EBOOKS & LIBRARY TO GO

May 8, 2010; Tara Thompson

What is an eReader and eBook?

How can the ORL provide eBooks?

How to use Library to Go?

Where else you can find eBooks?

What is an eReader and eBook?

eReaders and eBooks

Digital version of written materials

Portable

Low power

Hi-resolution

Kobo

Sony Reader

Nook

Kindle

iPAD

Who

Travellers

Students

Transit Users

Reasons to buy...

Books cost less

Easier to publish

Greener

Size

Devices still cost a lot

Loss of eReader

Content Compatibility Not easy to

share/loan books

Significant Downsides

Choosing an eReader

Content

Display

Performance

Wireless

Storage space

Multimedia

Advanced features

Battery life

Using Library to Go!

How can the ORL provide eBooks?

Getting to Library to Go!

Getting to Library to Go!

Library to Go

Orienting

Help sections: •Guided Tour •Getting Started

Find books:

•Browse•Search

Getting Started

Step 1 - Download and install free

software

Step 2 - Activate the software

Step 3 - Check out, download, and

enjoy

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide – Step 1

Adobe® Digital Editions

Downloading: Adobe® Digital Editions

Downloading: Adobe® Digital Editions

Downloading: Adobe® Digital Editions

Downloading: Adobe® Digital Editions

Downloading: Adobe® Digital Editions

Downloading: Adobe® Digital Editions

Installing: Adobe® Digital Editions

Installing: Adobe® Digital Editions

Authorizing: Adobe® Digital Editions

Activating: Adobe® Digital Editions

Adobe® Digital Editions

Library to Go

Library to Go – Getting a Book

Library to Go – Getting a Book

Library to Go – Checkout

Library to Go – Checkout

Library to Go – Checkout

Library to Go – Download

Opening: Adobe® Digital Editions

Opening: Adobe® Digital Editions

Opening: Adobe® Digital Editions

Help: Adobe® Digital Editions

Other Sources

Ebooks for Downloading

Project Gutenberg Canada - http://www.gutenberg.ca/

ManyBooks.net - http://manybooks.net/

Google Books - http://books.google.com/

MobileRead - http://www.mobileread.com/

Baen Free Library - http://www.baen.com/library/

Free Kindle Books - http://www.freekindlebooks.org/

(2010). Activation and authorization. Adobe Digital Editions Help. Retrieved May 7, 2010 from http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/help/#activation

(2010). eReader Comparison. eReader Leader. Retrieved May 7, 2010 from http://www.ereaderleader.com/ereader-comparison/

(28 January 2010). Device Resource Center – Compatible EBook Devices. Overdrive. Retrieved May 7, 2010 from http://overdrive.com/resources/drc/compatibleebookdevices.aspx

Herzog, Brian. (16 March 2010). Ebooks and Resources. Swiss Army Librarian. Retrieved May 7, 2010 from http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/03/16/ebooks-and-resources

Morrill, Stef. (20 March 2009). Re-Kindling e-book Enthusiasm. TechBits. Retrived May 7, 2010 from http://scls.typepad.com/techbits/2009/03/rekindling-ebook-enthusiasm-.html

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