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Welcome to Perma-Bound.comPerma-Bound.com is the main landing page for our three

unique websites, which are geared toward your specific

interests. As you browse this brochure, you’ll learn how to

access and use many of the core elements of the sites, and

how they can help make your job easier. First, here is a brief

description of each site so you can choose the one that best

suits your needs.

Contents: perma-library.com 1

perma-curriculum.com 2

perma-publiclibrary.com 3

“How To’s” 4

Searching for Titles 5

CAP 6

Common Core Standards 6

iCatalog 7

Book Boosters 7

Club Read 8

Fill in the Blank 8

Manage My Collection 8

Genre Labels 9

Hot Titles 9

QR Codes 10

Cover Me 10

eBooks 11

www.perma-library.comPerma-library.com highlights our range of offerings for our customerswho are focused on providing materials for school libraries. These customers strive to foster students’ love of reading, while also working to support the educational mission of their school district. The following are just some highlights visitors will find:

– Easy access to popular series

– Focus on reading program correlations

– Featured items to help build a stronger collection

– Industry-unique Collection Analysis and Planning programs

– Standard and customizable processing options

– Spanish and Bilingual web pages

– Graphic novel “Hot” lists

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www.perma-curriculum.com

Perma-curriculum.com is the second of the three sites from Perma-Bound.This site focuses on our customers who seek curriculum-building materials to enhance and support learning. Teachers and curriculum coordinators will find a wealth of information and list-building tools available to them. Here are a few of the exciting features visitors will find:

– Easy access to basal reading sets

– Focus on educational standards for both State and Common Core Standards

– Catalogs, lists, and sets focused separately on K-6 and 7-12 curriculum

– Many terrific teaching support materials, including:

Teacher’s Guides

Perma-Guides

Novel Units

Student Packets

– Specialized curriculum search methods such as our new “Short Stories” page and search

– Classroom-specific customizable processing options

– Industry-unique, curriculum-specific iCatalog

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www.perma-publiclibrary.comPerma-publiclibrary.com caters to those who are choosing materialsthat will provide high-quality, long-lasting items for general circulation.The following are highlights of the site:

– Easy access to popular series information – Resources to help support local K-12 education – Featured items, sets, and lists based on your State Standards – Correlated lists and web pages for national awards– Public library-specific suggested booklists– Access to Perma-Bound versions of books typically only available

in paperback – Contact information for your local sales representative

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Perma-Bound.com “How To’s”

1 – Choose the “New Account” link located at the upper right of the homepage

2 – Complete the online registration form, which includes selecting a username

and password

3 – Upon completion, you will be taken to your personal “My Account” page on

the Perma-Bound site that offers the best fit for your needs based on the

information you submitted. However, you may login to any of our sites at

any time

Creating a new account is fast and easy!Simply follow the instructions below:

1 – Click the “Login” button at the upper left of the home page OR any of

the sites

2 – Enter your username and password and choose “Login”

Logging In:

1 – Choose the “New List” button located at the bottom of the

“My Account” screen

2 – Enter a list name and any desired notes, then choose “OK”

3 – Click on the list name to open the list and begin adding titles

Creating a New List:

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Searching for Titles

To perform an “Advanced” search, do the following:

1 – Select the “Advanced Search” link in the upper right corner of your screen.

You will be taken to the search screen, where you can choose from

numerous options, all of which can be combined to create very specific searches

2 – Click the ‘+’ sign, located to the left of each search item you would like

to use, and select the item, OR enter the appropriate information; e.g., if you

choose to search by Dewey, enter your Dewey number/range

3 – Click the “Submit” button, OR hit “Enter” on your keyboard

There are two different options to search the Perma-Bound database: “Easy” Search and “Advanced” Search.

To perform an “Easy” search, do the following:

1 – Enter your search criteria in the blank field toward the upper right corner of your

screen; e.g., title, author name, catalog number. NOTE: As you enter the data,

you will notice a drop-down menu that will prompt you to choose the type of search

you would like to perform, such as author, title, or series

2 – Select the search type, press “enter” on your keyboard, or click the magnifying

glass icon located to the right of the search field to perform your search

Adding an Item to a List:

After you perform your search, you can indicate the quantity desired, and click

the “Add” button located to the right of the cover image of the book you would like to

purchase. The “Add” button will then be replaced by the words “In List” to show that

the item has been added.

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Collection Analysis and Planning (CAP)

To upload your MARC records data to the CAP program, do the following:

1 – Visit the Collection Analysis and Planning page located on the

Perma-Bound website

2 – Choose the “upload here” link, located near the middle of the page

3 – Complete the “Upload Collection” information screen. NOTE: Additional

“How to” information can be found on the website

Perma-Bound's Collection Analysis and Planning (CAP) program is a powerful

analytical tool you can utilize free of charge to evaluate your current collection and

identify future needs. The program will break your collection down by Dewey one

hundreds and tens, as well as by copyright, and provide you with detailed tables,

charts, and graphs allowing you to see the current standing of your collection. In

addition, the program also identifies incomplete records, and maps out a five-year

plan highlighting your current weeding and purchasing needs for the upcoming year.

All of this is designed with you in mind, to help your library achieve its greatest potential!

Perma-Bound strives to provide support to our customers in their efforts to align their collections and curriculum material with applicable educational standards.

As part of our efforts to assist our curriculum customers in easily matching our

products with the most current standards, we are working to add correlations

between our materials and the Common Core Standards. The information will be

accessible from the following:

1 – The “State Standards” web page

2 – The “State Standards” tab of each item’s title detail page

3 – The Common Core information page: www.perma-bound/common-core.faces

Common Core Standards

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iCatalog

Our unique iCatalog search program is a new way to find books for the subjects that interest you. Available on every page of the School Library, Curriculum and Public Library sites, these expandable menus contain a widerange of subjects and topics tailored after our popular print catalogs. To takeadvantage of this simple, yet powerful, search tool, do the following:

1 – Click on the main heading in the iCatalog bar that interests you

2 – A menu of sub-headings related to the subject will expand down

3 – When you have found the subject of interest to you, click on it to show

the titles Perma-Bound has labeled for that subject

4 – To perform another search, start over with Step 1

NOTE: If you do not find the exact title you are interested in, please use either the

“Easy Search” located in the upper right-hand corner or the “Advanced Search” page

to browse all of Perma-Bound's title database.

Book Boosters ProgramHave a stale collection, but no budget to update it? No problem! With the Book Boosters program you can take the worry and work out of getting thenew titles you need. Simply sign up to host a campaign, enlist the help of your community, and watch as your budget gets that boost it needs!

To learn more about the Book Boosters program, visit:www.book-boosters.com

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Club ReadFoster your students’ love of reading with Club Read. The Club Read programs, topics, and booklists are designed to help create and build a love for reading in youth. Each unique topic is specially selected, researched, and presented for the three main grade ranges of elementary,middle school, and high school.

Club Read is a program developed by Perma-Bound’s in-house librarians; it

provides an easily accessible avenue of information and material that children

and young adults will love and want to read. The booklists are compiled by a

Curriculum Specialist, and the titles are chosen for a very specific subject of books.

The topics selected inspire recreational reading as well as present classroom study

opportunities. Each booklist is supported by a credible source, showing research

that has been done to substantiate the benefits of the topic and booklist.

Fill In The BlankWith Perma-Bound’s Fill in the Blank service, Accelerated Reader and/or Reading

Counts! information is right at students’, teachers’, and librarians’ fingertips

when searching for books. These programs help to encourage and reward

students for independent reading through quizzes to test comprehension. Both

programs use reading-level tests, and books are assigned reading levels and

points based on difficulty. With Fill in the Blank, you display the information relating

to the AR and Reading Counts! programs for individual books within your library’s

automated system catalog.

Manage My CollectionPerma-Bound’s Manage My Collection service can help you easily identify the gaps in your collection, including titles missing from popular series. Thisservice will also help you to eliminate duplicates, and accommodates any circulation system. Best of all, it’s FREE!

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Genre LabelsA new program gives you the option to purchase Perma-Bound books withhelpful Genre Labels. The colorful labels are attached to the book's spine andprovide an easy visual reference for librarians and patrons alike! Books arrivepre-labeled; cost is $0.30 per book ($0.34 for Canadian orders). Available labels include:

Adventure

Biography

Christian

Fantasy

Graphic Novels

Historical Fiction

Horror

Humor

Mystery

Romance

Science Fiction

Western

For any questions about Genre Labels, or about ordering online from Perma-Bound, please contact your Sales Representative, or call our Customer Service department at +1 800 637-6581 (In Canada: +1 800 461-1999).

Hot Titles

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Perma-Bound has launched a new

“Hot Titles” icon on the search results

of our website for well-regarded new titles

for elementary, middle, and high school

reading levels. Titles featured will include new additions to popular series,

current events, and popular genre offerings.

Titles that have been designated as “Hot” will show a fire icon to the right of the

cover image of the book within search results. The “Hot Titles,” along with the rest

of the search results, can be filtered by options such as reading and interest level.

In addition, “Hot Titles” will be updated frequently, sometimes daily, so plan to visit

often to see what’s hot.

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QR Codes

Perma-Bound’s QR Code program enables anyone with a smartphone to maneuver easily from print to web.

QR (Quick Response) Codes are two-dimensional barcodes. These barcodes

can contain a URL (web address), text, business card, or other information that

can be read by a QR scanner application on your smartphone.

If you have a smartphone, go to the app store related to your specific smartphone,

and search for a QR code reader. You’ll find several free applications. To access the

QR code information on the printed piece, run the application on your smartphone

and then hold your phone’s camera over the Perma-Bound QR Code and take a

snapshot using the QR app to read the code.

This is another great tool from Perma-Bound that improves your interactive

experience with perma-bound.com on your mobile device. Staying connected

makes technology work for you.

Cover MePerma-Bound is proud to offer free inclusion of cover image urls in the 865 tags of the MARC records provided by Perma-Bound with your orders!

With our “Cover Me” service, the provided cover image link goes directly to a full

color cover image hosted on our website.

Many circulation systems can use this tag to display cover images through public

access catalogs. If this display option is not included in your circulation system or

your public access catalog, the link will go directly to Perma-Bound’s website to pull

up the image.

In order to benefit from this free service from Perm-Bound, give our Customer

Service department a call at +1 800 637-6581. Our Customer Service

Representatives will be happy to change your processing specifications to

include the Cover Me 856 tags on all future MARC records we process for you.

eBooks

As you may know, Perma-Bound’s Perma-eBooks are becoming a popular alternative to a standard printed book. They offer portability and flexibility, and take up no shelf space like a physical book. Perma-Bound’s Perma-eBook program offers everything you need to get your school or library started with ease.

Perma-eBooks from Perma-Bound offer multiple platform capability, meaning

you can use our browser-based Perma-eReader on PCs, Macs, tablets, laptops,

notebooks, and other electronic devices.

With Perma-eBooks from Perma-Bound in your school and/or library, you can

use a projector or a whiteboard to display eBooks for the entire class, creating

an electronic “Big Book.” In addition, middle school and high school students

can read their classroom novels and many other exciting titles.

To learn more about Perma-Bound’s eBook program, visit the link below or scan

the QR code to take you directly there with your smartphone.

www.perma-bound.com/ebooks/ebooks-info.faces

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Anytime. Anywhere.Rediscover the joy of reading in an exciting new way!

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Perma-Bound’s eBook web page using this QR Code!

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Toll-free: 800 637 6581 / Fax: 800 551 1169 / Email: Books@perma-bound.com

Home Office: 617 East Vandalia Road, Jacksonville, IL 62650

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Toll-free: 800 461 1999 / Fax: 888 250 3811 / Email: perma-bound.ca@sympatico.ca

P.O. Box 868, Station Main, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7A2

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