness: Celebrating Audiobook Month!
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist and audiobook addict. June is widely known as Audiobook Month, a time to celebrate the greatness that is reading with your ears! Audiobooks are perfect for people with busy lifestyles who don’t always have time to sit down…
Sno-Isle Libraries uses OverDrive to create digital version of their community book club
By: Michael Hawkins, Electronic Resources Librarian with Sno-Isle Libraries. Ed. Note: Sno-Isle Libraries recently completed a community reading program called Whidbey Reads, a large scale book club. This year they implemented a digital aspect using their OverDrive collection for the first time. What follows is…
Why Audiobooks are Perfect for Travel
By: Kristin Milks, Librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. The season is a-changing and with it (unless you’re in Australia *hashtag sorry*) comes warm weather, cool nights and the promise of outdoor reading time. But what’s that you say? You must travel for work/weddings/vacation? How ever…
Subscribe to the Professional Book Nerds Podcast!
By: Jill Grunenwald, librarian, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst and host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast A little over six months ago, OverDrive’s staff librarian team introduced the Professional Book Nerds podcast! As voracious readers who spend their days talking about books and recommending books, we…
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…
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