Commercial eBook Systems Maoyuan Sun 2/22/2012

Outline Introduction of Commercial eBook Systems iBooks & iBooks Authors App Inquire App A Discussion Topic

Amazon or Apple ?

Component of eBook Systems eReaderseBooks eBook systems

Commercial eReaders No.ManufacturereReader 1AluratekLibre Ebook Reader 2AmazonKindle 3Apple Inc.iPad 4Barnes & NobleNook 5BookeenCybook 6bqE-readers 7Condor TechnologyeGriver 8EBS TechnologyAgebook eBook Reader 9ECTATOjetBook

No.ManufacturereReader 10Elonex621EB621EB, 705EB705EB 11Endless ideasBeBook 12EnTourageeDGe 13FnacFnacBook 14Foxit SoftwareeSlick 15HanvonWISEreader 16Icarus Reader 17IntereadCOOL-ER 18iPapyrusiPapyrus 6 Commercial eReaders

No.ManufacturereReader 19iRex TechnologiesDigital Reader, iLiad 20IriverStory 21italica GmbHPaperback 22JinKeHanlin 23Kobo Inc.Ereaders 24Kogan TechnologiesKogan eBook Reader 25KolportereClicto 26NewsmyEreaders 27Notion InkAdam

Commercial eReaders No.ManufacturereReader 28Onyx InternationalBOOX 29PandigitalColor Color / ePaper eReaders,ePaper 30PocketBook 31SamsungPapyrus, E6 32SonySony eReaders 33Spring DesignAlex eReader 34Stereo International Enterprise Co, LtdES600 35TrekStoreBook-Reader Wolder ElectronicsLectores e-book

Most Common eBooks File format.pdf.epub.txt.html.rtf.doc.mobi

Market Share of eReaders

Market Share of Tablet

iBooks

What is iBooks? An application by Apple Inc. First announced in conjunction with the iPad on January 27, iBook 2 was announced on January 19, “Introducing an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, current, engrossing, and truly interactive. A textbook created by publishers using a new authoring tool from Apple. A textbook brought to life by iPad.”

iBooks 2 Features Multi-Touch textbooks Filled with interactive features, diagrams, photos, and videos Tap to dive into images with interactive captions, rotate 3D objects, swipe through image galleries, watch videos in full screen Use a finger as a highlighter when swiping over text in a textbook Study Cards, notes, and glossary terms Tap glossary terms to see definitions of key topics and concepts without leaving the page

iBooks 2 –- Voice from Apple

Beginning with templates Building a book is as easy as dragging and dropping. Customize with a click. Add widgets & interest. Accessibility built right in. Get the word out. How These Books Are Made -- iBooks Author

iBooks Author –- Voice from Apple

5 Ways iBooks Author Changes the Education Landscape: Custom Courseware A Content Ecosystem Student-Owned Content iPad Based Software Innovation in Presentation iBooks Author –- Voice from the educator

Another App - Inquire

An eTextbook, integrating a reasoning system and a rich biology knowledge base. The question answering capability is provided by Aura system, which runs on a remote server. Aura uses a knowledge representation and reasoning system that combines description logics and logic programs. What is Inquire?

Design of Inquire

Inquire eBooks

iBooks is inventive, but reinventing is a long way from revolutionizing. The essence of a textbook remains: a linear, monolithic body of knowledge. Any linear, chapter-based textbook format is an anachronism. Textbooks are a broken form of knowledge acquisition. iBooks - Revolutionize Education?

Discussion or Comments What is your opinion about iBooks for education?

Reference 1.Comparison of e-book readers, IDC: Apple leads tablet market, Amazon e-readers, amazon-e-readers/. amazon-e-readers/ 3.Strategy Analytics: Apple iOS Captures 61 Percent Share of Global Tablet Shipments in Q2 2011, tegy-Analytics-Apple-iOS-Captures-61-Percent tegy-Analytics-Apple-iOS-Captures-61-Percent 4.iBooks,

Reference 6.Apple launches iBooks 2 digital textbooks, ibooks-2-digital-textbooks/. ibooks-2-digital-textbooks/ 7.Spaulding, A., Overholtzer, A., Pacheco J., Tien J. and Chaudhri, V. K., Gunning D., and Clark, P. Inquire for iPad: Bringing Question-Answering AI into the Classroom. International Conference on AI in Education (AIED), Ways iBooks Author Changes the Education Landscape iBooks is not the education revolution you've been looking for revolution-youve-been-looking-for/. revolution-youve-been-looking-for/

Reference 10.Will Textbooks for iPad Change Education? change-education/. change-education/ 11.iPad a solid education tool, study reports, education-tool/index.html?iref=allsearch. education-tool/index.html?iref=allsearch