Share your love of reading with the new Libby update
by Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist If you’re anything like me, once you finish a really great book you want to tell everyone about it. This usually means posting about it on social media, but it would be really great if I could provide…
Celebrate Read an Ebook Day on September 18th
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist For the last half decade, libraries and schools have virtually come together each September 18th to celebrate the joys of digital reading on Read an Ebook Day. This year has been extremely unique for a myriad of reasons, but…
Libby Brings Readers Together shirt sale
Since launching The OverDrive Shop earlier this year, we’ve had a blast sharing the library love around the world with t-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, and lots of other fun swag. 100% of the profits are being donated to the American Library Association Literary Clearinghouse and…
The most borrowed ebooks and audiobooks since Libby launched
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Since Libby, our award-winning one-tap reading app, launched in June of 2017, millions of readers have borrowed hundreds of millions of digital books from public libraries around the world. Now, with COVID-19’s impact as well as advancements in digital…
Drive a Polestar 2? Now you can stream Libby!
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Polestar 2 is launching as the first car in the world to have an Android Automotive OS-powered infotainment system and our award-winning reading app Libby is included! The Android Automotive OS system includes a selection of Google apps…
Over 100 library systems on pace to surpass one million digital checkouts in 2020
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Each January, OverDrive highlights the library systems around the world that surpass one million digital checkouts across our platforms for the previous year. Advancements in digital reading and apps like Libby have led to continued growth in digital readership…
Libby now available in 10 languages
Bonjour! Hola! Nǐ hǎo! Willkommen! Privyet! To help further serve the needs of your diverse reading community, our Libby reading app is going on a world tour with its latest update. Libby’s user interface now supports 9 additional languages. All of the helpful information and…
Fall in love on a “Blind Book Date”
By: Rickie Mascia, Social Media Specialist As librarians and book nerds, everyone here at OverDrive loves a good book recommendation. Even more so, we love giving them. There’s something exceptionally special about knowing that you’re about to introduce someone to a new story that will…
OverDrive’s ALA Midwinter Preview: Empower Lifelong Reading
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist The library world will be coming together this weekend in the city of Brotherly Love for the annual Midwinter conference. Team OverDrive will be there, sharing updates about Libby, exciting news about our upcoming Hold Redelivery service and…
Introducing New Libby Website Assets to Help Reach Your Readers
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist You already know the importance of your library’s website. It’s the online gateway to your library’s resources. For those who do not or are not able to visit your physical branch, it may also serve as the first and only…