Handout from my presentation about library eBooks, eReaders, & eBooks for the Library Network on October 5, 2011.

1. The
Latest
on
eReaders
eBooks
in
Libraries:
Subscription Models
Short-Term Lending
Single-User Access
Multi-User Access
"Popular" Titles*
Reference Titles
MARC Records
Downloadable
Online Access
"Ownership"
Bestsellers
Model**
eBooks
Models
eAudio
What We've Got
Overdrive x x x x x x x x x x
EBSCO eBooks x x x x x x x x x x x
GVRL x x x x x x
eBrary x x x x x x x x
Tumblebooks x x x x x x
What We're Getting
3M eBooks x ? x x ? x ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Axis 360
x ? x x ? x ? x x ? ? x ?
(B&T)
Freading x ? ? x ? x ? x x
* “Popular Titles” include non-reference, non-best sellers
**”Ownership” is consider akin to leasing an individual book and does not necessarily reflect ownership of the book itself
eReaders:
Types
of
eReaders:
eInk
(Touch
and
Navigational),
Tablet
(eReaders,
Tablet
Computers,
Handheld
Devices)
Popular
eReaders:
• eInk:
Amazon
Kindle
Keyboard,
Kindle
DX,
Kobo,
B&N
Nook*,
• eInk
Touch:
Kindle
Touch,
B&N
Nook
Touch,
Sony
Reader
Wifi,
Kobo
Touch,
Pandigital
Novel
• Tablet
eReaders:
Kindle
Fire,
B&N
Nook
Color,
Pandigital
Novel
Color
• Tablet
Computers:
iPad,
Xoom,
Pandigital
7
• Handheld
Devices:
iPod
Touch,
iPhone,
Android
Phone,
Blackberry
*
The
Barnes
&
Noble
Nook
(original)
has
an
eInk
screen
(non-­‐touch)
with
a
color
touch
bar
on
the
bottom
eBook
Apps:
Popular
General
eBook
Apps:
Kindle,
iBooks,
Barnes
&
Noble,
Sony
Reader,
Google
Books,
Blio,
Bluefire,
Calibre,
Overdrive,
eBook
search
(searches
free
eBook
sites
for
the
book
you
want)
Fun
eBook
Apps
to
Try:
• “When
I
Grow
Up”:
Weird
Al’s
children’s
book
(06-­‐11)
• “Toy
Story”:
Text,
Audio,
Video,
Coloring
Book,
Interactive
(04-­‐10)
• Morris:
An
app
based
upon
a
movie
short.
Text,
audio,
fun!
(05-­‐11)
• “Pillars
of
the
Earth”:
The
first
example
of
an
interactive
eBook
for
adults
–
video,
audio,
and
text
(07-­‐10)
• “On
the
Road”:
The
full-­‐text
of
Jack
Kerouac’s
book
with
added
features,
video,
audio,
and
images
(06-­‐11)
• “Our
Choice”
by
Al
Gore
–
Best
example
of
an
interactive
eBook
for
adults.
Text,
Video,
Audio,
Interactive
(04-­‐11)
The
Latest
on
eReaders
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