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About
Biblioboard.com is where Gail Borden Public Library card holders can host videos, music, ebooks & more. You can create a free account (with a valid Gail Borden Public Library card) and upload your original content for your community and world-wide audience.
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Share Your Work
Are you a local author and Gail Borden Public Library card holder? Do you want your original work shared with your Gail Borden community and the world? For written stories, books, or poems? Submit your EPUB or PDF files below!
You must own all copyright to submitted material
Are you a local music artist and Gail Borden Public Library card holder? Do you want your original work shared with your community and the world? Submit your MP3 files below!
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Studio 270 Digital Media Lab
The Digital Media Lab at Gail Borden Public Library is a place to record and edit your own audio and video content for songs, podcasts, videos and much more. All you need is a valid Gail Borden Public Library card. For media lab appointment info please contact:
Andre Dyson
Digital Media Lab Manager
847.695.7577
adyson@gailborden.info Billie Moffett
Director of Studio 270
847.289.5833
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Pressbooks
Pressbooks is online software that enables authors and publishers to design and format any kind of book, including:
- PDF: for print or print on demand
- EPUB: for Apple iBooks, Nook, Kobo, Kindle and most other ebook platforms
- Webbook: private or public
Pressbooks is used by independent authors, small and medium-sized publishers, and educational institutions around the world.
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Indie Author Project
Looking to share your book with a wider audience? Check out the Indie Author Project (IAP), your book can be shared with patrons of participating libraries across your region. IAP has helped hundreds of libraries engage their local creative community and assisted in getting more than 12,000 indie authors into their local libraries. Most importantly, the project has worked with top curation partners and librarians to identify hundreds of these as the best indie eBooks available to readers
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Soon To Be Famous Author Project
The Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project is an Illinois authors contest. Submit your original book for a chance to win statewide recognition, inclusion in Library Journal magazine, opportunities to earn royalties through the Illinois Author Project Select collection, and a $500 prize. Enter to see if you can advance your ebook to the next level!
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Inkie.org
Inkie.org is a resource suite (available to everyone in Illinois at no charge) that supports local authors with online creation and publishing tools and allows readers to access locally-produced content.
Inkie.org supports local authors and creative communities like the Gail Borden Public Library district.
Users can:- Create e-books using Pressbooks
- Share their works for potential inclusion in library e-book collections.
- Read e-books by independently published local authors and view community created collections from Illinois libraries.
Check out this great resource today!
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BiblioBoard Library App
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Gail Borden Public Library App