slide stack for a presentation I did at Westlake Porter Public Library explaining the basics of ereaders and tablets. A video of this presentation is available here: http://bit.ly/EBOOKHELP

1. Getting to
Know Ebooks
and Ereaders

2. Lots of choices

3. Ereaders Basic Differences Tablets

4. Ereaders
E-ink/e-paper screen:
Black and white
Looks like text on paper
Not much glare when reading under
bright light

5. Ereaders
Designed primarily for
reading

6. Ereaders
Ereaders have longer
battery life than tablets

7. Ereaders
Ereaders weigh less than
tablets

8. Ereaders
Ereaders are cheaper
than tablets

9. Tablets
Color screen:
High resolution
Backlit like a computer screen
Great for reading in dim light
Screen glare in bright light

10. Tablets
Tablets do more:
Surf the web
Movies
Games
Software applications
(apps)

11. Tablets
Tablets usually can
access many bookstores,
while ereaders are often
limited to one.

12. Small Tablets vs. iPad
iPad does more
than small tablets

13. Small Tablets vs. iPad
Nook Tablet Kindle Fire Kobo Vox
$249 $199 $499

14. Small Tablets
as Ereaders
You may be restricted to one
online bookstore, like many
ereaders.

15. iPad
as Ereader

16. Kindle Fire Nook Tablet

17. Kindle Nook
Fire Tablet
$199 Price $249
7” touchscreen Screen 7” touchscreen
7.5" x 4.7" x 0.45" Size 8.1" x 5.0" x 0.48"
14.6 oz Weight 14.1 oz
8 GB—Not expandable 16 GB—expandable
Free unlimited cloud Storage Up to 32 GB
storage for Amazon (microSD)
content
wifi Wireless wifi

18. Kindle Nook
Fire Available Content Tablet
•Over 1 million •Over 2.5 million
books books
•1.8 million public •Magazines
domain books •Nook Book
•Newspapers Enhanced Collection
•Magazines •kids' books
•Blogs •HD Video
•11,000 videos •Netflix
free for Amazon •Hulu Plus
Prime members •Pandora
$79/year •e-mail
•Movies •Apps
•TV shows •Some games
•Apps
•Games
•songs

19. Try before you buy

20. How is their support?
What is their return policy?

21. But beware
of…

22. You should
your device

23. If you
your device

25. Supported Devices:
www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/

26. You don’t
want to
star in this
movie.

27. Finding Help
Click here

28. Finding Help
Also on our
Downloadables page

29. Finding Help
• Consumer info
• Video tutorials
• Downloadable device-specific guides
• Support info for many popular devices
• Overdrive help