hoopla digital Inks Expanded Content Agreement with HarperCollins Publishers

Category-creating digital service for public libraries expands eBook catalog with thousands of award-winning titles from HarperCollins

HOLLAND, OH (June 22, 2017) – hoopla digital (hoopladigital.com), the category-creating digital service for public libraries, today announced a new, expanded agreement with HarperCollins Publishers to add more than 15,000 award-winning eBooks to hoopla’s dynamic collection, available July 5. With this content agreement, patrons of participating libraries will have access to the HarperCollins global English Language catalog of acclaimed authors – which includes titles from HarperCollins Christian Publishing, HarperCollins UK and Harlequin – via hoopla digital’s app and online service.

This agreement expands on a deal last year that brought HarperCollins Publishers’ entire digital audiobook backlist catalog to hoopla’s collection. The new deal adds the deep backlist works of bestselling HarperCollins authors Neil Gaiman, Louise Erdrich and Dennis Lehane to hoopla digital’s catalog of more than 600,000 movies, TV shows, music albums, eBooks, audiobooks and comics. Patrons of libraries who partner with hoopla digital can access this dynamic content anytime on their smartphones, tablets and laptops.

"We are thrilled to expand our successful partnership with HarperCollins and excited to build our eBook catalog with thousands of popular and award-winning titles from their iconic authors. On hoopla digital, these titles are available anytime, anywhere without any holds or waits," said Jeff Jankowski, co-founder and owner of hoopla digital.  “eBooks is one of our strongest growth areas with high demand from libraries and their patrons and we will continue to make a significant investment to assemble a deep offering of titles for the libraries we serve.”

hoopla now offers a catalog of eBook and audiobook titles across a broad spectrum of adult and children’s genres, including romance, thriller, literary fiction, self-help, Christian living and non-fiction content.

"HarperCollins has enjoyed the additional discovery achieved through hoopla libraries and their patrons with regard to HarperCollins audiobooks," said Adam Silverman, Senior Director, Digital Business Development. "We look forward to building on our success with this expanded agreement."

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.

hoopla digital has partnerships with more than 1,500 public library systems across North America including Boston Public Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, Chicago Public Library, San Francisco Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, and Edmonton Public Library.

To access eBook and audiobook titles from HarperCollins Publishers, cardholders of participating libraries can download the free hoopla digital mobile app on their Android or iOS device or visit hoopladigital.com.

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 eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, music, and more. 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 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 HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins Publishers is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 18 countries. With two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year in 17 languages, and has a print and digital catalog of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott Medals and the Man Booker Prize. HarperCollins, headquartered in New York, is a subsidiary of News Corp and can be visited online at corporate.HC.com.

Hot This Week: June 26

Keanu Reeves's second turn as hitman John Wick takes over the top spot on this week's movie list. Four hot new CDs are led by the new album from pop diva Katy Perry at #1. John Grisham holds onto his spot in fiction, with the new novel from Elin Hilderbrand coming in as the top newcomer at #2. In non-fiction, a book about the president and a memoir from Roxane Gay join the fray.

DVD

1. John Wick Chapter 2
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Fist Fight
4. A Dog's Purpose
5. Fifty Shades Darker
6. The Shack
7. Split
8. The Space Between Us
9. The Great Wall
10. Sleepless

CD

1. Katy Perry, Witness
2. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
3. SZA, Ctrl
4. Lady Antebellum, Heart Break
5. Ed Sheeran, Divide
6. Halsey, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
7. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
8. Rise Against, Wolves
9. Post Malone, Stoney
10. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Fiction

1. Camino Island, John Grisham
2. The Identicals, Elin Hilderbrand
3. Tom Clancy: Point of Contact, Mike Maden
4. Into the Water, Paula Hawkins
5. Dragon Teeth, Michael Crichton
6. Come Sundown, Nora Roberts
7. Nighthawk, Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
8. The Fix, David Baldacci
9. 16th Seduction, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
10. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland

Non-Fiction

1. Understanding Trump, Newt Gingrich
2. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, Al Franken
3. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson
4. I Can't Make This Up, Kevin Hart and Neil Strauss
5. Theft by Finding, David Sedaris
6. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War, David Fisher
7. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
8. Hunger, Roxane Gay
9. Option B, Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
10. Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann

Hot This Week: June 19

It's a big week for new movies with four of them making the list, led by the Ice Cube comedy Fist Fight. Pop singer-songwriter Halsey's follow-up to her platinum-selling debut lands at #1 on the music chart. Four new titles on the fiction list are headed up by perennial favorite John Grisham, while comedian Kevin Hart's memoir is tops in non-fiction.

DVD

1. Fist Fight
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Fifty Shades Darker
4. A Dog's Purpose
5. The Shack
6. The Great Wall
7. Split
8. Aftermath
9. xXx: Return of Xander Cage
10. Sleepless

CD

1. Halsey, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom
2. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
3. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. Luke Combs, This One's for You
5. Ed Sheeran, Divide
6. All Time Low, Last Young Renegade
7. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
8. Roger Waters, Is This the Life We Really Want?
9. Post Malone, Stoney
10. Bryson Tiller, True to Self

Fiction

1. Camino Island, John Grisham
2. Into the Water, Paula Hawkins
3. Come Sundown, Nora Roberts
4. Dragon Teeth, Michael Crichton
5. Love Story, Karen Kingsbury
6. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Arundhati Roy
7. Nighthawk, Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
8. The Fix, David Baldacci
9. Indecent Exposure, Stuart Woods
10. 16th Seduction, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

Non-Fiction

1. I Can't Make This Up, Kevin Hart and Neil Strauss
2. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, Al Franken
3. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson
4. Theft by Finding, David Sedaris
5. Option B, Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
6. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
7. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War, David Fisher
8. If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?, Alan Alda
9. The Vanishing American Adult, Ben Sasse
10. Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann

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Two new titles land at the top of this week's movie listing. Bryson Tiller debuts at #1 on the music chart, which also sees the return of a classic Beatles album fifty years after its release. Bestselling authors Nora Roberts and Clive Cussler bring new novels to the fiction list, while comedian/politician Al Franken's new memoir takes over in non-fiction.

DVD

1. The Shack
2. A Dog's Purpose
3. The Great Wall
4. Split
5. xXx: Return of Xander Cage
6. Sleepless
7. Hidden Figures
8. Why Him?
9. Rock Dog
10. Sing

CD

1. Bryson Tiller, True to Self
2. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
3. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. Lil Yachty, Teenage Emotions
5. Ed Sheeran, Divide
6. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
7. Chris Stapleton, From a Room: Volume 1
8. Harry Styles, Harry Styles
9. Post Malone, Stoney
10. Migos, Culture

Fiction

1. Come Sundown, Nora Roberts
2. Into the Water, Paula Hawkins
3. Dragon Teeth, Michael Crichton
4. Nighthawk, Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
5. 16th Seduction, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
6. The Fix, David Baldacci
7. Same Beach, Next Year, Dorothea Benton Frank
8. Testimony, Scott Turow
9. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
10. Golden Prey, John Sandford

Non-Fiction

1. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, Al Franken
2. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson
3. Theft by Finding, David Sedaris
4. Option B, Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
5. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
6. The American Spirit, David McCullough
7. The Vanishing American Adult, Ben Sasse
8. Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann
9. Shattered, Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes
10. Born a Crime, Trevor Noah

Hot This Week: June 5

The Matt Damon action hit The Great Wall takes over this week's movie list. Rockers Linkin Park land their new album at #1 in music, joined by fellow newcomers Rascal Flatts. A recently found novel from Michael Crichton, the late author of Jurassic Park, joins the fiction list at #2, while a dual biography of a pair of British icons debuts in non-fiction.

DVD

1. The Great Wall
2. Split
3. xXx: Return of Xander Cage
4. Sleepless
5. Hidden Figures
6. Rock Dog
7. Why Him?
8. Sing
9. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
10. Moana

CD

1. Linkin Park, One More Light
2. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.
3. Harry Styles, Harry Styles
4. Chris Stapleton, From a Room: Volume 1
5. Ed Sheeran, Divide
6. Bruno Mars, 24K Magic
7. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix, Vol. 2
8. Migos, Culture
9. Rascal Flatts, Back to Us
10. Post Malone, Stoney

Fiction

1. Into the Water, Paula Hawkins
2. Dragon Teeth, Michael Crichton
3. 16th Seduction, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
4. The Fix, David Baldacci
5. Same Beach, Next Year, Dorothea Benton Frank
6. Testimony, Scott Turow
7. The Frozen Hours, Jeff Shaara
8. Golden Prey, John Sandford
9. Against All Odds, Danielle Steel
10. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

Non-Fiction

1. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson
2. Option B, Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
3. The Vanishing American Adult, Ben Sasse
4. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
5. Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann
6. Shattered, Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes
7. The American Spirit, David McCullough
8. This Fight Is Our Fight, Elizabeth Warren
9. The Operator, Robert O'Neill
10. Churchill and Orwell, Thomas E. Ricks