Audiobook fans here have another option for listening to literature. OverDrive Digital Library Reserve, a service offering downloadable audiobooks, was recently made available free of charge to ...
Last year, I wrote a piece called The Problem With Audiobooks. In that post, I argued that listening to audiobooks is a privilege of the privileged. And I wondered if academic libraries could play a ...
Throughout the past couple of years, Overdrive went all in on Libby. This was their first mobile app that replaced the Overdrive Media Console. The app is only available for smartphones and tablets ...
OverDrive is putting another nail in the coffin of DRM with the announcement that it’ll stop offering audiobooks in the WMA format. Soon OverDrive will only sell audiobooks in DRM-free MP3. The ...
The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on life as we knew it. In the blink of an eye, work from home and e-learning became the things we were doing. Church services went virtual, stores and ...
Overdrive has just launched a new program called hold redelivery. This allows library patrons who borrow books, ebooks and audiobooks who are on a waiting list to cancel their hold or reschedule their ...
Library cardholders from across the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium recently surpassed 2 million checkouts of e-books and other digital resources — a major milestone for the 36-member library ...
Ever feel like borrowing a book in the middle of the night when ORPL is closed? Bummed that we aren’t open, yet? (Yeah, we miss you, too!) Do you want to travel with books or have access to books when ...
In 2020 everything went digital. Millions of people worked from home, used Zoom to complete college degrees and communicated with loved ones solely through the internet. The rest of the world adapted ...
Stuck at home? You can access a dizzying array of eBooks, audiobooks, movies, TV shows, learning resources, and more through Manatee Libraries’ online resources, free with your library card number and ...
Libraries have seen digital material circulation explode since the pandemic, but the cost of e-books is much higher for institutional use than it is for individuals. One company, Garfield ...
If you’re still paying full price for audiobooks while you’re in uniform, you’re probably leaving money on the table. Between public libraries, free apps, and the DoD’s own digital library, you can ...