ebooks and eaudiobooks for the win!
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Presentation by Dylan Baker for the 2010 Region 4 Idaho Library Association Conference on April 6th, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
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eBooks & eAudiobooks for the Win!
creating a library of the future
Dylan BakerWebmasterAda Community [email protected]
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Free eBooks
• Feedbooks– feedbooks.com
• Google Books– books.google.com
• International Children’s Digital Library– childrenslibrary.org
• Project Gutenberg– gutenberg.org
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Free eAudiobooks
• Books Should Be Free
– booksshouldbefree.com
• Librophile– librophile.com
• LibriVox– librivox.org
• Project Gutenberg– gutenberg.org
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NetLibrary• eBooks &
eAudiobooks• Audio playable on
– computers (NetLibrary Media Center & Windows Media Player)
– mp3 players (WMA files require Microsoft PlaysforSure)
• Alternatives– OverDrive
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Live Demo?
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Playaway
• Preloaded audiobook
• One title per player
• Available in library-friendly packaging
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Does It Add Up?• Playaway Collection
@ ACL (as of May ’07)– 1 year old– 25 playaways– 272 circs
• 10+ avg circs/playaway
– ~$1,110 cost• $4 cost/circ
• Playaway Collection @ ACL (as of March ’10)– 4 years old– 211 playaways– 2754 circs
• 13+ avg circs/playaway
– ~$11,150 cost• $4 cost/circ
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Amazon Kindle
• $259 (or $489 for Kindle DX)
• Supports– Unprotected (free) eBooks– Amazon’s eBooks (many titles
$9.99)
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Kindle for PC
• Free (does not require a Kindle)
• Access all of Amazon’s eBooks on your computer
• Barnes & Noble eReader for PC also available for free
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Barnes & Noble Nook
• $259
• Supports– Unprotected (free) eBooks– Barnes & Nobles eBooks– NetLibrary & OverDrive eBooks
• Unique “LendMe” feature
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Sony Reader
• $199 (or $299 for Reader Touch)
• Supports– Unprotected (free) eBooks– Reader Store eBooks– NetLibrary & OverDrive eBooks
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Apple iPad
• $499
• LCD display (not E Ink)
• Supports– Unprotected (free) eBooks– Apple’s iBookstore
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Resources
• Calibre– free software for viewing & managing eBook
– converts eBooks files between a variety of formats
– calibre-ebook.com
• Comparison of eBook readers– en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_readers
• Comparison of eBook formats– en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats