According to the PEW Research Center’s “The Rise of E-Reading” report there was a “major spike in ownership of e-reader devices that occurred during the holiday gift-giving season in December [2011].” The survey highlights the most popular e-reading devices and tablets, and it is no surprise that Kindles, Nooks, and iPads were on the top of their list. Transferring electronic content to these e-reading devices and tablets, however, can be a complicated process. Join Chad Mairn as he offers best practices to help library staff provide their patrons with a clear understanding of how to utilize their library’s e-book collections owned by OverDrive and other vendors to work specifically with Kindles, Nooks, and iPads.

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5. So you got an
e-book reader!

6. Hopefully, reading!

7. Program Goals
• Highlight iPads, Nooks, and Kindles and introduce services to
bring content to these devices.
• Offer best practices to help gain a clear understanding of e-
formats and Digital Rights Management.
• Showcase some innovative digital publishers
• Learn how we can use our e-reading devices/tablets to their
full potential.

8. Just as
digital
music
turned
this…

9. …into this

10. ePub turns
this…

11. …into this

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

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

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

15. Kindle 2 and Kindle DX
The Kindle DX can hold 3,500 books. If each title weighed 2.5 pounds then it
could hold 4 tons of books (Information today, May 2010)

18. More on this later!
Supported File Types
Kindle Personal Documents Service supports
multiple file types, including:
Microsoft Word (.DOC, .DOCX)
HTML (.HTML, .HTM)
RTF (.RTF)
JPEG (.JPEG, .JPG)
Kindle Format (.MOBI, .AZW)
GIF (.GIF)
PNG (.PNG)
BMP (.BMP)
PDF (.PDF)
Kindle support: http://goo.gl/pgEjk

19. Barnes and Noble Nook
The Nook was the first eReader with digital lending between the Nook, iPad,
iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac OS, and Android Smartphones.

20. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooks/download-reader.asp

21. Steve and
his iPad

24. http://www.aldiko.com/

25. Brand new
e-reader or
tablet inside!
“Here you go! Can you please
put books on this thing?
Thanks, b’bye!”

26. New E-Reader for Under $13
When will they be free?
Source: http://goo.gl/bu3I4

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

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

30. Are e-books now apps?

31. Sneak Peek
OverDrive’s WIN Catalog

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

33. e-ink vs. LCD/OLED screens

34. Color e-ink: A Game Changer?

35. 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)

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

38. Dueling formats
AZW EPUB

40. 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!

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

42. 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/

43. 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.

45. Kindle Fire

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

47. YES and NO

48. “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.”

49. Going further, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act states:
“ … the public will have the continued ability to make fair use of copyrighted
works. Since copying of a work may be a fair use under appropriate
circumstances, section 1201 does not prohibit the act of circumventing a
technological measure that prevents copying. By contrast, since the fair use
doctrine is not a defense to the act of gaining unauthorized access to a
work, the act of circumventing a technological measure in order to gain
access is prohibited.”
Exception #1:
Nonprofit library, archive and educational institution (section 1201(d)).
The prohibition on the act of circumvention of access control measures is
subject to an exception that permits nonprofit libraries, archives and
educational institutions to circumvent solely for the purpose of making a
good faith determination as to whether they wish to obtain authorized
access to the work.

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

51. calibre Resources
Get calibre!
http://calibre-ebook.com/download
calibre User Manual: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/
calibre: Watch it in action!
http://calibre-ebook.com/demo
calibre MobileRead Forums:
http://goo.gl/M9y0G

52. 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.

53. Is DRM a good thing
or is it an evil thing?

54. Yes!

55. • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

62. http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012-horizon-report-HE.pdf

63. Source: Horizon Report

64. 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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

72. Note: Some titles are NSFW!

73. Some innovative digital publishers
Inkling

74. The Application requires 46MB of hard disk space; books range from 50KB to
1GB per title. (Source: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookstudy

75. CourseSmart
Amazon.com

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

77. Watch the trailer: http://pushpoppress.com/ourchoice/

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

79. I have no idea!

80. Some Common Questions/Answers

81. Q: Can you share your Amazon.com account so
others can access your e-books?
A: Yes. Most books and other non-subscription
items you purchase from the Kindle store may be
simultaneously accessed on up to 6 Kindles (or
Kindle compatible devices) registered to your
Amazon.com account.

82. Q: Can you use Kindles for Interlibrary Loan?
A: Under Digital Content, Restrictions:
Unless specifically indicated otherwise, you may not sell,
rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise
assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to
any third party, and you may not remove any proprietary
notices or labels on the Digital Content.
Note: Amazon has said that this only applies to for-profit
organizations; however, I would recommend contacting
Amazon first before you loan Kindles etc.

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