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.
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!
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/
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.
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.
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
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.
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
I was wondering whether this type of book was about to be totally replaced…
Easy to see why cassette won’t fit CD player
Harder to see why Amazon e-book won’t ‘fit’ into Nook. Or, more likely, vice versa.Even if you saw the two side by side as files on a PC, most of our users won’t say, “Whoa! That’s an AZW file extension! No wonder it won’t work on a device configured for an EPUB file!”
Calibre is a package of e-reading tools.It is a free download.It lets you convert “any” format to “any” format.But format is not the only issue
Both of these read EPUB format, but Sony uses the Adobe DRM and the iPad uses the Fair Play DRM