eReader and eLibrary user education for Riverina Regional Library members.

1. KINDLE, SONY, KOBO, AND TABLETS

2. V

3. THE BOOK
What do you love?
 Feel
 Weight
 Rustle of paper

4. THE E-READER
What do you love?
• Size
• Storage
• Change text

5. THE KINDLE
•Internet connection
•E Ink screen
•Easy to buy books
•Read in the dark
•No library books!

6. SONY
E-READER
•Wi Fi capability
•ePUB format
•eInk screen
•No audio
•No lighting
•Snap cover
•Quick Charge

7. KOBO
E-READER
•eInk
•Front-lit Glo
•ePUB format
•Kobo store

8. TABLETS
•Backlit colour screen
•Apps
•More than an
eReader

9. SO, WHICH IS THE BEST
FOR YOU?

10. FEATURES OF E-READERS
 Bookmarks that don’t fall out
 Adding notes without defacing the book
 Adaptable fonts
 Maximum books with minimum weight
 Free titles are available (or borrow from the Library)

11. FEATURES OF BOOKS
 They don’t require recharging
or technological skills
 Physically holding the books and the rustle of the pages
as you turn them
 They are free if you borrow from the Library
 Look great on your bookshelf, it is a bit hard to use a ereader as a display in your house.

12. From Riverina Regional Library’s
website

16. Bolinda eBooks & eAudio

20. Browse, Download and
Listen to eBooks and
eAudiobooks with
your device

21. Wheelers eBooks

25. From the WebOPAC

26. Direct links to specific titles available through webOPAC

27. FREE EPUB BOOKS
 www.epubbooks.com
 www.gutenberg.org/
 www.free-ebooks.net/
 www.getfreeebooks.com/
 Free books from publishers and e-reader websites such
as Kobo, Sony and iBooks.

28. QUESTIONS