In May, after several months of negotiation the ISLN BorrowBox platform went live. AIS, Dulwich, SAIS and UWCSEA are foundation members of the consortium. We currently have 819 eAudiobooks and…
Category: sources of books
The world through picture books
The World through Picture Books is an on-going initiative of the International Federation of Library Associations. Participating countries have each contributed ten favourite picture books to produce a wonderfully international…
Two great new sites for Online Book Shopping
I recently learned about two new online book vendor sites that have quickly become as important to me as Book Depository and OpenTrolley. It’s a book price comparison site for…
APD book promotions for ISLN
Shelly Chua of APD will be attending our AGM on Monday, April 23, and displaying some of the books they are currently promoting. Note that our members get a discount….
APD offer: new Garth Nix book: A Confusion of Princes
A Confusion of Princes Garth Nix ISBN: 9781741758610Pub Date: March 2012Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN Format: C format, Paperback 368 pagesPrice: S$16.90 (before GST)A grand adventure that spans galaxies and lifetimes, A Confusion of…
Stories for Moral Education- 2 new books by Roger Jenkins
———- Forwarded message ———- From: Roger Jenkins <rogerstoryteller@gmail.com>Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 4:12 PMSubject: Stories for Moral Education- 2 new books by Roger JenkinsTo: Roger Jenkins <bellyboy@singnet.com.sg> Dear Friends…
2012 ALA Award Winners and Honors
And the 2012 ALA Award Winners and Honors are… As advocates for international schools and libraries, we understand the excitement of book award and honor winners and having the information…
Where to buy Adeline Foo’s books (e.g., Whoopie Lee, Almost Famous)
From: adeline foo <contact@amoslee.com.sg>Date: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 10:48 PMSubject: distributors for purchase of books I have two distributors listed here. Either one, depending on who’s available to meet the expat…
Book Depository
Thanks, Ben, for alerting us to Book Depository now accepting Singapore dollars. emails.bookdepository.co.uk/r/mail/4031II3e6d28II1296e641af6 via kwout More worrying was the news in the summer that Amazon had bought Book Depository. (God…
In Singapore, Bookstores Off the Beaten Path – Southeast Asia Real Time – WSJ via kwout A recent article that highlights some local bookstores I haven’t been to yet —…