The American Sniper Big Library Read is now live!
Starting today until March 31 users from over 21,000 libraries around the world can borrow the eBook and audiobook of the #1 New York Times best selling American Sniper without any wait lists or holds. The Big Library Read creates a digital “global book club” for two…
OverDrive Launches QuickStart eBook Collection to Promote Reading in Elementary Schools
OverDrive is excited to announce the launch of a new reading service, K-5 QuickStart. To promote reading, encourage digital learning, and support literacy goals, OverDrive is partnering with award-winning publishers including, Dawn Publications, Lerner Publishing Group, Britannica Digital Learning and ABDO, to offer a new…
Little House on the Prairie is now available through OverDrive!
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist “I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder The simple things in life do tend to be the best ones. For us,…
Listen to our exclusive podcast interview with Taya Kyle
By Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist and co-host of the Professional Book Nerds Recently we had the opportunity to speak with Taya Kyle, the widow of Chris Kyle who wrote the #1 New York Times best selling book American Sniper, which was chosen as the next…
How to spread the word to your community about the Big Library Read
The latest Big Library Read begins on March 17th with readers having selected American Sniper as the title users from around the world will be reading and listening to at the same time. Given the popularity of the title this Big Library Read offers your…
An updated version of the OverDrive app for iOS is now available
On Sunday, OverDrive released v3.5.2 of our iOS app, which resolves some of the issues that users encountered after upgrading to v3.5 in early February. This new version also includes: Displaying “Part x of y” in the audiobook player (added back based on user feedback) More specific…
Celebrating our favorite literary doctor on Read Across America
By Adam Sockel, who forever believes in whimsy March 2nd is a big day for libraries and schools across the country. This date marks the birthday of Dr. Seuss and is celebrated as Read Across America, a day where librarians, teachers and classes read classic Dr….
Create Reading Happiness by reading to a child during National Reading Month
By Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist and OverDrive’s resident Seuss fanatic. March is known as National Reading Month, a time to celebrate the joy of all things reading. The month kicks off with one of our favorite holidays, Read Across America, on March 2nd as…
How Kids eReading Rooms connect young readers with safe digital content
By Kristin Milks, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive Don’t leave kids out in the cold! Make sure they have a Kids’ eReading Room to browse and find their own material in a safe environment without the fear of running into a bodice…
And the Oscar goes to…
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist You can purchase all of the titles mentioned in this blog here. It’s no secret that a large number of the movies that come to the big screen every year are book adaptations. If people love reading a…
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