In this Box of Books teacher newsletter you’ll find information on:

We’re pleased to share this overview of key new titles coming for 2025. Back to School 2025 Catalogue are attached, and we invite you to view the relevant catalogue for your curriculum.

2025 catalogue highlights:

Please note that publication timing shown is based on current information from publishers and may be subject to change. For more in-depth information about forthcoming titles, please contact publisher representatives directly or ask the BoB team to connect you with the relevant publisher representative.

We understand how important it is for teachers to evaluate new publisher titles, as faculties plan for new curriculum implementation and select appropriate student resources for 2025 and beyond.

To make this easier and more efficient, teachers can now self-service a wide range of published titles within BoB through our Evaluation Books feature. We are also able to include evaluation page proofs, to allow inspection of forthcoming titles with later publication dates.

Evaluation Books are digital books available for a free 30 day evaluation. You can start an evaluation by simply:

Selecting Evaluation Books in your BoB menu, and filter for curriculum-specific books in the bottom panel.

For more details about the Evaluation Books feature, please click to view our quick video guide.

Teachers can also continue to request 30 day evaluation copies through In App messaging or email [email protected] . Our customer service team will be able to add evaluation copies or check title availability for free digital evaluation.

In Term 2, booklisting activities for 2025 commenced, with draft booklists open in our Booklist Tool for school resource coordinators to initiate review of student resources.

Together, we are working towards key milestones to ensure students have their resources in time for the start of the new academic year. A critical milestone is the Approved status key date when schools have finalised all aspects of the booklist and submit the booklist for BoB final checks. For your reference, these dates are:
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School Purchase:

We hope the new titles catalogue and Evaluation Books feature will support faculty discussions ahead of these key dates.

The Box of Books team is proud of the features accessible on our online and offline eReaders for teachers and students. and we are passionate about constant improvement to our platform and service offerings.

The Immersive Reader is available within the BoB online and eReader apps, while connected to the internet. Select text for read aloud and in a wide range of languages. It's as simple as:

For more details on Immersive Reader features, please click to view our quick video guide:

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BoB is committed to providing free ongoing professional development support, to introduce the BoB platform and service to new teachers, or provider refresher training to ensure you can make the most of the features and resources available to you.

You can also access this information at your convenience through our BoB TV teacher videos: BoB TV Teacher Videos . Choose between a comprehensive 20 minute platform overview or short how-to videos covering specific platform features.

Our Operations Support Lead Emma Garnham and School Support Lead Claudia D’Amore recently visited Newcastle Grammar School for a platform refresher training session which was a great success.

In Term 2, we also hosted a webinar for teachers: Utilising the Platform - Top 5 Features. Please click to view a recording of the webinar.

We are excited to share that our development team has been working hard and a number of technology changes and enhancements have been implemented over 2023 and 2024, these are aimed at improving the tools and features available to support schools utilising the BoB Platform. We look forward to sharing more details with you soon.

Our ongoing partnership with Carbon Positive Australia continues to be one that we are proud of. We are pleased to have received a certificate of contribution outlining that we have helped to plant over 2000 native trees to date. We see this as a great achievement toward an important initiative and one we aim to build further on.

Learn more about Carbon Positive Australia here.