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Ebook toolkit: Easy-to-Use Applications for Creating Your Own
Technology has changed what it means to be an author and how people can discover your work. Today, anyone with a computer and Internet access can create an ebook, which is great news for schools. Now...
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Ebook toolkit: SLJ Reviews Follett’s Ereader Suite
Though Follett’s ebooks have been around for years, I’m suddenly very enthused about the prospect of building a Follett ebook collection now that the company has released apps that let patrons read...
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Ebook toolkit: Cool Tools for Multimedia Publishing
When it comes to creating media-rich publications, iBooks Author is just one of many great options With the launch of iBooks Author in January, Apple made it possible for anyone to make graphically...
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Ebook toolkit: Mackin VIA
Having just reviewed Follett’s suite of ebook-related products last month, it’s been interesting to compare how Mackin is serving up digital content they offer the pre-K–12 market, including the more...
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BrainHive to Offer Pay-As-You-Go Access to Ebooks
Having a hard time figuring out which ebooks to buy for your school library? A new rental service called BrainHive promises to solve the problem with a pay-as-you-go model for K-12 schools. The...
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Make-your-own-ebooks platform: Aerbook Maker
I’ve spent the past few months reporting on platforms that help school librarians make ebooks available to their patrons. But what about librarians and other educators who want to go beyond a read-only...
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Travis’s Excellent (Ereader) Adventure
Illustration by Travis Jonker; Photography by Craig van der Lende. Last year, we rolled out an ereader lending program in my fifth and sixth grade school library, and I plan to share here the ups,...
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Ebook Toolkit: Rosen Interactive Ebooks
Screenshot from Rosen Interactive Ebooks. Rosen Digital has introduced a free, interactive ebook platform that customers can populate, à la carte, with unlimited, simultaneous access licensed,...
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New Streaming Ebook Platform StarWalk Kids Goes Live
A screenshot view of a sample title in the StarWalk Kids Reader. Schools have a new option in ebooks: Starwalk Kids, a digital streaming service available by subscription, launched October 10 with a...
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Ebook Toolkit: SLJ Reviews StarWalk Kids
Launched in October 2012, StarWalk Kids currently offers 150 gorgeously designed pre-K through grade 8 ebooks from about 60 authors in its growing collection, which is expected to swell to 400 titles...
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