Fun & New YA Nonfiction for Teen Read Week
By: Liz Tousey, OverDrive Collection Development Specialist. Click here to find all of these books in Marketplace. Full of personal stories, humor, and titles with plenty of exclamation points, we’ve complied a list of young adult nonfiction books that fit perfectly with this year’s Teen…
OverDrive Streaming Video Round-Up, September 2016
By: Rachel Woods, Librarian and Collection Development AnalystWelcome back to another exciting post about the new Streaming Video titles that arrived this month. August had a little bit of everything: The Congressman stars Treat Williams as a disillusioned congressman who tries to find a way…
Using Simultaneous Use digital titles to boost circulation and discovery
By: Todd Warhola, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst (Ed. Note: Every title and list in this post can be purchased as a part of a Simultaneous Use plan in OverDrive Marketplace. Click Here to see all of our Simultaneous Use Plans.) Discovery is a trending topic in libraries right…
The top new streaming video picks available from OverDrive this month
(Ed. Note: All titles mentioned in this post can be viewed here.) By: Rachel Woods, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive Greetings and salutations! We’re back with another post about that subject which is near and dear to our hearts: streaming video. We got some great…
We’re in Love (with BISAC Codes)
By: Annie Suhy, Librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. I’m sure by now you’ve heard the big news we’ve been shouting from the rooftops: we’ve added BISAC codes to Marketplace! BISAC codes make our hearts skip a beat and have us feeling weak in the…
Get content in over 50 languages from OverDrive
By: Jill Grunenwald, librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst We here at OverDrive know that our library partners serve diverse patron populations. Not just in terms of what types of books they read but also what languages those books are in. Our catalog consists of…
Publish your curated collection for Armchair Explorers!
By: Jim Monastra, OverDrive Account Specialist The curated collections, Armchair Explorer Reads for Adults and Armchair Explorer 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…
Viz Media, Marvel, DC and the Walking Dead… OH MY!
By: Sheila Henline, Librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. My inner geek in is OverDrive! (Pun intended) This month at OverDrive we welcome the select catalog of VIZ Media, you know these guys (and gals), they publish some awesome manga titles including Naruto. Additionally, our…
Find your inner explorer with the new Readers’ Advisory collection
By: Jim Monastra, OverDrive Account Specialist. You are invited to participate in OverDrive’s next Readers’ Advisory project, “Armchair Explorers.” We’ll be featuring titles about adventure and exploration, with two separate collections available for your OverDrive site – one collection that focuses on titles for adults,…
Get popular fiction and LGBT content up to 50% off during the June Extravaganza
All month, we’ve been promoting the ability to save big on loads of content from OverDrive. The June Extravaganza Sale in OverDrive Marketplace with thousands of titles marked down anywhere from 25-50% off their normal sale price. Within the sale you’ll find eBooks, audiobooks and…
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