E-books

• Definition
  • Digital
  • Interactive
  • Audio-enhanced
• History
  • Formats
    • ftp
      • Project Gutenberg
    • Hypertext
    • pdf
  • Reading
    • online
    • download
    • CD or floppy
    • POD
  • Access
    • cheap computers/easy networking
    • variety of formats/readers
• Future
  • Educational
    • Tumblebooks
  • Libraries
    (previous to 2004, some public libraries loaded a selection of e-books into handheld reading devices, such as a Rocket reader, and checked out the individual reading device)
    • netLibrary
    • Libwise   White Plains   Fondulac
    • OverDrive   Rochester Public Library
  • General public
• Types of e-Books
  • Free
    • Project Gutenberg
  • Advertising supported
    • Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
    • Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
  • Purchased
    • netLibrary
    • Fictionwise
    • palmOne
    • Amazon
• Types of Readers
  • Laptop or desktop computer
  • Dedicated reader
    • ebookwise reader
    • Sony Reader
    • Amazon Kindle
    • Reading Software and Devices FAQ
  • PDA (Palm and others)
• EPIC (author organization)
• Read An E-Book Week, second week in March
• Medieval Help Desk

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