Follow-up: e-Book info from Follett

Post date: Feb 26, 2011 6:16:56 AM

Follow-up information from Tim Ramsey & Jenna Emerson (Follett International) --- after our network meeting Feb. 10:

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I am writing to share details on the Follett items Tim and I mentioned at last week's ISLN meeting.

The free eBook promotion details are attached to this email (see attachment below). Additional information on FollettShelf (Follett's recently launched online bookshelf which allows non-Destiny users to access any of Follett's eBooks purchased by the school) can be found here: www.follettshelf.com

Also, please click here for a list of the titles that Follett will be selling at the EARCOS conference in March. All proceeds will be donated to EARCOS's chosen charity and all titles will be sold for approximately 50% off of the Titlewave prices. If you are headed to the EARCOS conference, please stop by or ask your colleagues headed to the conference to bring back some books for you! I have included the FLR (Follett item) numbers in the attached spreadsheet, so you can look up and get more information on the titles in Titlewave.

Please do not hesitate to contact me or Tim if you have questions about any of the above.

MORE INFO FROM FOLLETT:

Please see the information below and also, one additional piece of information about iPads and other tablets/mobile devices, taken from the FollettShelf website:

Tablet devices:

While we do not have a Follett eBook reader app for mobile devices at this time, our development team are hard at work to bring the Follett experience to the latest generation of devices.

1. In 2010, 96% of our circulated eBooks were online and the new online reader only came out halfway through the year.

2. I mentioned that one of the strengths of our eBooks is in the nonfiction section where one can search for information, add notes and bookmarks. Our collection corresponds to this need with 86% on available eBooks are nonfiction.

3. For using iPads with our eBooks as I showed, please refer to the specific settings required: http://www.aboutfollettebooks.com/techspecs.cfm (This is to allow popups). This is a short term solution as we are looking in other ways of delivering content to them.

4. Kindles, Nooks and their apps. Some of you may be considering purchasing one eBook from Amazon and/or B&N for the purpose of sharing it with up to six devices. This technically can be done, however you should understand that those six students are sharing one instance (copy) of the eBook. So if one person highlights a word, it shows up for the other five students. If one student removes a bookmark, it is removed for the other 5 students. This solution was designed for a single consumer to use at home on their 6 different devices. (Computer, device, Smartphone, etc...)

5. 87% of the eBooks allow printing, and more the half have Text to Speech and Copy/Paste. You can see these rights in Titlewave before you purchase.

6. I mentioned some good eBooks to get for teachers for displaying on a projector are from Barcharts. Here are some in the science realm: Anatomy, Digestive System, Muscular System, Periodic Table, and Skeletal System.