Wrap up 2023 with great titles (and great savings!)
The countdown to the end of the year is on! Our End of Year Sale is the perfect time to wrap up 2023 with new savings and new content to engage and entertain your community in 2024 and beyond. Join us on Dec. 6 at…
End of Year Sale Spotlight: “Fourth Wing” and “Iron Flame”
Quick: what is one of the most popular book circulating at your library right now? If you answered either Fourth Wing or Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, you are not alone. The first two books in the Empyrean series are flying up both the bestseller…
Putting the pieces together on library puzzle programming with competitive puzzler Sarah Schuler
According to family lore, when competitive puzzler Sarah Schuler was 4 or 5, she’d wake up early Saturday mornings before anyone else. By the time her parents woke up, the living room coffee table would be covered with all the 100-piece puzzles she completed while…
Just in thyme! 5 culinary programming ideas for your library in 2024
The Great British Baking Show is back which means a new season of stunning showstoppers, tricky technicals, and the elusive Paul Hollywood handshake as amateur bakers compete in the big white tent. It also means another season of me watching each episode and immediately wanting…
7 ways you can get involved in Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week is an annual event hosted by the American Library Association (ALA), happening now Oct. 1-7. First launched in 1982, this year’s theme is “Let Freedom Read!” Whether you are a librarian, educator, author, publisher, bookseller or reader there are plenty of ways…
Calling all librarians! Let us know what you’ll be reading in October
Every day, you help readers in your community find books. Now, we want to hear what titles YOU are most looking forward to picking up in October! Maybe you’ve switched to horror in honor of spooky season, or maybe you’re spending the cooler nights curled…
Support literacy in your community during Library Card Sign-Up Month
September is an important month for literacy and libraries. It is the month when we celebrate World Literacy Day on September 8 and Library Card Sign-Up Month. Both of these events are aimed at promoting the importance of reading and literacy in our communities. International…
Start planning for September with these free marketing kits on the Resource Center!
Technically speaking, fall doesn’t really start until September 23. But it’s cloudy and cool here in Cleveland and I have a candle going as I try and manifest autumn (I also may have spent way too much money at Spirit Halloween this past weekend, had…
OverDrive supports the freedom to read during ALA Annual
Last week, librarians gathered in Chicago for the 2023 American Library Association (ALA) Annual conference. Many of the conversations and sessions at this year’s conference centered on the current state of book challenges in the country and the related issues facing public libraries and schools. …
Headed to ALA Annual in Chicago? Visit us in Booth #4025!
This week, the library world will be gathering in the Windy City for the annual American Library Association (ALA) conference. Members of Team OverDrive will be there, sharing updates about Libby and our new patron interests dashboard, exciting news from Kanopy and TeachingBooks, and more! …