Celebrate Read an eBook Day and win content credit from OverDrive!
We are excited to share that OverDrive will once again be celebrating Read an eBook Day on September 18th. This year we’re giving away four separate content credits of $2,500 to libraries who are celebrating Read an eBook Day. Simply mention OverDrive in a social…
Recapping the morning sessions from day one of #DigiP15
Libraries and Digital Media: State of the Industry The morning of #DigiP15 began with a wonderful breakfast sponsored by Tantor Media and then some welcoming remarks from OverDrive CEO Steve Potash. It wouldn’t be Digipalooza without a surprise performance and the Cleveland Cavs Scream Team…
Offer your users digital magazines and newspapers access fee free for a year
While meeting with our library partners at ALA in San Francisco last week, many were excited to hear about the success of one of our newest products, OverDrive Periodicals. To help spread the word about how libraries can offer digital newspapers and magazines on the…
Celebrate the power of audiobooks all year long
If you are reading this, you are probably a lover of words. Written before you or broadcasted through you headphones, words matter to you. They matter to us too. Audiobooks may take a backseat to their shinier, newer eBook counterparts sometimes but they offer a…
How OverDrive helps you take your library anywhere…even in the pool!
This week we had a chance to speak with a user of OverDrive who has been listening to audiobooks from the library to help pass the time during his physical therapy. Using a simple Bluetooth connection and water safe headphones, he was able to break up…
Using OverDrive Samples to promote engagement and discovery
Awareness has always been crucial to the success of a library. The materials and resources available could be the best in the community but if no one is aware of them, they won’t get used. To that end, OverDrive strives to provide the best marketing…
How OverDrive Streaming Video improves the value of your digital library
Recently we spoke with Katie Hotard, the Virtual Branch Manager at Marion County Public Library, about her library’s recent adoption of OverDrive Streaming Video. Below is her story of how the library has implemented and marketed their streaming video collection to provide users with a…
The next Reader’s Advisory project is coming soon!
We’re excited to invite your library and/or school to participate in OverDrive’s next Reader’s Advisory project. The project offers hand-picked titles to help users discover new favorites, leading to increased reader engagement and circulation for libraries. In March, libraries that participated in the Reader’s Advisory…
Don’t miss your chance to register for Digipalooza!
Are you planning to attend Digipalooza 2015 the world’s premier digital content conference for libraries and schools? If you haven’t registered yet, what are you waiting for? Space is limited and we want to see you there! Come for our unrivaled program specifically designed and tested…
The Digital Bookmobile is coming back!
Today, April 15th, is National Bookmobile Day which makes it the perfect time to announce that OverDrive’s Digital Bookmobile will be returning for another trip across the United States! The tour will run from June through October, including a stop in Cleveland during Digipalooza so…
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