e-books: the devices
DESCRIPTION
According to the PEW Research Center’s “The Rise of E-Reading” report there was a “major spike in ownership of e-reader devices that occurred during the holiday gift-giving season in December [2011].” The survey highlights the most popular e-reading devices and tablets, and it is no surprise that Kindles, Nooks, and iPads were on the top of their list. Transferring electronic content to these e-reading devices and tablets, however, can be a complicated process. Join Chad Mairn as he offers best practices to help library staff provide their patrons with a clear understanding of how to utilize their library’s e-book collections owned by OverDrive and other vendors to work specifically with Kindles, Nooks, and iPads.TRANSCRIPT
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E-books: The Devices
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http://www.slideshare.net/chadmairn
@cmairn
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Virtual Petting Zoo
Want to hangout?
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Are you tranquil when working with e-books?
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So you got an e-book reader!
Now
What?!
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Hopefully, reading!
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Program Goals
• Highlight iPads, Nooks, and Kindles and introduce services to bring content to these devices.
• Offer best practices to help gain a clear understanding of e-formats and Digital Rights Management.
• Showcase some innovative digital publishers
• Learn how we can use our e-reading devices/tablets to their full potential.
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Just as digital music turned this…
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…into this
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ePub turns this…
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…into this
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Source: http://goo.gl/njMC1
PEW Internet & American Life Project The Rise of E-Reading Report
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Source: http://goo.gl/njMC1
PEW Internet & American Life Project The Rise of E-Reading Report
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PEW Internet & American Life Project The Rise of E-Reading Report
Source: http://goo.gl/njMC1
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Kindle 2 and Kindle DX
The Kindle DX can hold 3,500 books. If each title weighed 2.5 pounds then it could hold 4 tons of books (Information today, May 2010)
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Supported File TypesKindle Personal Documents Service supports multiple file types, including:Microsoft Word (.DOC, .DOCX)HTML (.HTML, .HTM)RTF (.RTF)JPEG (.JPEG, .JPG)Kindle Format (.MOBI, .AZW)GIF (.GIF)PNG (.PNG)BMP (.BMP)PDF (.PDF)
Kindle support: http://goo.gl/pgEjk
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Barnes and Noble Nook
The Nook was the first eReader with digital lending between the Nook, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac OS, and Android Smartphones.
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http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooks/download-reader.asp
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Steve and his iPad
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Brand new e-reader or
tablet inside!
“Here you go! Can you please put books on this thing?
Thanks, b’bye!”
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New E-Reader for Under $13
Source: http://goo.gl/bu3I4
When will they be free?
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Are e-books now apps?
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Sneak PeekOverDrive’s WIN Catalog
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e-formats, Digital Rights Management (DRM), and privacy issues.
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e-ink vs. LCD/OLED screens
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Color e-ink: A Game Changer?
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E-formats• We have an alphabet soup of formats:
– AZW, PDF, EPUB, MOBI, TXT, DJVU, LIT, etc.
• For a thorough explanation/comparison, see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats
• The big ones (right now) are EPUB, PDF and AZW/KF8 (Kindle).
• “Everyone” else uses EPUB and PDF.
Official ePub logo, International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)
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Dueling Formats
The cassette/CD format difference is easy for people to see and understand. But .EPUB
vs .AZW/KF8… ? Not so easy.
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Dueling formats
AZW EPUB
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Ugh, text on a screen should be simple! This is so frustrating! I don’t
care about all these formats and rules; I
JUST WANT to read an e-book!
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If format were the only issue…
www.calibre-ebook.com
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What is calibre?
calibre is a “free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.”
http://calibre-ebook.com/
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What can calibre do?
• Find an e-book and transfer it to a device.• Manages your e-book collection.• Convert a DRM-free e-book to another format.• Over-the-air (OTA) e-book transfer to a Kindle Fire and others.• Syncs to a variety of e-readers.• Downloads RSS feeds & converts to an e-book.• Comprehensive e-book viewer.• Content server for online access to your collection.
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Kindle Fire
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Is it legal to convert e-book formats?
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YES and NO
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“You might be tempted to look for some way to remove DRM from e-books in order to facilitate conversion. A word of warning about doing this: In the USA there is a law known as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This law makes it illegal to circumvent a copy protection system (DRM is such a copy protection system). It also makes it illegal to produce tools, distribute tools, and aid in circumvention. Not everyone lives in the USA, but many countries have similar laws. Check your local laws and realize that even though you may only want to read an EPUB book that you’ve legally purchased on your Kindle, it may not be legal to do so. If you don’t like this silliness—and I don’t—then speak up to whoever in your country makes the relevant laws.”
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Going further, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act states:
Exception #1:Nonprofit library, archive and educational institution (section 1201(d)).The prohibition on the act of circumvention of access control measures is subject to an exception that permits nonprofit libraries, archives and educational institutions to circumvent solely for the purpose of making a good faith determination as to whether they wish to obtain authorized access to the work.
“ … the public will have the continued ability to make fair use of copyrighted works. Since copying of a work may be a fair use under appropriate circumstances, section 1201 does not prohibit the act of circumventing a technological measure that prevents copying. By contrast, since the fair use doctrine is not a defense to the act of gaining unauthorized access to a work, the act of circumventing a technological measure in order to gain access is prohibited.”
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Would you be willing to help a patron access
and/or transfer an e-publication using Calibre?
Why or why not?
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calibre ResourcesGet calibre! http://calibre-ebook.com/download
calibre User Manual: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/
calibre: Watch it in action!http://calibre-ebook.com/demo
calibre MobileRead Forums:http://goo.gl/M9y0G
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So, what’s this DRM thing?
• Digital Rights Management.
• A software “lock” that controls access to a file (e-book, e-music, e-movie). You must have the correct software “key” to unlock it.
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Is DRM a good thing or is it an evil thing?
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Yes!
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• Like speed limits and banking regulations, DRM schemes can be a good thing and can protect an author’s livelihood.
• Like speed traps and unreasonable lending practices, DRM schemes can infuriate and frustrate our readers.
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Same Format, Dueling DRMs
EPUB w/ Adobe’s ADEPT DRM EPUB w/ Apple’s FairPlay DRM
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Dueling Formats and DRMs
AZW using Amazon’s DRM EPUB using Abode’s DRM
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DRM-free e-books
http://drmfree.calibre-ebook.com/
http://overdrive.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/
http://openlibrary.org/
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http://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalBookDownloads
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The key is to practice. Use your e-reading device often, explore its functions, and read the FAQs.
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Offer free workshops for the public and ask people to bring their devices!
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Source: Horizon Report
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Are you currently getting rid of your
physical collection?
If yes! Then you can donate your books to Open Library.
More information at: http://openlibrary.org/
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http://www.betterworldbooks.com
Note: last checked statistics at 4:00pm EST on 9/19/2012
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So, will physical books be completely replaced by … ?
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Be an advocate for all of your
readers no matter how or what they
chose to read!
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“Hardly any information technology goes obsolete. Each new one throws its predecessors into relief.”
James Gleick.
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And what happened to
LPs? Are they dead?
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Fun demos!
1. Book Creator in Wikipedia2. Saving Websites to an e-reader
3. Calibre (by appointment)
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Note: Some titles are NSFW!
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Some innovative digital publishers
Inkling
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The Application requires 46MB of hard disk space; books range from 50KB to 1GB per title. (Source: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookstudy
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CourseSmart
Amazon.com
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Publisher: Subafilms Ltd.
Get the e-book at http://goo.gl/UOmah
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Watch the trailer: http://pushpoppress.com/ourchoice/
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So, what will eReaders look like a few years from now?
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I have no idea!
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Some Common Questions/Answers
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Q: Can you share your Amazon.com account so others can access your e-books?
A: Yes. Most books and other non-subscription items you purchase from the Kindle store may be simultaneously accessed on up to 6 Kindles (or Kindle compatible devices) registered to your Amazon.com account.
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Q: Can you use Kindles for Interlibrary Loan?
A: Under Digital Content, Restrictions:Unless specifically indicated otherwise, you may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content.
Note: Amazon has said that this only applies to for-profit organizations; however, I would recommend contacting Amazon first before you loan Kindles etc.
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