OverDrive Blogs http://overdriveblogs.com Mon, 20 May 2013 17:15:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Summer Marketing Materials: Now Available! http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/20/summer-marketing-materials-now-available/ http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/20/summer-marketing-materials-now-available/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 17:15:00 +0000 Digital Distribution Blog http://overdriveblogs.com/library/?p=13126 Summer is just around the corner. Time for road trips, the beach, vacations, and lazy summer days! I can think of nothing I’d rather do today (one of the first days above 70 degrees here in Cleveland) than read library… Read more

]]> http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/20/summer-marketing-materials-now-available/feed/ 0 Big Library Read Facebook Chat with Michael Malone on May 23rd http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/20/big-library-read-facebook-chat-with-michael-malone-on-may-23rd/ http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/20/big-library-read-facebook-chat-with-michael-malone-on-may-23rd/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:30:19 +0000 Adam Sockel http://overdriveblogs.com/library/?p=13155 Through their incredible generosity, author Michael Malone and his publisher, Sourcebooks, have invited millions of readers around the world to simultaneously enjoy ‘The Four Corners of the Sky’ through June 1st as part of the Big… Read more

]]> http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/20/big-library-read-facebook-chat-with-michael-malone-on-may-23rd/feed/ 0 Kicking Off Summer with New MP3 Releases On Sale http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/19/kicking-off-summer-with-new-mp3-releases-on-sale/ http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/19/kicking-off-summer-with-new-mp3-releases-on-sale/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:41 +0000 Annie Suhy http://overdriveblogs.com/library/?p=13140 Deal watchers, coupon clippers, and savings sleuths, listen up! HarperAudio is offering a deal that cannot be ignored. For the next two weeks, over 100 of their brand new May and June MP3 releases are on sale for a whopping 30%… Read more

]]> http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/19/kicking-off-summer-with-new-mp3-releases-on-sale/feed/ 0 Top Five Titles That Take You to Ireland http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/17/top-five-titles-that-take-you-to-ireland/ http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/17/top-five-titles-that-take-you-to-ireland/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:17 +0000 OverDrive http://overdriveblogs.com/library/?p=12965

 

Are you an armchair traveler? While I do enjoy traveling to a new city or exploring a new place, I cannot always find the time or the budget to fulfill my every whim. Instead of feeling gloomy, I… Read more

]]> http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/17/top-five-titles-that-take-you-to-ireland/feed/ 0 Don’t Bury the ‘Hachette’: Check Out these Newly Added eBooks! http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/16/dont-bury-the-hachette-check-out-these-newly-added-ebooks/ http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/16/dont-bury-the-hachette-check-out-these-newly-added-ebooks/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:47:41 +0000 Jason Sockel http://overdriveblogs.com/library/?p=13092                     

You probably know that on May 8th, thousands of popular front-list eBook titles from Hachette Book Group were added to Content Reserve.  Featured Hachette authors include David Sedaris,… Read more

]]> http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/16/dont-bury-the-hachette-check-out-these-newly-added-ebooks/feed/ 0 Librarians Share: How Fort Smith School District is Achieving Early Success http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/16/librarians-share-how-fort-smith-school-district-is-achieving-early-success/ http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/16/librarians-share-how-fort-smith-school-district-is-achieving-early-success/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:48 +0000 Adam Sockel http://overdriveblogs.com/library/?p=12912 Fort Smith School District (AR) launched their digital collection a few short months ago and they are already seeing widespread adaptation from their student body. This great success comes from early marketing and keeping their students, staff and… Read more

]]> http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/16/librarians-share-how-fort-smith-school-district-is-achieving-early-success/feed/ 0 Big Library Read is Here! http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/15/big-library-read-is-here/ http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/15/big-library-read-is-here/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:43:31 +0000 Adam Sockel http://overdriveblogs.com/library/?p=13051 Today is the rollout of the Big Library Read pilot. This pilot program allows millions of patrons from more than 7,500 participating libraries to simultaneously read Michael Malone’s critically-acclaimed ‘Four Corners of the Sky’ in OverDrive Read,… Read more

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When Macmillan launched their eBook collection with us in March, we heard cheers from our U.S. library partners that love the high circulating edge of your seat thrillers, crime… Read more

]]> http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/14/publisher-spotlight-library-loved-ebooks-from-macmillan/feed/ 0 U.S. Navy joins Big Library Read http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/13/u-s-navy-joins-big-library-read/ http://overdriveblogs.com/library/2013/05/13/u-s-navy-joins-big-library-read/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:44 +0000 Adam Sockel http://overdriveblogs.com/library/?p=13006 On Wednesday, May 15th,  public library users around the world will begin simultaneously checking out ‘Four Corners of the Sky’ thanks to the pilot program of Big Library Read. Among those enjoying the story about a naval pilot… Read more

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