Introducing Kar-Ben ebooks on Brain Hive™ ! Now available to Jewish schools and libraries for just $1 per checkout!
Kar-Ben Publishing is pleased to announce that its 170+ ebooks are now available to Jewish schools and libraries through the online ebook service, Brain Hive™. Brain Hive is an on-demand pay-as-you-go e-book lending service offering K-12 schools online access to a library of digital titles. Membership in the service is free, titles are available immediately and libraries and schools are charged $1 – a Brain Hive Buck ™-- for each e-book circulated. The service offers Kar-Ben’s 170+ ebooks in a special “Judaica Collection,” as well as, if you wish to access, about 3,000 children’s e-book titles from major publishers including Random House Children's Books, Charlesbridge Publishing, Lerner Publishing, Lee & Low Books, Gecko Press, Open Road Integrated Media. It’s easy! Your school or synagogue library signs on for a free membership and the service allows your school or library administrator to set a budget figure for the account. Your library is charged just $1 for each title checked out until the budget limit is reached. Brain Hive members have access to a variety of data including most circulated titles, time spent reading, and pie-charts showing budget status; Librarians can create customized collections. The service also offers assessment tools, quizzes, teaching resources as well as activities that can be printed out. Unlike public library e-book lending, which treats e-books like physical books, Brain Hive offers unlimited access to the entire e-book collection, meaning multiple students and teachers can have the same title checked out at the same time. No holds. No waiting. The on-demand system also offers safeguards to prevent going over budget. Members have the option to adjust the budget at any time, and the account administrator is alerted when s/he hits 75% of the budget so s/he can take action if desired. There is also a “dashboard” on the home page for easy monitoring of budget vs. usage. And if an institution does hit its ceiling, e-books already on loan remain readable, but new checkouts are unavailable. Kids, teachers or parents trying to check a book out will get a “friendly” message telling them to check with their librarian. Brain Hive is browser-based and supports Mac, PC and Android devices. Membership registration is now open to schools and libraries seeking high quality Jewish-themed (and other) children’s ebooks at www.brainhive.com. New members receive 10 Brain Hive Bucks ™, equivalent to 10 complimentary eBook checkouts. For more information or to get started with Brain Hive, contact [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or contact me at [email protected]. To view a “how it works” video, or to sign-up for free membership, visit www.brainhive.com<http://www.brainhive.com> or call 855.554.HIVE. Joni Sussman Publisher, Kar-Ben Publishing A growing Jewish library for children! Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue N. Minneapolis, MN 55401 612-215-6229 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Visit www.karben.com<http://www.karben.com/> for up-to-date details on highly reviewed and award winning titles from Kar-Ben Publishing Visit www.ebooks.karben.com<http://www.ebooks.karben.com/> to purchase and instantly download Kar-Ben eBooks!
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