Behind the mic: Interviews with favorite audiobook narrators from the Professional Book Nerds
Anyone who has listened to an audiobook will tell you a narrator can make or break the listening experience. Narrators are more than just someone who reads a book aloud; they bring stories to life and turn reading into an immersive experience that can transport…
The Professional Book Nerds 2024 Reading Challenge is here!
Don’t you just love reading challenges? They are always a fun way to get out of your reading comfort zone and explore new books and authors. As someone who also often struggles with figuring out what I want to read, they can be helpful in…
Halfway there! Checking in on the 2023 Professional Book Nerds Reading Challenge
With 2023 half over, our friends the Professional Book Nerds want to know how you’re doing with the 2023 PBN Reading Challenge! From books with maps to reading a friend’s favorite book, Greek myth retellings and more, the Professional Book Nerds Reading Challenge is a…
Best books of the year with the Professional Book Nerds
January 2023 is a few days away, but you still have plenty of time to finish your 2022 reading goals! Whether you set a goal for the number of books you read, are following a reading challenge, or tried to read more widely, reading goals…
What are you reading for Read an Ebook Day?
Read an Ebook Day is only a couple days away and we can’t wait to spend the day curled up on the couch with an ebook. Ebooks have been loved by libraries and readers for years, but over the last few years in particular, digital…
Meet the new Professional Book Nerds!
Since its inception in 2015, OverDrive’s podcast Professional Book Nerds (PBN) has produced over 600 episodes and 1.8 million downloads, and has interviewed hundreds of authors ranging from debut authors to Pultizer Prize winners. PBN records, edits and produces two episodes a week: Mondays are…
Join the Professional Book Nerds in conversation with Kate Moore
On Thursday, June 17, at 3:00 pm ET, OverDrive’s own Professional Book Nerds will interview author Kate Moore about her new book, The Woman They Could Not Silence. This powerful and shocking work of nonfiction tells the story of Elizabeth Packard who was institutionalized by…
Join the Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge
By: Jill Grunenwald, Professional Book Nerd For the last couple of years, my Professional Book Nerds co-host and I have created a reading challenge to encourage our listeners and fellow book nerds to read outside their comfort zone. This year is (finally) almost over, which…
Register for our virtual social justice conversation with Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, New York Times bestselling coauthors of I’m Not Dying With You Tonight, will be joining our Professional Book Nerds for a conversation about social justice and equality on Thursday, July 16th at 3 pm…
And the Audie goes to…
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Thanks to the ease of access provided by reading apps like Libby, audiobooks have continued to skyrocket in usage and notoriety. Gone are the days of finding a place to store a dozen CDs to enjoy an audiobook, as…