The library is lending out an Amazon kindle, but this is not the only way to read ebooks. This session, run on 10 December 2009, outlines the different formats for reading, compares ebook readers, talks about how to get ebooks in Australia and shows where you can download free ebooks and audiobooks. It also looks at using Stanza to read ebooks on an iPhone

1. Kindle-ing an interest in ebooks Kathryn Greenhill, Special Services Librarian Cottesloe-Peppermint Grove- Mosman Park Library December 2009

2. Slides are at: www.slideshare.net/thegrovelibrary

3. Menu What do you want to know ?

4. Menu Changing formats everywhere Devices for reading Types of ebook readers

5. Menu Getting ebooks in Australia Ebooks for free Kindle What it does Demo

6. Changing formats...

12. Alternatives to ebook readers

17. Sports Illustrated Tablet 1.5 Demo.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyXvLnxyXk

18. Print vs Audio vsebook ... Portability Availability of books Size of print Ease of access Disability access

19. Print vs Audio vsebook ... Translations Durability Storage Sharing Renting vsOwnership Does it do other things?

20. Types of ebook readers

21. They are making it up as they go along

22. ebooks, mbooks, nooks, vooks

23. http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix

25. Ebook reader vsebook reader Sold in Australia? Portability Availability of books Controls E-Ink? Battery life Memory Text to speech?

26. Ebook reader vsebook reader Touchscreen/stylus Supported formats Size of screen Durability Storage Sharing Does it do other things ?

27. Getting books

28. DRM = Digital Rights Management

29. They are making it up as they go along

32. Not all books available to Australia

33. Typical experience...

34. http://ebooks.addall.com

44. Places to get ebooksfor free

45. Internet Archive

47. Project Gutenburg

49. Scribd

50. Google books

51. WikiBooks

52. ManyBooks.net

53. Places to get audiobooks for free

54. Internet Archive

55. Librivox

56. Podiobooks

57. About the Kindle

59. Things it does Displays ebooks Changes size of print Computer read-aloud Wireless connection included in price Delivers ebooks through wireless from Amazon

60. Things it does Lets you browse Wikipedia No web browser (can in US) Has a dictionary to look up words Lets you make notes on books Plays audio books. Displays some file types and lets you convert others so you can read them

61. Cost of books $3 for Complete Works of Shakespeare (197 works) Bestsellers $16 - $28 Many books sold are available for free elsewhere

62. You do not have to buy ebooks from Amazon

64. Demo

65. If people want to know about reading on the iPhone...

66. iPhone and Stanza

76. Links mentioned Ebookreader matrix Comparison of all ebook readers on the US market showing features http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix Places to get free ebooks Often ebooks are classics out of copyright Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/details/texts Project Gutenburghttp://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ Scribdhttp://scribd.com/ Google Books (sometimes only part of the text is available) http://books.google.com/books Wikibooks– free educational books http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page Many Books http://manybooks.net/ Places to get audiobooks for free LibriVoxhttp://librivox.org/ Podiobooks – free serialized audio books http://www.podiobooks.com/ Places to search for ebooks Add all - searches over 30+ ebook sites (may not be available in Australia) http://ebooks.addall.com/ About the Amazon Kindle Where to buy the Australian version http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-International-Generation-charging-Australia/dp/B000GF7ZRA

77. Media credits Rene Passet, Sound Station, July 6, 2009, Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/passetti/3757896818/. hichako, iPod nanoがない, December 28, 2008, Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hichako/3142612031/. Angel Leon, The Virgin Megastore in Union Square is going Bye Bye, May 16, 2009, Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/gubatron/3540702310/. Jason Kuffer, Virgin Megastore closing, January 13, 2009, Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/digiart2001/3196453386/. Steve Rhodes, Reading Austen will waiting in line for the iPhone 3GS at the San Francisco Apple Store, June 19, 2009, Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/3642155302/. Sports Illustrated Tablet 1.5 Demo.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyXvLnxyXk