[CASL-L] In the market for ebooks and audiobooks

Szilagyi, Nella nszilagyi at wethersfield.me
Fri May 8 05:49:22 PDT 2020
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Hi - to follow up on what Melissa said, our district uses Sora from
OverDrive for our k-12 students. We love Sora. For several reasons:

   1. Easy access- Our students and staff can log into Sora using their
   school login credentials.
   2. Easy to use- device agnostic and syncs across devices so that users
   can easily pick up where they left off
   3. Easy access to the public library OverDrive account with a public
   library card- just add the public library
   <https://help.soraapp.com/en-us/5028.htm?Highlight=add%20public%20library>in
   settings.
   4. Bookmarking, highlighting, and annotation tools
   5. Various lending models
   <https://help.marketplace.overdrive.com/7011.htm>to help you maximize
   your collection and increase student access to books
   [image: SORA (1).jpg]

The downsides are:

   1. Not all books are available in digital formats, but this is true for
   all digital book vendor/platforms
   2. Some books are very expensive
   3. Currently, the Sora app itself does not incorporate text to reader
   features and it doesn't support the use of many of the existing text to
   reader apps due to the DRM, except for Snap&Read
   <https://learningtools.donjohnston.com/product/snap-read/> which is not
   free

While I really like Follett's catalog and print book services, I did not
find the Follett ebook platform as user-friendly and reliable as
OverDrive's, especially since they've added the Sora App specifically for
schools. I would love to learn more about Mackin's digital book program,
but right now I can't see why WPS would pursue that as we've been with
OverDRive for 7 years and our public library is with OverDrive as well.

Hope this helps:)
                                 Note email address change:
nszilagyi at wethersfield.me

Nella Szilagyi
Wethersfield High School Library Media Center
<https://wps.wethersfield.me/schools/wethersfield-high-school/media-center>
, Teacher-Librarian
Wethersfield High School Interact Club
<https://sites.google.com/wethersfield.me/whs-interact-club/home>,
Co-Advisor
860-571-8284


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> To: Melissa Thom <melissa_thom at whps.org>, "Hansard, Cyndi" <
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> Following. I have some money to spend too. Follow up question: How do the
> students handle all the different platforms if they are used to using
> Destiny? (And my district still won’t use Sora – so far) MAckin has some
> great deals on right now too.
>
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> *From:* Melissa Thom [mailto:melissa_thom at whps.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 7, 2020 9:02 PM
> *To:* Hansard, Cyndi <chansard at parishhill.org>
> *Cc:* Cas-l Listserv <casl-l at mylist.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [CASL-L] In the market for ebooks and audiobooks
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>
> Hello!
>
>
>
> In my district, the middle and high schools use Sora which is the school
> version of Overdrive.  We love it!!  Mackin and Abdo also have a lot of
> great content for e-books so check them out too:)
>
>
>
> And we are trying to connect our readers with Hoopla through the public
> library!!!
>
>
>
> Feel free to reach out for more info at any point:)
>
>
>
> Melissa
>
>
>
>
> Melissa Thom
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> *Currently Reading:     *
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> *Ten Thousand Doors in January by Alix Harrow*
>
> *The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Rauf (#BookPosse)*
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> *Currently Listening:*
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> *Can You See Me by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott (audible)*
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> *Recently Finished:      *
>
> *Keep it Together, Keiko Carter (#BookPosse)*
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> *The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling *(#BookPosse)
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> *How to Disappear Completely by Ali Standish***HIGHLY RECOMMEND*
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> *The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss (#BookPosse)*
>
> *The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie (Hoopla audio)*
>
> *Don't Check Out This Book by Kate Klise (#BookPosse)*
>
> *White Bird by RJ Palacio ***AMAZING STORY*
>
> *Tune it Out by Jamie Sumner (Netgalley)*
>
> *The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead*
>
>
>
> *Hope To Read Soon:*
>
> *A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat*
>
> *Mananaland by Pam Munoz Ryan*
>
>
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> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 8:17 PM Hansard, Cyndi <chansard at parishhill.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> My school currently has zero ebooks or audiobooks. This seems like the
> perfect time to get started. What do you recommend?
> Thanks!
>
> Cyndi Hansard
> Parish Hill Middle/High School
> Chaplin, CT
>
> Currently reading:
> The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood and Renee Nault
>
> Recently finished:
> Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
> The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
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> Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:47:36 -0400
> Subject: [CASL-L] Hope to 'see' all of you at nErDcampCT Virtual Style:)
> Good Morning,
>
> If you haven't already, remember to sign up for nErDcampCT on June 13th!!
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> Have a great Friday!!
> Melissa
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> Melissa Thom
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> *Currently Reading:     *
> *Ten Thousand Doors in January by Alix Harrow*
> *The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Rauf (#BookPosse)*
> *Currently Listening:*
> *Can You See Me by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott (audible)*
> *Recently Finished:      *
> *Keep it Together, Keiko Carter (#BookPosse)*
> *The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling *(#BookPosse)
> *How to Disappear Completely by Ali Standish***HIGHLY RECOMMEND*
> *The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss (#BookPosse)*
> *The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie (Hoopla audio)*
> *Don't Check Out This Book by Kate Klise (#BookPosse)*
> *White Bird by RJ Palacio ***AMAZING STORY*
> *Tune it Out by Jamie Sumner (Netgalley)*
>
> *The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead*
>
> *Hope To Read Soon:*
> *A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat*
> *Mananaland by Pam Munoz Ryan*
>
> Check out my blog all about books and reading!
> http://www.msthomsbookitis.weebly.com
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