Introducing OverDrive’s Professional Book Nerds Podcast
By Jill Grunenwald, Librarian, Collection Development Analyst and host of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Hi everyone! I’m Jill, one of OverDrive’s Collection Development Analysts. I’m also a librarian, as are the rest of the awesome Analyst team. We’re the ones who work closely with…
Penguin Random House UK, Australia & New Zealand now live!
OverDrive is thrilled to announce that as December 8th, the Penguin Random House UK catalogue is available for purchase in Marketplace! The addition of this catalogue makes some of the world’s most beloved authors’ titles available for the first time to international libraries. Highlights of…
Why every library should be providing digital audiobooks to their users
Did you know that audiobook usage is continuously growing and that the average audiobook user listens to five audiobooks each year? This means there’s never been a better time to start offering them to your users. Audiobooks keep readers connected to the stories and authors…
Team OverDrive’s Favorite Books of 2015
By Rachel Kray, a Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive 2015 was a great year for books and eBooks and it’s hard to believe we’re nearing the end. To commemorate some of the great reads, we polled our staff here at OverDrive and asked…
Save big on content young readers will love from Scholastic, Nickelodeon, Abrams and more
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist. As you may have heard we’re currently running our Holiday Spectacular Sale where you can save up to 50% on thousands of titles until the end of the year. Not only can you get great deals on best…
5 easy ways to help your staff prepare for the holiday season around the library
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist The holidays are a busy time. We appreciate that you are likely running multiple seasonal campaigns and events while also dealing with staff taking time off. To top everything off, each holiday season leads to an influx of…
We want you to decide the best book of 2015
Each year websites like to release their “best books of the year” lists in December. We’ve even shared our favorite ones right here. Now we want you, the readers, to decide the absolute best book of the 2015. We’ve rounded up the 32 most checked…
How to manage “zombie holds” in your digital collection
By Kristin Milks, Librarian and OveDrive Collection Development Analyst At Digipalooza back in August, Holly Varley, the Materials Selection and Acquisition Manager from The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, talked about her library’s use of what she has dubbed “Zombie Penguins”. When we…
Tips and tricks from our holiday prep webinar
The months of December and January are some of the busiest of the year as patrons and students get new devices for the winter holidays, eager to borrow eBooks and audiobooks from the library. Want to know more about how you and your staff can…
Publish your curated collection for Holiday Reads
The curated collections, Holiday Reads for Adults and Holiday Reads for Kids & Teens, are ready for you to Publish in the curation interface in OverDrive Marketplace! Boost circulation and reader engagement by publishing the collection to your site today. Publish your curated collection In…
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