Betsy Gephart wrote: >> Every once in a while, I like to check on the status of e-book lending for small libraries. We are interested in carrying them for our adults, but have yet to find a way to do this as a small congregational library. Does anyone do this at this point? Suggestions? < snip > I'm looking for Jewish titles for adults, specifically those that might not be offered from the public library here. Any chance of that? <<
The AACI (Assn of Americans & Canadians in Israel) now provides a free eBook lending service to its members. The *Times of Israel *described this service here: <http://goog_2059320324/> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/aaci-launches-israels-first-english-ebooks -library/ To learn how to use the AACI’s Sharon Woodrow Memorial eLibrary, go to <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bwww.aaci.org.il/elibrary%20http://www.aaci.org.il/elibrary> www.aaci.org.il/elibrary http://www.aaci.org.il/elibrary <http://www.aaci.org.il/elibrary%20http://www.aaci.org.il/elibrary> Contact the AACI to find out if their eBook provider carries a substantial selection of Jewish-oriented eBooks. AACI email address: [email protected] Contact webpage: http://www.aaci.org.il/template.php?section=CU As for maintaining your own eBook lending library, examine the free *calibre eBook Management* application at https://calibre-ebook.com/ This slide show shows how I used *calibre *to produce various eBook formats. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/LCM/LCM_PowerPoint_clean_4.pptx The Wikipedia description is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibre_(software) But the best description is the demo on the *calibre* website at https://calibre-ebook.com/demo Ciao, Izzy Beer Sheva
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