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…
eHighlights gets a Makeover!
By Emma Kanagaki, librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst The Collection Development Analysts are excited to announce that our eHighlights catalog has gotten a bit of a makeover. For eHighlights, our aim is to provide a visually appealing, curated selection of content each and every…
Save up to 50% through the end of the year during our Holiday Spectacular Sale!
From now until December 31st you can save 25-50% off thousands of titles in OverDrive Marketplace from hundreds of publishers. These savings are available on eBooks, audiobooks as well as huge savings on our streaming video content. Now is the perfect time to offer your…
Get ready for the holidays with our next Readers’ Advisory collection
You are invited to participate in OverDrive’s next Readers’ Advisory project, which highlights our favorite selection of holiday reads. This time there will be two collections – one highlighting adult titles, and another showcasing kids and teen content. The project offers hand-picked titles to help…
Select Simon & Schuster eBooks now provide a new option for library lending with a two-year term!
OverDrive is excited to announce a pilot of a new library lending model from Simon & Schuster. Starting today, over 550 Simon & Schuster titles are available for a two-year lending term, in addition to the present one year lending term. For new purchases, libraries will now…
George by Alex Gino and other great titles for Transgender Awareness Week
By Jill Grunenwald, librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive When it comes to George by Alex Gino, all I want to tell you is READ THIS BOOK. READ THIS BOOK NOW. Yes. Capital letters and all. That’s how emphatic I am about getting this…
Let OverDrive help you prep for the holiday rush with our free webinar
The holidays are, traditionally, the busiest time of the year in the digital library world. Over the next few months countless readers will unwrap new devices and smart phones and discover all the wonderful content they can get from the library for free. With this…
Get young users excited about reading through characters they love
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist As an avid reader and employee of OverDrive I’ve hit the jackpot when it comes to book recommendations. No matter what I’m reading I can always walk over to our staff librarians and ask what I should read…
Update on the New OverDrive: Preview launched
OverDrive recently launched a preview of the new OverDrive platform to a small group of library partners. The preview gives users the option to see the new design and functionality of what will soon be their digital library experience. We’ve invited users to give early…
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