“How to provide students of my academy with e-book courses?” OR “How to sell my e-book courses online?” . If any of the two questions bear a semblance to your current predicament, you have landed on the right page. A particular problem faced by educators like you is regarding how to buy e-books, store them, and deliver them to their students. For such educators Gibbon provides an E-Library ‘Add-on’ as an optional part of its PLUG & PLAY Solutions.
Gibbon’s E-Library ‘add on’ provides ready-made study notes/ebooks courses to educators, as well as a dedicated space to upload their own study notes/ e-book courses. The courses can be delivered to students either free of cost or upon their purchase. Let us start with the basics.
How Can E-Books Beneficial to Educators?
You may be contemplating whether E-Books are a necessary addition to your online platform. The answer is YES, e-books ‘pull’ a lot of students to your platform, thus generating a lot of revenue for you. As for why e-books are popular with students, the reasons are as follows:
- Cost-effective: Ebooks, especially the ones in Gibbon’s E-Library, are often less expensive than traditional textbooks which attract a lot of students.
- Convenience: Ebooks can be easily accessed and downloaded from the internet, making them a convenient option for students
- Portability: Ebooks can be stored on a laptop or tablet, allowing educators to carry a large number of books with them without having to physically transport them.
Features of Gibbon’s E-Library
Gibbon’s E-Library is a centralized space to store Gibbon’s ready-made e-books/study notes, and your uploaded ebooks. The features of the e-library are as follows:
Ready Made E-Books by EduGorilla
Gibbon’s E-Library option also includes access to EduGorilla’s Quality E-Books. EduGorilla’s Content Offerings are trusted by 4 Cr+ students across 23+ countries. The trust of such a large student base speaks for the quality of EduGorilla’s content, which in turn makes a persuasive argument for Gibbon as your content provider.
Dedicated Server Space to Store E-Books
Gibbon’s E-Library is a dedicated server space to store study notes/books. As a result, educators do not have to buy multiple server spaces from different vendors to store their study materials. This server space comes integrated with Gibbon’s Whitelabel Website & Apps, to provide a seamless experience to educators.
Upload Own Study Notes/ E-Books
Gibbon’s E-library feature lets you upload your e-books or study notes in a simple, hassle free way. This enables educators to assist their students exactly as they want to, with their own study materials.
Create Learning Courses
Gibbon also offers the feature to club your uploaded e-books/ study materials to create a learning course. These learning courses can be targeted towards a particular subject, course or exam.
Integrated Marketing Tools
Gibbon E-Library has some built in tools to ‘highlight’ your courses for students. The are:
- Option to Upload Banner : Banners give a ‘visual touch’ and ‘distinction’ to a course.
- Make Your E-Book ‘Free’ : You may want to provide a few e-books of your course as a ‘free’ material for promotions. Gibbon gives you complete authority to select which e-books to market as ‘free’.
Market As Your Own
Gibbon E-Library grants access to EduGorilla’s Quality E-Books. These Ready Made E-Books are completely ‘white labeled’ meaning that there would be absolutely no reference to Gibbon or EduGorilla Pvt. Ltd. in them. Our clients are able to market these e-books/study notes as their own.
Unlimited Uploads
Gibbon provides a ‘complete solution’ to its clients so that they can deliver ‘unrestricted’ education. As such we do not restrict the number of uploads to the servers, Gibbon’s client can upload as many e-books/study notes as they want to the e-library.
Choose Which Book to Offer
Gibbon provides a ‘complete solution’ to its clients so that they can deliver ‘unrestricted’ education. As such we do not restrict the number of uploads to the servers, Gibbon’s client can upload as many e-books/study notes as they want to the e-library.
How to Create Your Own E-Book Courses with Gibbon’s E-Library?
As stated above, you can create your own courses by uploading your own books and study notes to the e-library. The steps to do so are given below.
Step 1: Dashboard > Courses > E-Library
The first step is to visit the Dashboard through Admin Portal, and select the ‘E-Library’ option. A Screen would appear.
Step 2: Set Price, Upload Banner, and Choose Target Exam
To make your ebook courses more lucrative with the ‘perception’ of a discount, you have to enter ‘Original Price’ , and then the ‘Current Price’. E-Books can also be made ‘Free’ as detailed in Step 3 & Step 4 below.
The option to upload Banners gives a ‘visual touch’ and ‘distinction’ to a particular course, when it is listed with others on your website. Next you have to decide the exam the course targets.
Step 3: Add More Books, and Create Course
You can add more books to your course though ‘Add Another book Button’. For each added book you will have the option to mark it as ‘Free to Read’. Each book in a particular course, which is ‘free to read’ will be accessible by your students without any cost. Finish creating the course by clicking ‘Create Course Button’. Your course would be listed in the ‘Existing Courses’ section below.
Step 4: Activate/De-Activate the Course, and Modify Contents
Once your course has been created, you would have the option of marking it as ‘Active’. Checking the ‘Active’ option makes the course visible to your students, and deselecting the option hides the course.
Clicking on the Ebooks option would open a popup where you can see the books included in the course. You can Add new books, or mark existing books as Free.
EduGorilla’s Content Support
Apart from providing E-Library of preparation books to our clients, Gibbon also offers other content solutions to our clients – R&D, Video, and Question Banks. With Gibbon clients would have the option of choosing:
Content R&D Support
Gibbon wants their clients to deliver the best possible education to their students, and thus offers R&D support for content upon request. The content would be researched and delivered by EduGorrila’s Prep Experts, who have several books published under them.
Gibbon Video Library
Apart from providing an extensive e-library to educators, Gibbon also provides an extensive library of ready made animated videos. The videos are devoid of our branding and the educators can market them as their own. Educators can even create & sell their own video courses if they want.
Access to India’s Largest Question Bank
Our clients also get access, upon request, to EduGorilla’s 87,000+ Online Tests which cover 1400+ exams. The access can be requested for as many exams as the educator wants, and the question bank comes neatly integrated with our White label Offerings
Features Offered By Gibbon
All the features of Gibbon Plug & Pay solution, laid out in bullet forms, are given below.
Apart from providing features, Gibbon offers a lot of add-on options to clients also. The full list is as follows.
| Daily News & Current Affair |
| Quiz |
| Classroom Assistance |
| Discount Coupon creation |
| Animated Video Course |
Gibbon is Trusted by 3000+ Brands, 10000+ Institutes, 15000+ Creators and 20000+ Educators for Increasing their Revenue by 25X. It’s about time you increase yours.
FAQs
Q1. Can I upload my own e-book/ study notes to Gibbon’s E-Library?
Ans. Yes. Gibbon’s E-library feature lets you upload your e-books or study notes in a simple, hassle free way.
Q2. How to provide my own study notes to my online students?
Ans. The best way to provide your own study notes to your online students is through Gibbon e-Library Add-on.
Q3. Can I get ready-made study notes and books from Gibbon?
Ans. Yes. Gibbon offers ready-made e-books and study notes as an ‘add on’ facility.
Q4. Can I sell the books and study notes from Gibbon’s e-Library as my own?
Ans. Yes. Gibbon’s ready-made ebooks and library are ‘white labeled’ meaning that educators can sell them as their own.
Q5. How many E-books can I upload to Gibbon E-Library?
Ans. As many as you want. Gibbon’s client can upload as many e-books/study notes as they want to the e-library.
