• E-book readers seem to have taken over reading. But the
practicalities of management provide challenges for
educational settings. This session will cover some of the best
practices for managing e-book readers, provide information
and resources, and briefly review online e-book resources.
Dawn Nelson
ISD 279, Osseo Area Schools
nelsond@district279.org
@dawnrnelson
• Identify some of the differences between
different types of ereaders.
• Explore management factors for ereaders
• Gain knowledge of eBook resources to enable
the best decisions to meet future needs.
• Embrace the chaos---the world of eBooks and
eReaders is new and unsettled, ever-changing
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What is your experience with ebooks
personally?
What is your experience with ebooks in
your school?
What do you anticipate for your
school?
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• iBooks App built in
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• 53 percent of those who buy e-readers say
they’re reading more now than they did six
months ago, and just 15 percent of e-reader
owners say they stop buying printed books as
well.
http://www.onlyinfographic.com/2011/book-buzz-the-economics-of-e-readers/
http://www.techi.com/2011/11/e-readers-making-readers-out-of-more-people-than-ever
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Between November, 2010, and May 2011
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• Project Gutenberg:
• 1971 – “On July 4 1971, after being inspired by a free printed
copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, he decided to type the
text into a computer, and to transmit it to other users on the computer
network.”
• The first email was sent between two computers this year.
• Now - over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle,
Nook, Android device, iPad, iPhone, etc.
• Work is done by volunteers
• High quality, proofread work
• http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
• http://www.gutenbergnews.org/
• http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart
• Voyager Company founded – expanded books
on CD
• First 50 books on floppy disks with Digital Book
Format (DBF)
• First Ereader and first ISBN given to a digital
book
• Steven King’s Riding the Bullet offered only in
digital form. 400,000 downloaded in 24 hours.
• Amazon launches Kindle
• Nook Introduced
• IPad Introduced with Ibooks
• Google Bookstore Opens – 3,000,000
titles
• Amazon announced that ebook sales
outnumbered hardcover book sales.
• Base Kindle - $79
•6” screen
•Less than six ounces
•With special offers
• Kindle Touch - $99
•With special offers
•Text to speech
• Kindle Touch 3G $149
•Free Worldwide
3G wireless
3G and Wi-FI - $189
• Kindle DX - $379
• Apps
• Web Browser
• Cloud storage
• Can stream videos
• Amazon.com only
• Approximately 900,000 titles at this
time
• 1.8 million public domain books
• Lending feature for libraries Some
titles in
• Project Gutenberg compatible
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Long battery life
Easy on the eyes
2,000,000 eBooks
ePub format – most
books
• Easiest for public library
• 7" touchscreen
• Books, magazines,
interactive kids' books, apps
• Movies, email and the web,
Netflix & Hulu
• Wi-Fi
• Book sharing
• NOOK support in-store
• 7" touchscreen
• Dual core processor, 1G
RAM
• Books, magazines,
interactive kids' books, apps
• Movies, email and the web,
Netflix & Hulu
• Wi-Fi
• Book sharing
• NOOK support in-store
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•
Apps
ItunesU
Podcasts
Some very cool interactive
books
http://blog.iskysoft.com/when-the-ipad-outsells-the-mac-what-happens/
• Purchased Nooks, Kindles, and iPads
• Unlimited devices on one account
• 20 Nooks at the high schools
• 3 Kindles – just to test them. Professional titles mainly.
• 3 Schools – 6 Nooks each for book clubs
• Using the Barnes & Noble Management Feature
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• One title to one device
• Purchase with credit card
• Considered a personal device
• Can now get books from the library
• One title to one device
• Some types of management with
apps, etc.
• iTunes account –
•Volume purchase plan
• One title to one device
• Institutional management
• Can purchase device and books with
purchase orders
• Discounts starting at 25 devices
• Can be set with a password
• OCLC Resources for cataloging electronic material
• library.umac.mo/.../catalog/.../Guideline_for_Ca
taloging_e-Books.pdf
• Mackin has good resources -
• http://www.mackin.com/eServices/main.as
px
• http://www.mackin.com/ESERVICES/FAQS.
aspx
• Theft and / or cost
• Cost - at least $79 - But
• How much are textbooks?
• How about graphing calculators?
• Sports uniforms?
• Students carrying cell phones?
• Treat them like any other school resource
• Ebook Educators’ Group • http://edukindle.ning.com/
• EBook Livebinder by Carolyn Starkey • http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/69250
• Ebook LibGuide by Buffy Hamilton –
• http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/ebooksereaders
• Management
• Features and quality of the device
• Local Service
• Internet Archive - non-profit digital library
• Founded in 1996 - Brewster Kahle
• Millon Book Project
• December 2007 more than 1.5 million books had
been scanned, in 20 languages
• Many incomplete and/or not in good shape
• Google Books - scanning and uploading previews
Thanks for being here.