OverDrive tools help library partners find success in 2016
In the coming days, we’ll be providing full statistics from another record breaking year in digital library lending. Readers continue to discover the convenience of 24/7 access to their library through OverDrive and circulation numbers have exploded once again because of this. More library systems…
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…
Valid library card all you need to access library eBooks through OverDrive
OverDrive has become aware of some misinformation circulating about OverDrive’s services. We’d like to take this opportunity to clarify our policy: To borrow an eBook or audiobook from the library through OverDrive, only a valid library card is required. An OverDrive account is an optional…
No time to read? Think again.
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist. With September being Library Card Sign-Up Month and Read an eBook Day quickly approaching, we are on a mission to help you get everyone in your community reading. There are so many people that don’t stop in to the…
Create Reading Happiness: Celebrating Audiobook Month!
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist and audiobook addict. June is widely known as Audiobook Month, a time to celebrate the greatness that is reading with your ears! Audiobooks are perfect for people with busy lifestyles who don’t always have time to sit down…
Why Audiobooks are Perfect for Travel
By: Kristin Milks, Librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. The season is a-changing and with it (unless you’re in Australia *hashtag sorry*) comes warm weather, cool nights and the promise of outdoor reading time. But what’s that you say? You must travel for work/weddings/vacation? How ever…
The top 6 ways libraries are increasing their digital circulation
At PLA in Denver last week, Team OverDrive met with countless library partners, sharing the latest innovations coming this year and discussing the continued surge in digital library lending. While presenting and interacting with these librarians, the overarching theme for why digital checkouts are at…
The spring editions of OverDrive’s eHighlights catalog has arrived!
By Todd Warhola, librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive Do you feel that change in the air? Is it the sweet smell of Spring? Light dew mixed with sugary candies? Is it the smell of a fresh morning breeze, far away from the sadness…
A Few Excellent Reasons to Consider the Simultaneous Use Model
By Liz Tousey, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive All publishers and titles menitoned in this article are available here. OverDrive’ Simultaneous Use lending model allows you to circulate unlimited copies of a chosen titles or set of titles concurrently, for the length of your selected…
Let’s Hear It for the 2016 Audie Award Finalists and the Rise of the Spoken Word Format
By Annie Suhy, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. As a working mom with a young baby, I don’t have time for leisurely reading. To be perfectly honest, I barely have time for showering and going to the bathroom so curling up on the…
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