JANUARY 2012
In this Issue: Mackin VIA enhancements | Featured Grants
Industry News | Books on Tape audiobooks | Books in Bloom Blog
African-American History database offer | Lower prices on ABDO databases
 |
NEW LOOK,
NEW FEATURES |
More than 1,000 schools have already discovered the beauty of Mackin VIA — the one-login portal for all your ebooks and databases. Now it's your turn! We just added a Student Backpack feature and gave VIA a minor facelift to improve navigation and the overall user experience.
Individual Student Backpacks  Each student can create a backpack with a login when they’re in VIA. Then they can add ebooks and databases to their Backpack to use them later. Perfect for research projects or just saving favorite titles and series in one spot!
Test-drive Mackin VIA today! 
 |
WINTER PROMOTION |
Order the African-American History database and receive the 3-volume ebook set “Icons of Black America: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Boundaries” FOR FREE
| The African-American History database from ABC-CLIO encompasses contributions of African-Americans in the arts, science, business, military and politics as well as others that endured slavery and institutionalized discrimination. It utilizes a tremendous variety of sources to increase understanding of African-American history and its relation to greater U.S. history. |
 |
Offer ends 2/29/2012 — order on Mackin.com today!
 |
NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH MACKIN |
Read and brought to life by their authors, professional narrators or celebrity voices, Books on Tape preschool-YA audiobooks by Random House feature:
- Nearly 1,200 titles
- CD and CD-MP3 formats
- The bestselling and award-winning backlist including nearly 500 previously exclusive titles
- Reinforced library media storage cases showcasing original artwork and author and narrator bios along with a book description
- More than 300 titles released annually from bestselling authors such as Dan Brown, John Grisham, Stieg Larsson, Sue Grafton, Sophie Kinsella, J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Rick Riordan and Christopher Paolini
LOWER PRICES ON ABDO DATABASES
Starting at $95, ABDO databases are very affordable and available in one-, three- and five-year subscriptions: |
 |
Inside the NFL for Grades 3-6
- Engages sports enthusiasts and reluctant readers
- Includes Hall of Famer lists, history, trivia lists, stats and records, and individual bios, updated each year.
|
|
Inside MLB for Grades 3-6
- Students can read about and research their favorites and the history of the national pastime.
- Includes Hall of Famer lists and stats updated each year
|
The United States for
Grades K-8
- Hundreds of chapters and articles on each state’s cities, economics, geography, sports, people, climate and more
|
|
The United States Presidents for Grades K-8
- Read about each President’s childhood, family, campaign, political history and achievements.
- Includes games matching historical events to the Presidents and more
|
DEMOS and FREE TRIALS on MACKIN.COM
INDUSTRY NEWS
New Petition to Help School Libraries
"Remember that online petition a few months ago urging the Obama Administration to ensure that every school have a state certified media specialist? Well, it fell way short of the required 25,000 signatures needed. But don't despair—here's your chance to make it work." Learn more |
 |
Should Kids Bring Devices to School? "Practically speaking, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) means schools will need to order less equipment. The idea has merit, but needs serious consideration before it can be implemented." Learn more
 Here are some of the latest titles and series reviewed on our Books in Bloom blog:
 |
Froi of the Exiles
"‘Froi of the Exiles’ takes place three years after the end of ‘Finnikin of the Rock.’ Froi and the other exiles have returned to Lumatere and are trying to rebuild their home, when refugees show up from Charyn with disturbing news of a mysterious scourge.” |
Bluefish
“Schmatz perfectly captures the feelings, emotions, and intense frustration of being different from other people. Great character development will have readers seeing themselves in the pages and finding the courage to face their own issues.”
We also have Q & A with author Pat Schmatz!
|
 |
|
|
|
|
 Click on an image below
to view featured titles.    Click on an image below to view featured titles.    
JANUARY FEATURED GRANTS Dollar General Summer Reading Grants Grant Deadline:
February 28, 2012 NEA Student Achievement Grants First Application Review:
February 1, 2012 
LERNER PDF EBOOKS NOW IN MULTI-USER FORMAT More than 1,200 high-interest PDF ebooks in fiction and nonfiction for grades K-12 are now available in the popular multi-user format. This means when you order these Lerner ebooks an unlimited number of students can access them at the same time. A great deal! 
ALA AWARDS Watch for a Mackin email on January 23rd announcing the winners! You’ll be able to order all the award titles on Mackin.com and receive free cataloging, free shelf-ready processing and free shipping!
TRADE SHOW SCHEDULE Stop by the Mackin
booth and say hello!
Mid-winter ALA
January 20-23
Dallas, TX
National Title I
January 20-23
Seattle, WA
FETC
January 24-26
Orlando, FL
TCEA
February 6-10
Austin, TX
SCIRA
February 23-25
South Carolina
MSLA
March 4-5
Hyannis, MA
NCCE
March 13-16
Seattle, WA
SCASL
March 14-16
Greenville, SC
VSRA
March 15-17
Richmond, VA
|