Getting the most out of the Big Library Read program
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist The Big Library Read digital book club program, which kicks off June 23, offers a unique opportunity to bring your community together through a shared reading experience. Having a featured eBook available on your OverDrive website without wait…
Cast your vote for the next Big Library Read!
On June 23rd, the global library community will once again come together to create the largest digital book club in the world and we want you, the readers, to pick the book everyone will be enjoying! Head over to the Big Library Read website and let…
OverDrive helps Cityread London book club go digital
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist OverDrive is excited to announce that we have teamed up with Cityread London for the first time to get this year’s featured book, Ten Days by Gillian Slovo, in eBook format for local public library authorities. Cityread London…
The American Sniper Big Library Read is now live!
Starting today until March 31 users from over 21,000 libraries around the world can borrow the eBook and audiobook of the #1 New York Times best selling American Sniper without any wait lists or holds. The Big Library Read creates a digital “global book club” for two…
Listen to our exclusive podcast interview with Taya Kyle
By Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist and co-host of the Professional Book Nerds Recently we had the opportunity to speak with Taya Kyle, the widow of Chris Kyle who wrote the #1 New York Times best selling book American Sniper, which was chosen as the next…
How to spread the word to your community about the Big Library Read
The latest Big Library Read begins on March 17th with readers having selected American Sniper as the title users from around the world will be reading and listening to at the same time. Given the popularity of the title this Big Library Read offers your…
American Sniper is the next Big Library Read!
The votes have been tallied and the overwhelming winner for the next Big Library Read is American Sniper, the New York Times number one bestselling autobiography by Chris Kyle. From March 17-31 millions of readers from around the world can join the Big Library Read…
We want you and your readers to pick the next Big Library Read title!
All this week our library partners and their users have the opportunity to select the next title that will be read during the Big Library Read. By going to the Big Library Read website, you can vote on the title that will be read by…
Hundreds of thousands participate in the record setting Big Library Read
During the month of June readers from around the world had unlimited, simultaneous access to Eyes on You by Kate White through their libraries as a part of the Big Library Read program. Over seven thousand libraries joined the event which saw 200,000 checkouts of…
Big Library Read is Live!
From now until June 23rd users at participating libraries can borrow the eBook and audiobook of Kate White’s psychological thriller, Eyes on You without any wait lists of holds. Millions of users from thousands of libraries around the world have the opportunity to join this global book…
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