[aisle] Chromebooks and eBooks

Amy Phillips aebromberg at gmail.com
Thu Apr 30 15:21:04 CDT 2020


They might want to just try and check out kindle copies, then. There is a
kindle app for chrome books. Your IT admin may need to approve or push out
the download though. And you might want to try it first to see if this
works (I haven’t done it much myself).
Amy

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 3:19 PM Tamra Ashby via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Thanks, Amy. They are accessing them through the public library where
> there are a lot of formats available.
>
> *Tamra Ashby*
> *LRC Teacher **Alice Gustafson School*
> *BPS101 LRC Coordinator*
> *630-937-8007*
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 3:17 PM Amy Phillips via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> The only way I have been able to read ebooks on my Chromebook is if it is
>> hosted on a web-based platform. So my question would be, how are your
>> students accessing the ebook? Are they being given just a file to download,
>> or are they going to a hosted site like eRead Illinois?
>>
>> Amy Phillips
>> Riverside Brookfield High School
>> Library Media Specialist
>> aebromberg at gmail.com
>> phillipsa at rbhs208.net
>> 847-722-6169
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:32 AM Tamra Ashby via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Our students are having trouble reading ebooks on their Chromebooks. I
>>> think they need an extension, but our tech department hasn't approved any
>>> for student use. Can you give me advice on Chromebook extensions that read
>>> the .epub file format that I can recommend to our tech department?
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> *Tamra Ashby*
>>> *LRC Teacher **Alice Gustafson School*
>>> *BPS101 LRC Coordinator*
>>> *630-937-8007*
>>>
>>>
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