Spread the love for National Library Week
We’re in love and we don’t care who knows it! WE LOVE BOOKS!!! All books. Print books. Ebooks. Audiobooks. Read-alongs. And we love the experience of reading them. Opening up the first page to the next book in the series you’ve been waiting years to…
Monday 5×5 for April 8, 2019
Artsy on Salvador Dalí’s side project of illustrating books The Dali illustrated edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is my absolute favorite version of one of my favorite books. If I could figure out how to easily convert one of the images into a tattoo,…
6 books to read before they hit theaters in April
Pet Sematary by Stephen King When Dr. Louis Creed decides to move his family to the quaint, idyllic town of Ludlow, Maine, it seems like the perfect opportunity for a fresh start. But as the family settles in, they start to notice things in Ludlow…
Homes is where the heart is in the latest Big Library Read
Big Library Read is back and this time we bring you the powerful and inspiring story of one refugee family who fled Iraq for safety, only to arrive in Syria just as the Syrian civil war broke out. Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr…
Monday 5×5: April Fool’s Day Edition
It’s April Fool’s Day, which means I’m going to do something a little bit different this week for the Monday 5×5. If you’ve been reading this weekly series for awhile, you know I love me some literary hoaxes. I love them so much that I…
OverDrive Founder Steve Potash honored by U.S. Supreme Court
On March 27 in Washington, D.C., OverDrive Founder and CEO Steve Potash, his wife and co-founder, Loree, and OverDrive’s Executive VP of Publisher Services & General Counsel Erica Lazzaro were sworn in by all nine Supreme Court Justices. They are now admitted to appear and…
Monday 5×5 for March 25, 2019
The New Yorker asks, when it comes to YA literature what’s the line between criticism and cancel culture? Ironically, in a story all about Twitter mobs, librarian Twitter had some heavy words for the author of this article based on the fact that she only…
AI technology engages more readers with your library
At OverDrive, we’re always working to support your mission to serve readers in new and innovative ways. Over the last year, we have developed, tested, and launched several Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies into Libby to further enhance how you reach and support your patrons. We…
Watched SHRILL? Read these books next!
Hulu’s latest piece of original programming is Shrill, starring SNL cast member Aidy Bryant. Loosely adapted from the 2017 memoir of the same name by Lindy West, Shrill follows the adventures of Annie, a woman who is just living her life while fat. Like West’s…
Monday 5×5 for March 18, 2019
From Lonely Planet, the house that inspired Wuthering Heights is up for sale Anyone happen to have £1.25m ($1.62m) that I could borrow? Over on Reddit, Emilio Estevez (writer/director/actor of THE PUBLIC) did an AMA Set during a blizzard in Cincinnati, THE PUBLIC is about…