AARP Life@50+ Tech Talk: Finding and Enjoying Ebooks
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This is the presentation from my 20-minute talk presented each day at the AARP Life@50+ Las Vegas Tech Ambassadors booth. Mike lee easy_ebooks_talk_v2_may_2013.ppt
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AARP Life@50+ Tech Talk: Finding and Enjoying Ebooks
- 1. Finding and Enjoying Electronic Books Mike Lee, AARP.org Life@50+ 2013, May 30 – June 1, Las Vegas v3 v.3
- 2. Change has come to owning and reading books
- 3. Buy both paper and electronic books online
- 4. Buy books on the e-reader
- 5. Or download them from your computer
- 6. Two eReaders, one account – For the price of dinner out
- 7. Use e-readers indoors and out
- 8. E-readers flanked by smart phones and tablets
- 9. 1. Amazon (except if you have EPUB format) 2. Kobo 3. B&N or Google Most versatile ebook sources
- 10. Don’t have an e-reader? No problem.
- 11. Buy and access an ebook on device or web site here Ebook Access Across Color Tablet Devices Via Apps – May 2013 v1 B&W reader devices generally cannot load apps, but books not copy protected might be transferrable. Amazon Kindle Windows Surface Amazon Kindle HD Apple iOS Kobo Arc Tablet Sony Tablet Google Android $$ D E V I C E SD E V I C E S DIGITALBOOKSTORES DIGITALBOOKSTORES $$ W Read ebook with app on this device Read it in this device’s web browser All of these digital bookstores except Apple support reading on desktop PC or Mac. Apple iBook Kobo Books Sony Reader Google Play Books $$ $$ $$ $$ W W Barnes & Noble B&N Nook HD $$ G Read ebook with app downloaded from Google Play G G G G G GGG GG G W G G G GG By Mike Lee, AARP
- 12. Search for ebooks on Google
- 13. Search for ebooks on Google
- 14. Get book recommendations from a community http://www.goodreads.com
- 15. Find and download free e-books http://www.bookbub.com
- 16. Project Gutenberg for the classics http://www.gutenberg.org
- 17. Borrow e-books from your local library
- 18. 1. Be lighter on your feet 2. Carry a more books than you can read 3. Save a buck or two 4. Mark your favorite parts 5. Customize your device for your needs Reasons you’ll love ebooks
- 19. Some more links to useful things • Calibre e-book management software (free) http://calibre-ebook.com • Blue Leaf service scans your paper books to ebook format http://www.blueleaf.com • Good e-Reader is one of my favorite blogs for news on e- reader and e-book products http://www.goodereader.com • 2013 e-Reader comparison site http://ebook-reader-review.toptenreviews.com/
- 20. Download this presentation from Slideshare
- 21. Questions ?
Editor's Notes
- Free samples online. First chapter.
- samharrelson via Flickr and Creative Commons
- samharrelson via Flickr and Creative Commons
- Collect the app icons, Amazon, Nook, Sony, Kobo