Celebrate your love of reading with Libby and Sora apparel
We’re excited to announce the launch of The OverDrive Shop where you can purchase apparel to celebrate your love of digital reading. At the online store, you’ll find content featuring both our award-winning apps Libby and Sora. These shirts, hoodies, mugs, and more are perfect…
Digital reading: Past, present & future
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Almost every single night for the past three months or so, I’ve read Make Believe Ideas’ Five Little Dinosaurs to my son, Sawyer. Sometimes we deviate from the norm and read Lost and Found (my preferred option), but we always…
Here’s Lookin’ at You, 2020!
Over the past year, we’ve traveled across the US to meet many library lovers. From book festivals to comic conventions, to just a day in a library, we’ve had the chance to meet so many book friends and help them on the Digital Bookmobile. We…
Students read more when libraries & schools partner
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Growing up, this time of year was always one of my favorites because my school library allowed students to take home additional books over winter break, not just the standard two book checkout limit. I’d load up my…
For the Love of Language
By: Anna Kogan, Support Specialist Throughout my life, I’ve sought fellow foreign language learners and speakers in the wild. I’ve met the dedicated, all-or-nothing unicorns that have sacrificed a scant few months to immersing themselves in a foreign language, frequently coming out of the experience…
The Digital Bookmobile is back out on the road in 2019
After completing a successful 2018 tour that included 121 events across 32 states and 3 Canadian provinces, the Digital Bookmobile took a small break to prepare for its new 2019 tour. This included bringing a new Digital Book Specialist, Marissa, on board! We’re so excited…
Save the trees and read an ebook this Earth Day
Today might officially be Earth Day, but here at the OverDrive offices we strive to take care of the planet and reduce our environmental impact all year long. From our LEED-certified green building to everyone having recycling bins at their desks and efficient lighting throughout…
How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 3/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library We hope you enjoyed the “How libraries can spend less and circ more” checklist we introduced in Part 2 of this series last week. Maybe you’ve even used some of those tips to help manage the…
How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 1/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library With an abundance of reading and other mobile apps to distract readers and suck up mindshare, how do we position the library as the first place to look when they want to be entertained, escape the…
The OverDrive Million Checkout Club hits 58 members in 2017
Recently, we shared news about another record-setting year in digital reading as libraries and schools around the world circulated over a quarter of a billion titles through OverDrive in 2017. Libraries hit individual milestones as well, with 58 library systems surpassed 1 million eBook and…