Bonus Borrows Are Back in November!

Great news for libraries and patrons! hoopla’s popular Bonus Borrows program is back for the month of November. Starting today and running through November 30, hundreds of videos, comics, eBooks, and audiobooks are available for patrons to check out without using any of their monthly hoopla Instant borrows—and at no cost to libraries! With themes like Happily Ever After, Teen Scene, Historical Fiction, and more, hoopla users of any taste are sure to find something to enjoy. You can find the full collection of November Bonus Borrows here, and be sure to visit the hoopla Resource Center for assets that make it quick and easy to spread the word to your patrons.

Also, stay tuned for some exciting news coming soon about the Bonus Borrows program in 2024!

February hoopla Happenings

Library patrons who use hoopla have a lot to be excited about this month.

February marks the first 2023 availability of Bonus Borrows! This means there are hundreds of titles available (in audiobook, eBook, comics, movies, and television) to patrons without using any of their monthly Instant borrows, and free for libraries as well. This promotion lasts all month, so encourage patrons to take advantage—it’s a perfect opportunity to try something different, or to enjoy more of what they love.

It also brings with it a new Spotlight Selection for the hoopla Graphic Novel Book Club! This quarter we’re reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – The Last Ronin, written by TMNT cocreators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Set in a post-apocalyptic New York City, one surviving Turtle fights a seemingly unwinnable battle against an entire army. It’s a fitting, satisfying swan song for the beloved series, and we hope you’ll read along with us. Find everything you need to host your book club meeting on our Graphic Novel Book Club Hub, including a fantastic Q&A with Kevin Eastman.

Finally, we have several new additions to hoopla BingePass that are specifically for kids. With these new collections (The Reading Corner, Growing Up: Social-Emotional Learning for Kids, STEAM Powered Kids, Learn About the World: People, Places, and Holidays, and Cuentos para niños en español), little ones and their grown-ups have plenty of great options to engage with entertaining content that helps them to learn and grow. And with BingePass, an entire collection is available for seven days with just one hoopla Instant borrow.

And of course, this is all in addition to a new batch of Movies of the Month and all the hundreds of thousands of titles that are instantly available on hoopla for patrons to borrow and enjoy. To help you spread the word, we’ve put together social media assets and other materials available for you to download from the hoopla Resource Center.

Current Magazines Now Available on hoopla!

Last week we announced the launch of BingePass, a new hoopla program that offers patrons unlimited use of content collections for a period of time with just one Instant borrow. Now let’s take a look at one of our initial BingePass offerings: hoopla Magazines!

With hoopla Magazines, patrons can read current issues of more than 50 popular periodicals. There are titles for all ages and interests, including such magazines as Elle, Golf Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Time for Kids, and many more. Each issue is designed specifically for digital use, so whether in the app or through a browser, it’s easy to swipe through and enjoy the articles and images just like you were holding the actual magazine. There’s even an option to easily listen to an audio version of each article.

One Instant borrow grants patrons access to all the great hoopla Magazines content for a period of seven days. Users can view a list of all magazines included before they decide to borrow, and once they do, they can enjoy one article or read all 50+ magazines cover to cover. One borrow is all it takes! And the current lineup is just the beginning—the number of titles available will grow over time.

So spread the word! On the hoopla Resource Center you’ll find images perfect for use on your library’s social media channels to let your patrons know about hoopla Magazines. This is one of two BingePass offerings available now for users to enjoy, with more to come in 2022!

Introducing BingePass!

hoopla digital is thrilled to announce BingePass! This new offering provides users with 7 days of unlimited access to collections of streaming content—all for one Instant borrow!

At launch, hoopla BingePass includes two great collections. hoopla Magazines offers access to current issues of many popular, in-demand magazines like Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Sports Illustrated for Kids, and many more. The hoopla Magazines experience is designed specifically for digital use, so navigation is simple—you can even play an audio track of every article using the Listen feature. And the Great Courses Library Collection features more than 300 in-depth educational courses in a broad range of topics, taught by world-class instructors, and curated specifically for libraries and their patrons. With BingePass, hoopla users can immerse themselves in a full course, or sample lectures from any number of different courses.

Both of these collections are available NOW on the hoopla digital app or via the hoopladigital.com website. We have big plans for BingePass, so you and your patrons can look forward to even more great content coming your way in 2022 and beyond. First up will be Curiosity Stream early in the New Year, offering thousands of original and curated documentaries covering subjects in history, science, society, and more. Beyond that, we envision content like interactive videos, children’s media, reference materials—the possibilities are endless!

Click here to read more about BingePass and view a helpful tutorial video, and visit the hoopla Resource Center for materials to help you spread the word about this great new offering!

Help Kids Celebrate Thanksgiving with hoopla!

The Thanksgiving holiday is coming up next week, and families everywhere are looking forward to time off, get-togethers (whether in person or virtual), and lots of good food. hoopla is the perfect destination for patrons looking to share the spirit of the holiday with little ones. Our content experts have put together collections of eBooks, audiobooks, and videos that explain the origins and traditions of Thanksgiving, help them explore the concept of thankfulness and gratitude, and offer plenty of seasonal fun! You’ll find all the materials you need to promote these Thanksgiving collection on the hoopla Resource Center.

There you’ll also find resources to let your patrons know about Bonus Borrows! Through the end of November, these select titles are available to patrons without using any of their hoopla Instant Borrows, and at no cost to your library. Whatever their taste, hoopla users are sure to find something perfect for their long holiday weekend, whether they’re staying home or hitting the road.

From all of us here at hoopla to all of our library partners, we hope you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday!

Celebrate Star Wars Reads Month All October

Since the original movie debuted in theaters in 1977, Star Wars has appealed to fans of every generation, all around the world. Never has that been more true than it is now, with new movies on the horizon, live-action and animated shows available for streaming (with more in development)—and, of course, plenty of books and comics! This month marks the tenth year that October has been designated as Star Wars Reads month, and hoopla is here to help your patrons do just that. We have collections of eBooks and comics perfect for readers of any age, and music to set the mood! Visit the hoopla Resource Center for images you can use on social media to spread the word, and there’s also a fun activity book with pages you can print and distribute or use for in-library programming.

May the Force be with you!

Celebrate Classical Music Month with hoopla

September is Classical Music Month! The observance started in 1994 to recognize the musicians, conductors, and composers who have brought and continue to bring this timeless music into our lives. Dating back literally centuries, there is so much for music lovers to explore—and what better way to do so than with hoopla! Our music experts have put together a wonderful collection to start with, encompassing everything from beloved favorites by names like Beethoven and Mozart to contemporary soundtracks from John Williams, and so much more. And this is just a small sampling of the incredible classical music selection available to patrons from hoopla. Encourage them to listen all month long with printable and digital assets available on the hoopla Resource Center!

Graphic Novel Book Club – Fall Edition

hoopla is pleased to announce the latest edition of our Graphic Novel Book Club! The new Spotlight Selection is Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal, written by G. Willow Wilson with art by Adrian Alphona. Kamala Khan is an ordinary teenager and a superhero fangirl who suddenly discovers her own superpowers. Along with being a great story on its own, this is a perfect time for superhero fans to get into Kamala’s story, as a six-episode series is coming to Disney+ later this year. We have put together plenty of materials to facilitate Book Club meetings, including a discussion guide, a Q&A with a Marvel editor, and more, all available on our hoopla Book Club Hub. We also have assets to help you spread the word to your patrons on our hoopla Resource Center!

We hope you and your patrons will enjoy Ms. Marvel as much as we did. We encourage you to read along and share your thoughts on social media with the hashtag #hooplaGNBC, and tag us @hoopladigital.

August Means Bonus Borrows!

All this month, hoopla is pleased to welcome back its successful Bonus Borrows program! Through August 31, hoopla users have access to hundreds of carefully selected titles from hoopla’s Instant collection that they can check out and enjoy without using any of their monthly allotment of borrows. These borrows are also free to libraries! Titles are available in video, audiobook, eBook, and comics, and encompass a variety of popular themes, including All Things British, Romance, Sci-Fi, Series You’ll Love, and more! Get the word out to your patrons with assets from the hoopla Resource Center, and enjoy these titles all month long.

Kids’ Takeover on hoopla!

It’s the height of summer, and the thought of school is still a little way off on the horizon. Even if the kids haven’t started getting antsy yet, chances are good that their adults have. hoopla is here to help with a Kids’ Takeover! Our media experts have put together collections in video, music, audiobooks, eBooks, and comics that will provide hours of entertainment to keep young patrons occupied for the rest of the summer. You can visit our hoopla Resource Center for handy assets to promote these collections to your patrons, both in your library and on social media.