An Amanda Gorman reading list
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist During the Presidential inauguration of Joe Biden, millions of viewers were moved by the passionate words of Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate in the U.S. In reading her original poem, The Hill We Climb, Amanda sparked…
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…
Bloomsbury titles available in Cost Per Circ during January
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist We know that our library partners see a surge in new users every January, thanks to all the devices received over the holidays. This year is no different; in fact, demand might be even greater than usual since…
Last chance to save big in our End of Year sale
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist As they say, 20/20 is hindsight and I’m sure many of us are looking forward to putting this year in the rearview mirror. What you definitely don’t want to let pass you by is our End of Year…
Readers will fall in love with our upcoming Together We Read title so save the date!
By Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Together We Read is returning for our United States libraries! This digital book club is an opportunity for users at United States libraries to read the same book at the same time. From Feb. 10 – 24, 2021,…
ZINIO Magazines now available for purchase in Marketplace
By Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist We are excited to announce that ZINIO magazines and comics are now available for purchase in Marketplace! This new OverDrive Magazines package consists of over 3,000* popular magazines which will be available for unlimited simultaneous use with no…
4 ways to prepare your digital collection for the end of the year
By Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Nothing could have prepared us for 2020, but as we head towards the final months of the year, there are plenty of opportunities to prepare for 2021 — at least as far as your digital library is concerned….
Community Read Collection alert: New no-cost Spanish titles for young readers
As part of OverDrive’s continued commitment to helping you meet increased demand for digital content, we are pleased to announce OverDrive Community Read: Spanish Titles for Young Readers. This bundle is donated by OverDrive and comes at no cost to your library. It includes Spanish-language…
10 witchy books to read by black flame candle light
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist It’s no secret that Team OverDrive loves all things witches. We keep our TBR list in a grimoire, and it’s filled to the last page with witchy books across all genres and reading levels. Whether these powerful women cast…
Winter is coming so cozy up with these upcoming Head Over Heels romance reading group titles
By Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Over the past few months, readers who enjoy fun escapist romance reads have been loving the titles provided by Sourcebooks Casablanca through the Head Over Heels Romance Reading Group, including the October title. This exclusive OverDrive and Sourcebooks…