Our Audiobook Month Sale is almost here!
Listen up! It’s almost June, which means Audiobook Month is right around the corner, and with it comes our Audiobook Month Sale. This is always the perfect time to stock up on audiobooks for all of the readers (and listeners!) in your community. In 2020,…
Watch the 2021 Audie Awards virtually for free
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist The 26th annual Audie Awards® will take place on March 22, 2021, and anyone can watch the event for free on YouTube. The red carpet starts at 8:30 p.m. ET, and the awards ceremony begins at 9:00 p.m. ET….
Introducing Recorded Books Children’s Sim Use Collection
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist The circulation of juvenile content has seen tremendous growth since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are excited to announce a new simultaneous use package of children’s audiobooks from Recorded Books that will help our library partners…
OverDrive’s most downloaded ebooks and audiobooks in 2020
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist This year has been different for a myriad of reasons. You don’t need us to tell you this year has been “unprecedented” or “trying” or “challenging.” The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of people to transition aspects of…
It’s almost time for the next Big Library Read!
Our global ebook club will soon be returning with Reverie by Ryan La Sala! From Nov. 2 through Nov. 16, readers will be able to check out the ebook and audiobook version of Reverie without waitlist or holds. This wildly imaginative young adult story about…
Recorded Books now available in Cost Per Circ
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Recently we announced that our catalog of Recorded Books audiobooks has expanded. Many of these titles are available to library partners for the first time. Today we are excited to announce that partners can now buy titles across…
Audiobooks to help you plan and enjoy your road trip
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist As the calendar turns to summer in the northern hemisphere, stay-at-home orders are beginning to ease around the world. While larger crowds and public gatherings remain unsafe, people are beginning to plan road trips as a means to get…
New Recorded Books now available to libraries for the first time
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist We are excited to announce that our catalog of audiobooks from Recorded Books has expanded! Many of these titles have never before been available to library partners and we are thrilled to bring them to you and your…
Audiobook Narrator Spotlight: Xe Sands
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist When our Blog Manager, Jill, asked me to write about my favorite narrator, I was extremely excited. Much like so many of my OverDrive co-workers, I spend most days listening to audiobooks on Libby. The second thought I had…
Audiobook Narrator Spotlight: Bahni Turpin
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Just like we all have favorite authors, if you are a big audiobook listener like me you probably have favorite narrators, too. In honor of Audiobook Month in June, over the next few weeks we are going to…