COVID Response Collections Now Available
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist In response to the unprecedented demand for digital books for your readers, OverDrive is adding a growing collection of unlimited simultaneous use ebooks and audiobooks, at no cost to your library, to help you deliver more titles to…
Coming soon: OverDrive’s COVID Response Collections for libraries
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Created to help your library deliver more titles to more readers, OverDrive’s COVID Response Collections will supplement your catalog with titles that can be used for student summer reading programs, digital book clubs, community reading events, and general…
13 books about race you should read right now
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Today on the Professional Book Nerds podcast, co-hosts Jill and Adam share a list of 13 race-related books they have found helpful in examining their own white privilege. These books are meant to inform and educate readers about…
‘Me and White Supremacy’ price reduction and simultaneous use plans
Layla F. Saad’s instant New York Times bestselling title is being made available at significantly lower prices and in various lending models for OverDrive library partners. When Layla F. Saad converted her viral #MeAndWhiteSupremacy Instagram challenge into a full-length book, it immediately hit bestsellers lists,…
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…
10 villain origin stories for the bad guy in all of us
Over ten years ago, author Suzanne Collins introduced us to Katniss Everdeen in her bestselling Hunger Games series. Now, readers across the globe are returning to Panem with the latest book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. But, as anyone from one of the 12…
Announcing the Head Over Heels Romance Reading Group
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Summer will soon be arriving and, eventually, the temperature will start to rise. You don’t need to wait that long to turn up the heat on your reading though, as we’re excited to announce the brand new Head Over…
eReading Room ready comic collections
Recently, my husband and I started rewatching the Marvel movies. We opted to go with story order, starting with the first Captain America film, which is set in the 1940s. Watching the franchise this way gives me a greater appreciation for both the storytelling strategy…
Important updates from HarperCollins
Effective 3/25: In an effort to provide additional content to library users during these uncertain times, HarperCollins has changed their digital content policies for public libraries and schools worldwide. Below, please find specific updates regarding these changes. Audiobook Cost-Per-Circ (CPC) Updates: The price cap on…
Important updates from Penguin Random House and Macmillan US
Effective 3/19: In an effort to provide additional content to library users during these uncertain times, Penguin Random House and Macmillan US have changed their digital content policies for public libraries and schools worldwide. Below, please find specific updates regarding their respective changes. Penguin Random…