You can add Teacher’s Notebook materials to your Marketplace cart
One of the best ways to get your faculty excited about your digital library is to ask your teachers what titles they’d like for their classes. Having your teachers (and students) assist in collection development is a surefire way to increase usage and promotion of…
Stop the presses! OverDrive now offers popular magazines and newspapers
We are excited to announce that we, along with Barnes & Noble NOOK®, now offer more than 1,000 popular magazines and newspapers for digital lending through our library partners in the U.S. The collection includes the best coverage of the top 200 circulating U.S. magazines…
To Kill a Mockingbird Read-Alikes
Here at OverDrive, we’re fangirling hard over the announcement of a sequel to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. We’re guessing that you and your library patrons are, too. Seriously, who isn’t?! Sadly, July 14th (the sequel’s expected date) is still months away. To help…
You can’t spell Chromebook without eBook: OverDrive and Chromebook
With the increasing popularity of Chromebooks, especially in schools, we have seen a bump in interest from Chromebook owners about the best way to enjoy OverDrive eBooks and audiobooks on their device – and we’re here to help! If you are just getting started or…
5 Takeaways from ALA Midwinter
Every time I travel to a conference for OverDrive, I am blown away by the passion that the library community exudes. Being a librarian is more than just a job; it’s being passionate about users, their needs and making sure everyone has the ability to…
OverDrive and HP collaborate to provide eBooks to students on new devices
OverDrive and HP are working together to bring eBook and digital audiobooks to K-12 classrooms. HP recently announced Education Edition tablets and notebook, designed specifically for classroom learning and 1-to-1 education plans, will be preloaded with the HP School Pack*, a suite of instructional tools…
Managing your Metered Access titles just got easier
Have you said this: “How am I going to manage all of our metered access content easily and stay on top of expiring content without taking a lot of staff time or going crazy?” We’ve heard your feedback on managing Metered Access content and fulfilling…
OverDrive Rated #1 eBook app for libraries by users
OverDrive continues to be rated the best eBook app for libraries based on user ratings in the iOS (Apple) and Google Play (Android) app stores. The OverDrive app enables users to borrow and enjoy eBooks, audiobooks and streaming videos on a single website, via smartphones,…
2014 saw widespread growth in K-12 market for eBooks and digital content
2014 was a great year, and we’re excited to see what 2015 will bring! This past year, we experienced a record number of new K-12 partnerships in the U.S. and abroad. As of January 1, 2015, nearly 12,000 schools and districts have incorporated the OverDrive…
Children’s eBook sales surge in 2014 in public libraries and schools through OverDrive
Library spending on children’s, juvenile, and young adult eBooks in 2014 grew by 48% over 2013. Helping drive this dramatic growth was OverDrive’s 2014 launch of narrated eBooks and highly-illustrated best-selling children’s titles using open industry-standard EPUB3 and OverDrive Read. These popular children’s eBook titles…
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