‘Tis the Holiday Season!
Get your users into the holiday spirit and share a reminder that your digital collection is available even when the library is closed. Are all your books on holiday baking checked out? Need some materials to read while waiting at the airport for your weather-delayed plane? Going on a long road trip? Don’t forget the sleighful of downloadable materials, many of which are immediately available.
Wrapping gifts? Use Freegal and type in search term “Christmas” to retrieve all types of Christmas music. Download Christmas tunes by Tropical Steel Band to get you in a festive mood. Or Perry Como’s “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”.
Don’t want to put on your boots to get a holiday dvd? With Hoopla, you can get instant dvd’s. See the categories of “Festive Holiday Flicks and “Holidays with a Heart”. Hoopla also has holiday music.
Going on a long road trip to grandma’s house? Use OverDrive to download audiobooks to keep everyone entertained.
OverDrive also provides downloadable marketing for their collection. Check out their Winter Promo Pack for fun holiday social media graphics, print-ready flyers to display, and promotional materials.*
Need some light reading to wile away the time spent waiting in an airport lounge? Don’t forget to use Zinio to download the latest edition of your favorite magazine.
And, best of all, It’s all FREE!!
Karen (Northland)
* Hoopla, Freegal, Zinio and OneClick all have marketing materials too! Questions about getting print marketing materials? Contact Sarah Beasley for more information.
Media consumers prefer to get their content quick, free, and easy. It is no secret that many of these consumers are turning to illegally downloading media through sites like The Pirate Bay. The Institute of Policy Innovation estimated the damage piracy has done to the music industry alone at $12.5 billion. There are a number of reasons why we should remind people that using the public library digital resources are a smarter option than downloading media illegally.
