BookOn™
Bring Your Projects to Life... Let Your Imagination Run Wild!ESL Materials
One of our specialties is the creation of, or helping teachers to create, ESL materials.
Do you have a project which you know would be great for students; but, it would be too expensive to produce, too expensive (for students) to buy, and too difficult to compile?
What if you could do that project for free? Contact me, and we'll see what can be done.Samples
Can I see something in action? Of course. Check out the English Pronunciation Guide (ESL), Computer Concepts (university computer textbook), or start reading Ordinary Heroes (a wonderful historical, non-fiction book by Dan Oja), which all utilize the features only found within a BookOn™ product.
Yearbooks
Yearbooks are very limiting by nature. Wouldn't it be great to have colour pictures, videos of sports teams in action, a message from the grads in their own voice, YouTube style videos created by the students, artwork, poems (read by the author), and so much more?!
Imagine all that at a quarter of the price and virtually NO carbon footprint!
Flexibility
It's your project, done the way you want. Are you into birding? Make a birding guide with videos, sounds, pictures and links.
Sports? Make a coaching guide with animations showing rules and strategies, and practice techniques. Fitness tips with web links to relevent information. Let your imagination run wild!Go Green!!
Imagine... publishing projects which do not require trees to be felled, toxic inks and glues to be used, gas to be burned to deliver the product, nor energy put towards a "controlled atmosphere" for inventory.
Too good to be true? Not really. You can deliver your project without any physical media at all. Or you can have it delivered on a flash, CD, DVD, or by other means. It is your choice!
Contents
All of your content (text, graphics, audio, video, animation, web links, etc...) can be compiled into one package. This can be run on a PC with either Windows or Mac... or may also be run on an iPhone or other mobile device (depending on the project).
Security
Your project may be distributed and used for free, or parts may be freely accessed, with core content locked until an activation code is purchased by the user.
Reliability
The BookOn™ technology has been around for over a decade, and has been used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. It has evolved and grown through numerous platform changes and media standards. Flexible and stable, this technology is the next step in publishing.
What is the BookOn™ Technology?
I agree. Though it might be good for some, I could never imagine buying a Kindle ($299US) or a Sony PRS-600SC (also $299US) simply to read a book. I am quite happy to go to the library.
But what if you could have a book which actually came to life? Think about a textbook where conceptual illustrations turn into animations, right on the page. Envision a history book with one-click access to original documents and source materials. Consider a music theory book that allows you to listen, or even watch, as music is created.
What student wouldn’t like an interactive textbook that provides learner feedback and offers suggestions for additional study? What traveller wouldn’t like a travel guide where photos turn into videos or even live Web-cam views? The BookOn™ publishing system extends the concept of a digital book from a digital copy of a paper book to a new and richer realm.
And no need to buy a reader!A Publishing Option for the 21 Century
The days of trying to convince someone of the merits of your project, then watching as the costs (production, sales, layout, marketing, delivery, inventory, etc...) overtake the project are on the wane. There will always be a place for an educational text, a good novel, and other ideas to be delivered on a printed page. But now, there is an alternative.
If you want a rich, multi-media enhanced environment for your ideas, students or audience, the BookOn™ experience gives you another option.
But what of the costs? Hard to imagine, but this may be the best part. Depending on the complexity of the project, it is quite possible that there are no upfront costs! You do the content work and layout, and we will guide you through the project and compile the end product. The profits generated by the project would be shared, with you, the author, retaining a much higher percentage than you could ever expect, through a conventional publishing company.
Still Not Sure?
Then drop us a line and ask. You may be pleasantly surprised by the opportunities the BookOn™ technology may present for your product. Ease of use, flexibility, reliability and low cost are not just gimmicky sales points... they are the reality.
