Monday 5×5 for January 21, 2019
IT’S ALA WEEK! ::insert Kermit arms:: If you are attending Midwinter in Seattle, be sure to stop by the OverDrive booth #821 and say hello. We will also be giving presentations on how libraries can spend less & circ more with OverDrive, expanding on some…
How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 2/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library When we introduced this series last week, we reviewed some of the impressive stats behind the dramatic increase in demand on libraries’ digital collections. How can you manage this growing popularity on a budget? Curate, curate,…
Join us for the third edition of Perspectives on Reading by submitting a story idea
Last summer, we launched our new quarterly online magazine, Perspectives on Reading. The publication focuses on trends in the reading world, and since it’s launch we’ve featured the secret influence parents’ reading habits have on their children, the importance of organizations like We Need Diverse Books,…
Monday 5×5 for January 14, 2019
From The New Yorker, Kristen Roupenian on what it felt like when “Cat Person” went viral Ah, “Cat Person.” I remember when the story was making the rounds a little over a year ago, and reading about the experience directly from Roupenian reminds me…
How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 1/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library With an abundance of reading and other mobile apps to distract readers and suck up mindshare, how do we position the library as the first place to look when they want to be entertained, escape the…
65 libraries reach 1 million digital checkouts in 2018
2018 was a banner year in digital reading as 43,000+ OverDrive library and school partners around the world circulated over 274 million ebook and audiobook checkouts. We’ve seen consistent record breaking circulation numbers every year for some time, but this number represents a 22% increase…
The most popular ebooks and audiobooks of 2018
Recently, we released a press release highlighting the books readers could not get enough of in 2018. Both the ebook and audiobook top tens feature some expected names (nice to see you, Harry) but there are also a large number of newcomers as well. We’ll soon…
Monday 5×5 for January 7, 2019
Hello and welcome to the first Monday 5×5 for 2019! This seems like as good a time as any to recap what the Monday 5×5 is. Monday mornings, I post 5 interesting articles I read over the past week that are a mix of 5…
How Peninsula Library System is using the Instant Digital Card feature to bring commuters to the library
Recently, Peninsula Library System began looking for ways to promote their digital library services to extend their reach and usage. They began by signing up for OverDrive’s Instant Digital Library Card feature and then looked for ways to best use it to locate users most…
Join the Professional Book Nerds 2019 Reading Challenge
Recently, our Professional Book Nerds podcast created a 30 Day Reading challenge where they shared various types of books for 30 straight days on social media. After seeing the massive interest across social media for that challenge, they’ve decided to create a 2019 Reading Challenge…