{"id":5083,"date":"2016-06-14T14:54:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2016-06-14T19:42:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T19:42:16","slug":"ncc-participates-in-international-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2016\/06\/ncc-participates-in-international-read\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC participates in international read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Library at Nash Community College has announced it will take part in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biglibraryread.com\/\">Big Library Read<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest digital Book club through public libraries connecting\u00a0readers around the world with the same eBook at the same time. For a two-week period beginning June 23, Nash Community College Library patrons will be able to borrow the eBook,\u00a0<em>A Murder in Time <\/em><em>by Julie McElwain (Pegasus Books), <\/em>from http:\/\/nashcc.lib.overdrive.com and participate in a worldwide version of a local book club. There will be no wait lists for this popular mystery with a twist. Big Library Read is facilitated by OverDrive, the leading platform for eBooks and audiobooks from the library.<\/p>\n<p><em>A Murder in Time <\/em>is an intricate mystery about a brilliant FBI agent, Kendra, who finds herself transported back in time to the 1800s. Relegated to the servant class, she stumbles across a gruesome murder, and she alone recognizes they have a serial killer in their midst. Kendra scrambles to solve the case before it takes her own life \u2013 200 years before she was ever born. \u00a0At its core, Julie McElwain\u2019s debut novel is a puzzle, a hunt for a murderer and a quest for justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my life, I\u2019ve loved all genres of books \u2013 mystery, romance, paranormal and historical,\u201d said author, Julie McElwain. \u201cMaybe that\u2019s why I\u2019ve included a little bit of all those elements in <em>A Murder in Time<\/em>. I sincerely hope readers enjoy Kendra\u2019s story as much as I enjoyed researching and writing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Big Library Read is a free program.\u00a0 To get started reading, all that is needed is a Nash Community College library card. <em>A Murder in Time<\/em> can be read on all major computers and devices. The eBook will be available with no wait lists and will automatically expire at the end of the lending period, so there are never any late fees.<\/p>\n<p>The program is made possible through a partnership between Nash Community College Library, OverDrive and Pegasus Books, publisher of\u00a0<em>A Murder in Time<\/em>. To borrow the eBook, visit http:\/\/nashcc.lib.overdrive.com.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Big Library Read, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/biglibraryread.com\/\">BigLibraryRead.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About OverDrive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OverDrive is the leading digital distribution platform, supplying the industry\u2019s largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video and periodicals to 34,000 libraries, schools and retailers worldwide. We support all major computers and devices, including iOS\u00ae, Android\u2122, Chromebook\u2122 and Kindle\u00ae (U.S. only). OverDrive delivers all digital media on a single platform, and offers innovations such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/company.overdrive.com\/products\/overdrive-read\/\">OverDrive Read<\/a>, the breakthrough EPUB and HTML5 browser-based reading experience, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/company.overdrive.com\/products\/overdrive-read\/read-alongs\/\">Read-Along eBooks<\/a>. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, Ohio USA and is owned by Tokyo-based Rakuten. For more\u00a0information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.overdrive.com\/\">www.overdrive.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Library at Nash Community College has announced it will take part in the Big Library Read, the world\u2019s largest digital Book club through public libraries connecting\u00a0readers around the world&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2016\/06\/ncc-participates-in-international-read\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5086,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions\/5086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}