| Was the book really better than the movie? Let your patrons be the judge. Adding streaming video to your digital collection makes it easy for users to compare and contrast. They can simply read the eBook (or listen to the audiobook), then stream the film version. Our staff librarians have put together a list of eBooks and audiobooks, along with their corresponding streaming video film adaptations to get you started. To view the list in Marketplace, click here.  Read It & Stream It List Highlights Silver Linings Playbook | Starz Digital Media(streaming video, eBook, audiobook) Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jackie Weaver, Robert DeNiro, and Jennifer Lawrence After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
Killing Them Softly| Starz Digital Media (streaming video, eBook) Starring: Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, and Ray Liotta Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Sarah's Key | Starz Digital Media(streaming video, eBook, audiobook) Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup, and Frédéric Pierrot In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in 1942.
Party Monster |Millennium Media Services, Inc.(streaming video, eBook) Starring: Seth Green, Macaulay Culkin, Diana Scarwid, and Chole Sevigny This is the true story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer whose life was sent spiraling down when he bragged on television about killing his drug dealer and roommate.
Hick | Phase 4 Films (USA), LLC(streaming video, eBook) Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Blake Lively, Eddie Redmayne and Rory Culkin. A Nebraska teen gets more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of Las Vegas.
If you would like more suggestions, your Collection Development Specialist is available to help create recommended lists. Email collectionteam@overdrive.com for more information today! *Some titles may have limited regional or platform availability.
Michelle Ross is a Collection Development Specialist at OverDrive. |
Friday, August 8, 2014
Read it and stream it
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