[ISLMA-Share] eBook/Audio Platforms

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To piggyback off of this discussion, does anyone use ebooks for novel
studies? My freshman team would like to use ebooks of Of Mice and Men,
specifically- does anyone have any experience with that?

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
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> In my personal life, I absolutely *love* Overdrive. I've never
> experienced any glitches with the Overdrive app, though I have with the
> Axis 360 app on my phone (to be fair, that was a while ago). That being
> said, in our school, I went with Axis360, the platform used in
> eReadIllinois, because it is so very cost effective. My school is very
> small, and my budget tiny. With eRead Illinios, I can provide our students
> access to thousands of books. Without it, they'd have access to very few.
>
> A downside is that everyone shares the collection. Hot titles do tend to
> have long wait times. However,  If you have funds, you can also purchase
> popular titles in an unbound collection as well. If you are wondering about
> the cost, try the fee calculator at ereadillinois.com.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:36 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> I second the recommendation of eRead Illinois!  It's been great for us.
>>
>> Michelle Harris
>> Heyworth CUSD4
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 8:40 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>>> Your school district should definitely look into the eRead Illinois
>>> program, managed by Axis360. https://ereadillinois.com/
>>>
>>> *Sofía Huitrón*
>>> LRC Director, Grove Junior High School
>>> 847-472-3022 <(847)%20472-3022> / huitron.sofia at ccsd59.org
>>> LRC website <http://grove.ccsd59.org/about/learning-resource-center/> /
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>>> *"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our
>>> youth for the future." - Franklin D. Roosevelt*
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 1:52 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm researching all the different platforms and companies offering
>>>> eBooks/audio books. Does anyone have a platform that they use and love?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Emily Adams
>>>> Library Media Specialist
>>>> South Side Elementary School
>>>> Champaign Early Childhood Center
>>>>
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