"Back in Time" is a look at the impact the Back to the Future movies have had on our culture. From Steven Spielberg to Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox, paired with amazing trilogy fans, Back in Time features interviews and footage that must be seen. Keep watching as exclusive bonus footage only seen on hoopla follows the feature!
What's New
Maisie Williams from Game of Thrones Stars in "Gold", hoopla's Latest Premiere
"Gold" is an offbeat comedy about an estranged father who returns to his hometown after an absence of ten years in order to reconnect with his daughter and ex-wife but unwittingly finds himself responsible for almost destroying all their lives.
To access a flyer to promote this title at your library, go to our Dropbox and click on "Current Promotional Flyers."
Click on the above image to access a flyer that can be printed and displayed.
Loitering with Intent is our Latest Premiere on hoopla!
When out-of-work-actors Raphael (Ivan Martin) and Dominic (Michael Godere) hustle a prominent New York producer into believing they've written a hot movie script, they have 10 days to deliver the goods or lose their last opportunity for a big break. Hoping to escape the bustle of New York City to write in peace, the duo head to the upstate country home of Dom's sister Gigi (Marisa Tomei). But their writer's retreat descends into bacchanalian romp when Gigi's hostile boyfriend Wayne (Sam Rockwell) and his younger brother Devon (Brian Geraghty) bring old flames and simmering grudges to a head for the group. As yearnings for love and familial dynamics threaten to derail their career-making opportunity, will Raph and Dom's friendship survive the creative process?
To access a Dark Horse Comics flyer for your library, click on the above image.
hoopla digital Finalizes Deal, Adds Titles from Dark Horse Comics
hoopla digital Finalizes Deal, Adds Titles from Dark Horse Comics
Category-creating digital service expands catalog with iconic graphic novel titles including
‘Hellboy, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ ‘Sin City,’ ‘B.P.R.D’ and more
HOLLAND, Ohio (Sept. 30, 2015) – hoopla digital (hoopladigital.com), the category-creating mobile and online service for public libraries, today announced a new deal with Dark Horse Comics, publisher of best-selling creator-owned properties. With the agreement, hoopla digital’s app and online service adds iconic titles including Mike Mignola’s demon action-thriller, Hellboy and fictional government intelligence saga, B.P.R.D.; Joss Whedon’s supernatural vampire drama, Buffy the Vampire Slayer; and Frank Miller’s neo-noir suspense, Sin City.
Dark Horse Comics titles and more are now available for patrons to access instantly on hoopla digital’s app and online service via their smartphones, tablets and computers.
The addition of Dark Horse Comics titles broadens hoopla digital’s catalog of more than 380,000 movies, TV shows, music albums, eBooks, audiobooks and comics. hoopla digital partners with public libraries across North America to provide patrons with online and mobile access to dynamic digital content. The service’s catalogue includes titles from DC Comics, Image Comics, and BOOM! Comics, to name a few.
“We are thrilled to partner with Dark Horse Comics to bring Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other iconic titles to patrons of participating libraries anytime, without any holds or waits,” said Jeff Jankowski, founder and owner of hoopla digital. “We developed hoopla’s Action View technology especially for comic book fans to enjoy the artistry of these stories on a mobile device.”
hoopla digital’s innovative Action View creates one-of-a-kind immersive digital reading by allowing for full page and panel-by-panel views of comics and illustrations.
“Many of our biggest fans grew up reading comics they found at the public library,” said Mark Bernardi, Dark Horse Comics’ Director of Digital Publishing. “Our partnership with hoopla digital not only enables us to offer comics digitally to a new generation of library patrons, but to showcase the artistry of our comics through technology that makes the experience just as captivating and intimate as reading a physical comic book.”
There is no waiting to borrow titles on hoopla digital since on-demand content can be enjoyed by multiple patrons simultaneously. Patrons who use hoopla digital also avoid library late fees as digital content borrowing periods simply expire without charges.
“With our partner libraries growing across North America, we’re constantly looking for new ways to evolve and expand our content offerings and comic books are high on that list,” continued Jankowski. “Patron reception to our new comics offering has been overwhelmingly positive, with thousands of titles being circulated every week, and we want to continue to offer dynamic content when and how patrons want it.”
hoopla digital has partnerships with more than 800 public library systems across North America including St. Louis Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Boston Public Library, Edmonton Public Library and Houston Public Library.
To begin enjoying comics on hoopla digital, library-card holders can download the free hoopla digital mobile app on their Android or IOS device or visit hoopladigital.com. New comic books will be added to the service weekly. The service is available only to patrons of participating public libraries.
About hoopla digital
hoopla digital is a category-creating service that partners with public libraries across North America to provide online and mobile access to thousands of Movies, TV Shows, Music, eBooks, Audiobooks and Comics. With hoopla digital, patrons can borrow, instantly stream and download dynamic content with a valid library card. All content is accessible via hoopla digital’s mobile app and online at www.hoopladigital.com. hoopla digital is a service of Midwest Tape – a trusted partner to public libraries for over 25 years.
For more information, please contact 800-875-2785 (US) or 866-698-2231 (Canada).
About Dark Horse Comics
Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga, and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.
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Media Contact:
Passion Hemphill
MWW for hoopla digital
Phone: (312) 981-8541
Email: phemphill@mww.com
To access the "A Brave Heart" flyer for your library, click on the above image.
"A Brave Heart" Available on hoopla digital as the Film Arrives in Theaters on September 25
“A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story” available on hoopla digital as the film arrives in theaters on September 25th
Powerful film details the journey of Lizzie Velasquez as she evolves
from cyber-bullying victim to anti-bullying activist
HOLLAND, Ohio (Sept. 25, 2015) – hoopla digital (hoopladigital.com), the category-creating mobile and online service for public libraries, today announced that the inspiring Cinedigm documentary, A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story, will be available on its service beginning September 25, 2015 – the same day as the film’s theatrical release. The heart-wrenching film, produced and directed by Sara Hirsh Bordo, details the emotional journey of Lizzie Velasquez as she transitions from cyber-bullying victim to anti-bullying activist.
“We are honored to share Lizzie Velasquez’s story of resilience and courage with our public library partners and their patrons across North America. This is a powerful film and patrons of our library partners can watch it on the hoopla app and online the same day it arrives in theaters,” said Jeff Jankowski, owner and founder of hoopla digital.
Born with a rare syndrome that keeps her from gaining weight, a teenage, 60lb. Velasquez discovered a cruel YouTube video targeting her; titled “The World’s Ugliest Woman,” the video was seen by 4 million viewers and drew numerous bullying comments. The film chronicles unheard stories and details of Lizzie’s physical and emotional journey up to her multi-million viewed TEDx talk, and follows her pursuit from a motivational speaker to Capitol Hill as she lobbies for the first federal anti-bullying bill.
A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story debuted at SXSW earlier this year where it won an Audience Award. To date, the film has won a total of 9 awards at 8 festivals.
“We are thrilled that hoopla digital is supporting A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story in such a big way,” said Jill Newhouse Calcaterra, EVP Corporate Communications and Marketing/Cinedigm. “We want this very inspiring and important film to be seen by audiences everywhere, and with hoopla digital’s support we are able to make that possible for libraries and their patrons across the country.”
To watch A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story on hoopla digital, library card-holders can download the free hoopla digital mobile app on their Android or IOS device or visit hoopladigital.com. The service is only available to patrons of participating public libraries.
hoopla digital partners with public libraries across North America to provide patrons with mobile and online access to more than 380,000 movies, music albums, TV shows, audiobooks, eBooks and comics. All content is available to patrons for instant streaming or downloading to their smartphones, tablets, or desktop browser with simple access through a library card.
The service has partnerships with more than 800 library systems across North America including The Seattle Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Salt Lake County Library, and Miami-Dade Public Library System, to name a few.
About Cinedigm
Cinedigm is a leading independent content distributor in the United States, with direct relationships with thousands of physical retail storefronts and digital platforms, including Wal-Mart, Target, iTunes, Netflix, and Amazon, as well as the national Video on Demand platform on cable television. The company’s library of films and TV episodes encompasses award-winning documentaries from Docurama Films®, next-gen Indies from Flatiron Film Company®, acclaimed independent films and festival picks through partnerships with the Sundance Institute and Tribeca Films and a wide range of content from brand name suppliers, including National Geographic, Discovery, Scholastic, NFL, Shout Factory, Hallmark, Jim Henson and more.
Additionally, given Cinedigm’s infrastructure, technology, content and distribution expertise, the Company has rapidly become a leader in the quickly evolving over-the-top digital network business. Cinedigm’s first channel, DOCURAMA, launched in May 2014, and is currently available on iOS, Roku, Xbox and Samsung, with additional platforms currently being rolled out. Cinedigm launched CONtv, a Comic Con branded channel in partnership with WIZARD WORLD, on March 3, 2015. The Company’s third OTT channel, DOVE CHANNEL, launched on September 15, 2015 and is a digital streaming subscription service targeted to families and kids seeking high quality and family friendly content approved by Dove Foundation.
Cinedigm™ and Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp™ are trademarks of Cinedigm Corp. [CIDM-G]
About hoopla digital
hoopla digital is a category-creating service that partners with public libraries and universities across North America to provide online and mobile access to thousands of Movies, TV Shows, Music, eBooks, Audiobooks and Comics. With hoopla digital, patrons can borrow, instantly stream and download free dynamic content with a valid library card. All content is accessible via hoopla digital’s mobile app and online at www.hoopladigital.com. hoopla digital is a service of Midwest Tape – a trusted partner to public libraries for over 25 years.
For more information, please contact 800-875-2785 (US) or 866-698-2231 (Canada).
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Passion Hemphill
MWW for hoopla digital
Phone: (312) 981-8541
Email: phemphill@mww.com
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Empowering the Library Experience Through hoopla Begins with You
Empowering the library experience through hoopla begins with you
Helping to improve the power of the library experience is a prime mission of hoopla digital. Empowering our partner libraries and their staff members with knowledge about hoopla is a critical part of this. For new partner libraries, or even if your library has been offering hoopla for years, our library training sessions provide a great opportunity to empower your staff.
Our Implementation Coordinator, Kandice Edge does a fantastic job of covering the entire patron experience on both our mobile app, and the patron site; hoopladigital.com. These training sessions are usually about 45 minutes in length, and are always staffed by an additional hoopla staff member. This additional attendee answers your questions on-demand in our chat box. Holding your questions until the end of a presentation or raising your hand and hope the presenter sees you are things of the past.
Our next live training session is scheduled for September 15. To register for this session, or any of our other training dates, click here and let us know a little about yourself. You will receive a confirmation e-mail and helpful reminders as the training date approaches.
We know our partner libraries are frequently juggling many tasks and helping patrons simultaneously, so our live training sessions are designed to be the most engaging sessions possible. The combination of presenting the entire patron experience, and live question and answers present a unique and informative way for your staff up to become familiar with hoopla.
hoopla digital Adds New Titles from Image Comics
hoopla digital Adds New Titles from Image Comics
Digital service for public libraries expands catalog with iconic graphic novel titles including
‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Spawn’ and ‘Invincible’
HOLLAND, Ohio (Aug. 26, 2015) – hoopla digital (hoopladigital.com), the category-creating mobile and online service for public libraries, today announced the addition of new titles from Image Comics, home to numerous best-selling creator-owned properties. hoopla digital’s app and online service adds iconic titles—through Image Comics’ global digital distribution partner Trajectory, Inc.— including Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead (Vol. 1-23) and extraterrestrial superhero adventure, Invincible (Vol. 1-20); Todd McFarlane's horror anti-hero tale, Spawn Origins Collection (Vol. 1-10); and Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' space opera fantasy, Saga (Vol. 1-4). These titles and more are now available for patrons to access instantly on hoopla digital’s app and online service via their smartphones, tablets and computers.
Inclusion of Image Comics titles broadens hoopla digital’s catalog of more than 350,000 movies, TV shows, music albums, eBooks, audiobooks and comics. hoopla digital partners with public libraries across North America to provide patrons with online and mobile access to dynamic digital content.
“We built hoopla’s Action View experience especially for celebrated titles like The Walking Dead so fans can truly appreciate the artistry of these iconic stories and we’re thrilled to partner with Image Comics to bring their celebrated titles to library cardholders anytime, without any holds or waits,” said Jeff Jankowski, founder and owner of hoopla digital.
hoopla digital’s innovative Action View creates one-of-a-kind immersive digital reading by allowing for full page and panel-by-panel views of comics and illustrations.
“Patron reception to our new comics offering has been overwhelmingly positive,” continued Jankowski. “Comic books are quickly becoming one of the most popular formats on hoopla digital, with thousands of titles being circulated every week and we want to continue to offer dynamic content when and how patrons want it.”
AMC’s “The Walking Dead”, based on Robert Kirkman’s New York Times bestselling graphic novel series, reigns as the most-watched show among adults 18-49. The hit television series recently spawned the premier of the highly anticipated AMC prequel, “Fear the Walking Dead” on August 23rd.
There is no waiting to borrow titles on hoopla digital since on-demand content can be enjoyed by multiple patrons simultaneously. Patrons who use hoopla digital also avoid library late fees as digital content borrowing periods simply expire without charges.
“The comic and graphic novel culture in St. Louis is extraordinarily engaged, attracting readers of all ages and backgrounds,” said Rob Tygett, Manager of Digital Services for the St. Louis Public Library. “We’ve found that our patrons enjoy hoopla digital because it not only gives them free access to high-quality, in-demand comics and graphic novels such as The Walking Dead, but the opportunity to experience these titles in a format that’s just as captivating and intimate as a physical comic book.”
hoopla digital has partnerships with more than 800 public library systems across North America including St. Louis Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Boston Public Library, Edmonton Public Library and Houston Public Library.
To begin enjoying comics on hoopla digital, library-card holders can download the free hoopla digital mobile app on their Android or IOS device or visit hoopladigital.com. New comic books will be added to the service weekly. The service is available only to patrons of participating public libraries.
About hoopla digital
hoopla digital is a category-creating service that partners with public libraries across North America to provide online and mobile access to thousands of Movies, TV Shows, Music, eBooks, Audiobooks and Comics. With hoopla digital, patrons can borrow, instantly stream and download dynamic content with a valid library card. All content is accessible via hoopla digital’s mobile app and online at www.hoopladigital.com. hoopla digital is a service of Midwest Tape – a trusted partner to public libraries for over 25 years.
For more information, please contact 800-875-2785 (US) or 866-698-2231 (Canada).
About Image Comics
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
About Trajectory
Trajectory is a Marblehead, MA based intelligent network that connects publishers with its global digital distribution network of eBook retailers, libraries, school, and APP distributors. The Trajectory network delivers 300+ international points of distribution representing over 230,000+ digital endpoints including every relevant eBook retailer, library distributor, school distributor and alternative digital sales channel all from a single on-boarding point. Trajectory has recently invented a series of algorithms that are being used to address the “Book Discoverability” issue facing international publishing.
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Media Contact:
Passion Hemphill
MWW for hoopla digital
Phone: (312) 981-8541
Email: phemphill@mww.com
Details on Important Information and Where to Find It in our Info Road Map
Our number one goal at Midwest Tape (hoopla digital) is to provide premier customer service to you and your community. Our service is what it is today because of the open dialog we maintain with our partners.
This post is dedicated to optimizing your navigation and access to hoopla digital service and support information that we believe can benefit you the most.
Library Community
The Library Community is the ideal place to keep your pulse on what other partner libraries across the US and Canada are doing and saying about their digital service; sharing ideas, brainstorming problems, development improvements, available analytics, or simply learning new tips and tricks.
With resources like the knowledge base, chatter feed, onboarding/promotions menu, we feel there is something for every member of your team. Access to the library admin site, library.hoopladigital.com is also stored here on the community.
Library Admin Site/library.hoopladigital.com
The admin site found at library.hoopladigital.com serves as the access point to your library’s hoopla account. After logging in with your credentials, the reporting dashboard provides you with real-time statistics on key performance indicators, such as how many patrons are signing up (patrons registered), how many titles are being circulated and cost tracking. All reports on the admin site are customizable and exportable allowing you to explore, discover and gauge the affect that this digital service is having on both your library and community.
The patron finder app is a great way to provide support to patrons. This simple, yet powerful tool allows staff members with access to their library’s hoopla account to look up registered patrons by library card and/or e-mail address.
Video Support
We have two different video channels, each with a particular audience in mind. Our Vimeo channel, vimeo.com/hoopladigital focuses on webinars for staff members. These are more in-depth than the videos you may find on our YouTube channel.
Our YouTube channel, youtube.com/hoopladigital are shorter clips focused toward supporting your patron community titled the “Video Help Desk”. The Video Help Desk on YouTube has videos segmented by device, so users looking for assistance on their iOS or Android device, or the PC to get support for the device that is specific to them.
FAQ
Last but certainly not least, is our FAQ’s found at hoopladigital.com/support, and on the mobile apps. Our FAQ’s on our support page are categorized based on common questions our support team answers. FAQ’s are listed for mobile apps and hoopladigital.com so your community (and library staff) can have immediate access to the most frequently asked questions.
Your feedback is very important to us so we welcome any ideas or suggestions that would make things easier for you; enter comments below, or contact your hoopla digital coordinator.
Your Patrons Will Go "Wild" Over Our Kip Moore and Tori Amos Giveaways!
After completing our Luke Bryan giveaway, we are returning with not one giveaway, but two! Starting on August 21, we will kick off the Kip Moore Wild Ones Giveaway. One lucky winner will win an autograph copy of Kip’s latest album, Wild Ones along with a customer Wild Ones skate deck. The Wild Ones Giveaway ends on September 4.
But that’s not all, as we also have an incredible prize pack during our Tori Amos Ultimate Prize Pack giveaway. It features six different prizes, including an autographed Tori Amos print, along with vinyl copies of some of her most popular albums. This is sure to be a hit with your patrons that love Tori’s work. The Tori Amos Ultimate Prize Pack giveaway runs from August 22 until September 6.
To access flyers your library can print out and use to showcase these promotions, go to our Dropbox and download the flyer files. Good luck to your patrons!
