E-Reader Workshop Andrea Gannon August 15, 2014

Let’s get digital  Black and white E-readers  7 inch LCD media tablets  Mid-size LCD tablets (7.9-9 inches)  Full-size color tablets like the iPad

Who owns the market?  Amazon  Apple  Barnes & Noble (for now)  Google  Kobo  Samsung  Sony  Android

So many options!  Price  Functions and capabilities  Weight  Likelihood of “upgrade”  Screen type  App “ecosystem”

Just for bookin’  E-ink reader is your best bet  $69 to $149 (up to $200 for more sophisticated ones)  Kindle Paperwhite ($119 - Amazon)  Ads unless you pay $20 one time fee  Huge selection of books  Not a touch screen  Nook Simple Touch /with GlowLight ($99 – Barnes & Noble)  No ads  Medium selection of books  Touch screen  Works with third party E-PUB book purchases  Kobo Glo ($129 – Best Buy)  Small selection of books  Works with third party E-PUB book purchases

Meet me in the middle - $200  Nexus 7 (Google)  Offers full Google Play app store  Might want to download Kindle/Nook app, however  Kindle Fire HD (Amazon)  Nook HD (Barnes & Noble)  Tablets + E-readers

Full-size reading  iPad ($399 and up – Apple)  Free reading apps for all aforementioned platforms  Full access to their E-book content  iBooks  Can read, edit, and annotate PDF files  Android Tablet  Free reading apps as well  Bargain vs. Status

App ecosystems  Kindle : books are accessible on everything from smart phones to web browsers as well as different OS  Nook : similar, except not accessible on some smart phones (like BlackBerrys)  Kobo : Apple, Android, Windows, PC, Mac  iBooks : Apple iOS devices only  Sony Reader : Android, Windows, Mac, and some Apple devices  Synced positioning!

He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother  2012 Kindle – no touch screen or light, but under 6 ounces  Kobo mini ounces  Nook HD – 11.1 ounces  Google Nexus 7 – 12 ounces  Kindle Fire HD – 13.9 ounces  9.7 inch Apple iPad2 – 1.35 pounds (21.6 ounces)  Font size  Hand strength

My future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades  All tablets (iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Nook HD, etc) have touch screens as do all current models of major brand e-ink readers except $69 entry-level Kindle  Consider how much time you spend looking at screens and computers  Earlier version of E-readers can be difficult to see in the sun, but this issue has mostly been corrected  Can also buy low cost screen protectors

Now what?  Your local library via OverDrive!  Pixel of Ink  Booklending  Project Gutenberg  Open Library  Amazon  Free Kindle Ebooks  Kindle Owners’ Lending Library – (need Prime)

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