‘Tis the season to be eReadin’: New holiday materials
By: Christina Samek, OverDrive Marketing Specialist Whether you’re suffering through a cold front, complete with snow and (gulps) ice, or peak tourism as your climate offers sweet, sweet relief–we all know it’s the season to get cozy. And what better way to get cozy than…
The OverDrive Holiday Spectacular can help stretch your year-end budget
December can be a hectic time around the library. You’re planning holiday events and promotions while also working through next years calendar. At the same time you’re looking at that year-end budget knowing you’ve got to “spend it or lose it.” The OverDrive Holiday Spectacular…
Get the word out about the new OverDrive experience
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist Let users know about the new OverDrive, the fastest and easiest way to reading happiness from the library, with some graphics to share on your library website and social media accounts. Add a link to your digital titles and…
Celebrate Cyber Monday with OverDrive
In recent years, Cyber Monday has become the online brother of Black Friday. Stores and retailers around the world offer big savings for people getting an early jump on their holiday shopping. Around our office, we like to say that, “Every Monday is Cyber Monday…
Top 5 tips for building a dynamic digital Spanish collection
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist Do you offer Spanish language content in your OverDrive collection? Our recent live special webcast, Building a Dynamic Digital Spanish Collection, highlighted our strong and growing catalog of over 55,000 Spanish language titles available for purchase in OverDrive Marketplace…
Consortia features evolve as Greater Phoenix Digital Library marks 10th anniversary
By: Brian Byrne, OverDrive Marketing & Communications Specialist As libraries continue to evolve, OverDrive is helping both stand alone and consortia best meet the needs of their member libraries and readers with improved features and tools. Participating in a shared collection has always been a…
Maximize your new OverDrive digital library with our special webcast series
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist The Training Team has an exciting holiday treat for libraries with the new OverDrive! Join us the second week of December for our special webcast series, Wrap Up the Year with the New OverDrive, and let us help you…
How Harris County Public Library reached a million digital checkouts in 2016
(Ed. Note: At the beginning of this year Harris Country Public Library set a goal of surpassing one million checkouts on their OverDrive digital collection. This potential increase in circulation would lead to additional funding and more content for their users. They created Project Mill-E…
Save up to 50% on thousands of eBooks and audiobooks during the Holiday Spectacular
From now through the end of December, the OverDrive Holiday Spectacular will enable you to get the most out of your year-end budget. Thousands of eBooks and audiobooks including bestsellers, new releases, popular Chinese language selections and much more are 25-50% off through the…
Create Reading Happiness: It’s never been easier to create a customized digital library experience
As the calendar turns to November, families around the world will begin planning for the upcoming holidays. Traditionally, this is a time where we see a big spike in usage of OverDrive-powered digital collections. This means you’ll want to make sure you’re prepared for the…
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