This document discusses the state of eBooks in South African academia. It notes challenges around hardware access and connectivity that schools face in adopting eBooks. It then introduces the Snapplify eReader platform, which allows students to create individual profiles and access eTextbooks, notes, and highlights securely from any device through cloud storage. Schools can set up an eBook store through Snapplify and provide students with voucher codes to access purchased eBooks on their mobile devices through the Snapplify Academic Reader.

1. The state of Academic eBooks in
South Africa

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Hi I’m Wesley
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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 safely
secured on cloud servers allowing Tom and Sarah
access to it from any device or desktop at any time.

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eReader Platforms
A feature-rich and robust eReading platform for iOS and Android mobile
devices, all web browsers and desktops

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eReader Formats
Supports 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 safely
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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