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The state of Academic eBooks in South Africa

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Hi I’m WesleyStalk me:@WesleyLynch

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Is South Africa ready for eBooks?

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Parklands College Norman Henshilwood CoZa Cares

Adoption

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Challenges

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Hardware

Cheapest tablet around

R3500

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Connectivity

Project Isizwe Telkom Project Athena

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This is Tom and Sarah.

Their school does not have enough eReaders so they are forced to share.

Shared devices

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What do schools need?

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With the Snapplify eReader, Tom and Sarah can create unique profiles for themselves online.

They can individually interact with their eTextbooks on a single device.

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All their notes and highlights are then safelysecured on cloud servers allowing Tom and Sarah

access to it from any device or desktop at any time.

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eReader PlatformsA feature-rich and robust eReading platform for iOS and Android mobile

devices, all web browsers and desktops

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eReader FormatsSupports PDF, ePUB2 & 3 including fixed Layout and foreign languages.

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eReader Foreign Language

Foreign language

content capability

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Academic Features

• Ideal for school books for note-taking, highlighting & bookmarking

• Supports multi-user environments, like libraries, where devices are school-owned

• Safe and secure access via unique

username and password logins

Easily highlight

and add notes

Bookmark pages for easier revision

Annotations are sa

fely

stored in the cloud

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eCommerce Web Store

New users register

and make purchases

via credit card

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A free, simple way for schools to buy and read eBooks

They purchase eBooks directly from your eBook Store

Sign up and get your free branded eBook Store populated with eBooks from leading publishers

Students register on your eBook Store

Using unique voucher codes they redeem eBooks bought by the school

Students download your Mobile App to their mobile devices and sign in to access their eBooks

They enjoy reading their eTextbooks on a built-in, feature-rich Academic Reader

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