E-books have gone from a niche service to a high demand format in an incredibly short time. And their pace of growth is likely to increase. Furthermore, new examples of digital reading material are appearing every day as are new devices and software to read them on. But is e-publishing a growing trend or a passing fad? Regardless and more importantly, how do we help our readers use the e-reading devices they have now and help them to choose what they should get next? In this Florida Library Webinar: - Explore the alphabet soup of acronyms. - Highlight a variety of e-readers and tablets currently on the market. - Showcase some innovative digital publishers and library vendors. - Cover the pros and cons of Digital Rights Management (DRM). - Try to predict where the e-publishing industry will go.

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3. Program Goals
• Explore the alphabet soup of acronyms.
• Highlight a variety of e-readers and tablets currently on the
market.
• Showcase some innovative digital publishers and library
vendors.
• Cover the pros and cons of Digital Rights Management (DRM).
• Try to predict where the e-publishing industry will go.

4. In 1971, Michael S. Hart (1947 –2011)
created the first e-book by typing the
Declaration of Independence into a
computer. Project Gutenberg was launched
and now e-books are over 40 years old!

7. Source: http://goo.gl/zqIIo

8. Source: http://goo.gl/njMC1
PEW Internet & American Life Project
The Rise of E-Reading Report

9. Source: http://goo.gl/njMC1
PEW Internet & American Life Project
The Rise of E-Reading Report

11. Microsoft Rumored To Be Interested In Buying Nook! http://goo.gl/uB8lF

12. e-ink vs. LCD/OLED screens

13. Color e-ink: A Game Changer?

14. Source: http://goo.gl/KkN09
E Ink, Sony Debut New Flexible Screen Technology
Source: http://www.yotaphone.com/

15. New E-Reader for Under $13
Source: http://goo.gl/dZ8qt
When will they be free?
$70 now.

16. Source: http://goo.gl/MPr7u

17. Sync pages everywhere!

18. OverDrive’s WIN
Catalog

19. Are e-books now apps?

20. More info: http://goo.gl/tjG6j

22. Get the app! http://goo.gl/J84Cv

23. Get the app! http://www.aldiko.com/

24. E-book sales in
the US double
year-on-year,
paper books
suffer double-
digit losses.
Source: http://goo.gl/K5NFN

25. PDF at: http://goo.gl/r1geX

26. PDF at: http://goo.gl/bCPMI

27. Source: http://goo.gl/QOfX2

31. 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/

32. http://www.betterworldbooks.com
Note: last checked statistics at 4:00pm EST on 9/19/2012

33. So, will physical books be
completely replaced by … ?

34. “Hardly any information technology
goes obsolete. Each new one throws
its predecessors into relief.”
James Gleick.

35. Be an advocate
for all of your
readers no matter
how or what they
chose to read!

36. And what
happened to
LPs? Are
they dead?

37. e-formats, Digital Rights Management
(DRM), and privacy issues.

39. 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)

40. Dueling Formats
The cassette/CD format difference is easy for
people to see and understand. But .EPUB vs
.AZW/KF8… ? Not so easy.

41. Dueling formats
AZW EPUB

43. 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!

44. If format were the only issue…
www.calibre-ebook.com

45. 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/

46. 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.

47. Is it legal to convert e-book formats?

48. YES and NO

49. “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.”

50. Would you be
willing to help a
patron access
and/or transfer an
e-publication
using Calibre?
Why or why not?

51. 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.

52. • 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.

53. Same Format, Dueling DRMs
EPUB w/ Adobe’s ADEPT DRM EPUB w/ Apple’s FairPlay DRM

54. Dueling Formats and DRMs
AZW using Amazon’s DRM
EPUB using Abode’s DRM

55. What?!

56. E-books, I hope, will
eventually be like CDs
(i.e., they can be
played on most any
CD player).
Do you think this will
happen? If so, when?

57. DRM-free e-books
http://drmfree.calibre-ebook.com/
http://overdrive.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/
http://openlibrary.org/

58. I print out cheat sheets so
patrons can go to a store and
test out a variety of devices
that they know will work with
their library’s vendor[s].
I don’t endorse any one device.
http://overdrive.com/files/ebook-
cheat-sheet.pdf

59. Visit a library and/or a store (e.g.,
Best Buy) and play with a variety of
e-readers/tablets to get a feel for
the one you’d like to use.

60. http://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalBookDownloads

61. The key is to practice. Use your e-
reading device often, explore its
functions, and read the FAQs.

62. Offer free workshops for the public
and ask people to bring their devices!

63. Some innovative digital publishers
Inkling

64. More info: http://goo.gl/Ng0zM

66. Created one for a patron in a hurry!

67. Note: Some titles are NSFW!

68. dp.la

69. Publisher: Subafilms Ltd.
Get the e-book at http://goo.gl/UOmah

70. Watch the trailer: http://pushpoppress.com/ourchoice/
What can you imagine happening here?

71. Source: http://goo.gl/8epRs

72. Book Discovery/Recommendations

73. Source: Horizon Report

74. Source: http://goo.gl/DUXNv

75. Booksai: The Zen of Book Discovery
http://www.booksai.com/

76. Source: http://goo.gl/ZzXfo
Sacramento Public Library

77. Source: http://www.overdrive.com/

78. Help local authors get published

79. Success Story
Source: http://goo.gl/4oGHd
Self publishing author Colleen
Hoover with copies of her
books. Hoover's novels have
made the New York Times
bestseller list!
www.colleenhoover.com

80. More info: http://goo.gl/gq6Ck

81. Upload local content to
“Community Reserve.”
createspace.com
kdp.amazon.com
calibre-ebook.com
vook.com/
mobipocket.com

82. Source: http://goo.gl/AcVNM
Source: http://goo.gl/f9ttC
self publishing for tons of other resources!

83. PEW Internet & American Life Project
The Rise of E-Reading Report
Source: http://goo.gl/njMC1

84. Does the rise of e-reading
(especially using enhanced e-
books) mean a rise in literacy?

85. It does require a fairly literate person to navigate e-
readers, the Web etc. , but are people who use
e-readers truly becoming more literate?

86. http://www.worldreader.org/

87. Source: http://goo.gl/OM9P4

88. Ruckus E-Reader
Watch the video at: http://goo.gl/tzY2G

89. So, what will eReaders look like
a few years from now?

90. I have no idea!

91. Select Resources
http://www.niso.org/topics/ebooksig/
http://www.nmc.org/publications
http://tblc.org/special-interest-groups

92. Fun demos!
(by appointment) 
1. Book Creator in Wikipedia
2. Saving Websites to an e-reader
3. Calibre
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