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E-Books and E-Readers

E-Books and E-Readers. Harriet Adams, Prairie Lakes AEA , and Pam Buysman , Northwest AEA. “ An electronic version of a printed book which can be read on a personal device designed specifically for this purpose.” Oxford English Dictionary.

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E-Books and E-Readers

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  1. E-Books and E-Readers Harriet Adams, Prairie Lakes AEA, and Pam Buysman, Northwest AEA

  2. “An electronic version of a printed book which can be read on a personal device designed specifically for this purpose.” Oxford English Dictionary An e-text that forms the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book sometimes restricted with a digital management system.” Wikipedia

  3. NEIBORS WILBOR

  4. E= MC2 Ebook Business Models = Myriad of Models X Change to the Second ( or Higher) Degree

  5. Availability Digital vs. Print

  6. Access Multiple Methods

  7. E=sf2 Engagement of the student = Book’s match with the Reader times the frosting (features)

  8. Free eBooks • Project Gutenburg • Google Books • For librarians: NetGalley • Baen Free Library (SF/F) • Bookstores and publishers may offer free reads for promotional purposes • http://www.wowio.com/ (Sponsors hope to earn your business by pay for the requested titles)

  9. DRM Digital Rights Management AKA “The Sticky Wicket

  10. Nine Step Plan • What is the desired change – not what you are going to do, but what is the change that you wish to occur • What are the reasons the change is needed • What are the thing you will do to create the change • What are the things needed to create the change

  11. Nine Step Plan • What data is needed and at what level to know if the change has occurred….We should not look for change until… • What are the indicators that the change has occurred? • How will we collect evidence of the indicators? •  When will the evidence be collected? • Who will collect evidence of the indicators?  

  12. E-gads!!!! Nooks, Kindles, Sony….. And More

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