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

[Cheryl Robertson]

Just to clarify...Sora is in addition to Destiny, correct?  It gives you
access to everything on the state library system.  Or is it something
else?  Thanks so much for helping me understand these platforms.

On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 7:10 AM Lizanne Johnson <ljohnson1 at groton.k12.ct.us>
wrote:

> 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!
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> 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:)
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> And we are trying to connect our readers with Hoopla through the public
> library!!!
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> Feel free to reach out for more info at any point:)
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> Melissa
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> Melissa Thom
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> *Currently Reading:     *
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> *Ten Thousand Doors in January by Alix Harrow*
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> *The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Rauf (#BookPosse)*
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> *The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie (Hoopla audio)*
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> *Don't Check Out This Book by Kate Klise (#BookPosse)*
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> *Tune it Out by Jamie Sumner (Netgalley)*
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> *The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead*
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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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