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By Emma Dwyer, Content Specialist Ever wondered about the differences between Advantage and Advantage Plus? Have you been unsure of how to run reports for your Advantage account or how to better manage patron holds and recommendations? Need a refresher on how to curate for…
Monday 5×5 for June 10, 2019
Vulture asks what makes a book a ‘beach read’ I’m one of those people who is of the opinion that anything you read on a beach counts as a beach read, but I’m also one of those people who, in the past, has volunteered to…
Save on audiobooks during June and celebrate Audiobook Month all year long
Listen up! June is here, which means it’s time to start celebrating Audiobook Month. From being your best workout partner to being a great way of keeping kids and teens reading all summer long, there’s a reason that audiobooks are the fastest-growing reading format. From…
OverDrive’s favorite audiobooks
When I say we here at the OverDrive offices love audiobooks, what I mean is if you ever walk around our Blue Sky Campus and see employees sitting in their cubes with earbuds in, there’s a very good chance they are listening to an audiobook….
Monday 5×5 for June 3, 2019
Over on Esquire, the secret oral history of Bennington College Ah, Bennington. An exclusive liberal arts college in Vermont, Bennington lays claim to significant literary graduates including Bret Easton Ellis and Donna Tartt, both of whom fictionalized the college in various works. (Tartt, notably, in…
How OverDrive libraries are leveraging the rise in audiobook popularity
June might be Audiobook Month, but as many of our partners know, audiobooks are popular all year long. In fact, they are the fastest-growing reading format and in 2018, audiobook checkouts from the OverDrive public library network surpassed ebook checkouts for the fifth year in…
Summer Fun with Your Digital Library
By Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist The arrival of summer brings up fun memories from my childhood– family vacations, trips to the pool, and my favorite, weekly bookmobile visits. Since then, the way kids (and adults!) access books has changed dramatically. Digital reading makes it possible…
Monday 5×5 for May 20, 2019
A throwback for you: the original 1996 book reviews of George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones This is it, y’all. There is no more Game of Thrones on HBO. Know what that means? No more Game of Thrones showing up in the 5×5….
5 ways Libby Academy can make your reading experience better
A year ago, we introduced Libby Academy. These short training videos were created to highlight features that help readers get the most out of their Libby experience. Each in-app video is only 20-40 seconds and takes readers step-by-step through different Libby actions like how to…
Monday 5×5 for May 13, 2019
Wired on the sad meaning of the Game of Thrones coffee cup Chances are, even if you aren’t watching “Game of Thrones” you heard about the modern coffee cup that accidentally ended up in a scene where, uh, a modern coffee cup should not be….