PowerPoint for 2013 ILA Annual Conference session "Amazing eBook Race: a Conversation with the Contestants" presented at Navy Pier on Tuesday, October 15.
3. Meet the contestants
Jane
Julia
Lynnette
Kara
Green Hills
Public Library District
Oak Lawn
Public Library
Fountaindale
Public Library District
Plainfield
Public Library District
3M Cloud
Axis 360
Axis 360
eRead Illinois
(considering)
3M Cloud
OneClickdigital
BookBub
Comcis Plus
Freading
OneClickdigital
4. 3M Cloud Library
• Annual platform fee
based on population size
• Green Hills Public
Library District’s
population is about
$30,000, platform fee is
$5,000
• Download 3M Cloud
Library app to your
tablet, smart phone, etc.,
then browse and check
out items
• Titles check out for 3
weeks
• Maximum check outs 5
5. 3M Cloud Library (continued)
• Able to place holds
• Maximum number of
holds 5
• eBooks can be returned
early
• Librarians arrange books
on shelves in categories
of our choosing
• Patrons can request
titles for Library to
purchase from 3M’s
collection
• Has its own eReader
• Discovery terminal
6. Axis 360
• Blio, (the app Axis
360 uses), is the first
reader to be 100%
ADA compliant
• Titles are ordered
through Baker &
Taylor’s Title Source 3
• Patrons can write
reviews
• Reports are easily
accessible
7. eRead Illinois Project
•$985,219 grant from
Secretary of State
• Axis 360 for RAILS
members & IHLS nonShare members
•3M Cloud for IHLS
Share members
•Grant includes
research into a selfhosted model, training,
list of free eBook
resources, a website,
and assistance to
libraries in promoting
project
8. OneClickdigital
• The annual
subscription cost is
$3100
• Our annual budget
for the books $3100
• We purchased a
core collection one
price, one collection
• Content is licensed
• MARC records are in
our public catalogs
and they show up as
“Recorded Books”
9. BookBub
• eBooks only
• Free daily email for
eBook lovers
• Sign up with email to
receive daily alert of
former bestsellers and
new releases that are
temporarily offered for
free or deeply
discounted
• Over 1 million
subscribers
10. ComicsPlus Library Edition
• Streaming graphic novels
and comics for all ages
•Simultaneous access
• Titles check out for 7 days
• 10,000+ titles
• Pay per use
• Cost to library:
• 50 cents/graphic novel
• 10 cent/comic
•Apps in the pipeline for
Android and iOS
•No MARC records
11. Freading
• eBooks only
• Simultaneous access
• 30,000 + titles
automatically
•No collection
development
required
• Pay per use model
• Cost to library one
time $150 platform
fee + $0.50/token
• No “Big Six”
• MARC records
12. EBSCO eBooks & eAudio
Anyone using yet?
• Ownership and
subscription models
• Simultaneous
access
• eBook Children &
Young Adult
Collection
• Popular Genre
Audiobook
Collections
• eBook general
reference
• MARC records
13. Amazing eBook Race Q & A “rules”
1
Write down a
question
2
4
Catch ball
Throw ball to
someone else
3
5
Ask your question &
receive answer
Pick out prize!
Notes de l'éditeur
Poll Title: Do you subscribe to an eBook or eAudio platform other than Overdrive?
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/gmBtyM5lys3nLQs
Poll Title: Was this ILA session worth your time today?
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/EiaD37YtljyVGjO