History of e books & ereaders
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A brief history of eBooks and eReaders. This material was created as part of the 2010 Institute of Museum and Library Services 21st Century Librarian program grant to the Nebraska Library Commission.
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History of e books & ereaders
- 1. eBooks & eReaders Michael SauersTechnology Innovation LibrarianNebraska Library Commission
- 2. A brief history of eBooks
- 4. Now contains over 30,000 free e-texts in multiple DRM-free formats3 1971: Project Gutenberg
- 6. Predicted the “end of publishing as we know it”4 1989: Cyberbooks
- 9. Suspended in 19985 1993: Apple Newton
- 11. Weighs only 22 ounces
- 12. Stores about 4,000 pages--the equivalent of 10 novels
- 13. Speech-quality audio for documents published with audio content
- 14. Long battery life--17 to 33 hours per charge6 1999: Franklin EB-500 Rocket eBook
- 17. Annotations
- 18. Pan & Zoom
- 19. Highlighting
- 20. Dictionary
- 21. Battery life dependent on platform(desktop vs. laptop)7 2000: Microsoft Reader
- 23. Download content over the air (OTA)
- 25. Annotation
- 26. Highlighting
- 27. Dictionary
- 28. Software compatible with devices other than the Treo8 2002: Palm Trēo
- 30. Promoted as a “reader” due to ability to easily convert screen to portrait mode9 2002: TabletPC
- 32. AAA batteries
- 33. Available only in Japan10 2004: Sony Libré
- 34. Content is not drawn, but “charged” 170 Pixels Per Inch (PPI) Newspaper quality Does not need power to hold a display, only to change it. What is "eInk"
- 35. Sony CEO Howard Stringer introduces the Reader at CES 2006 http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilpho/164291155/
- 37. SD/Memory Stick card slot
- 39. Approximately 7,500 page turns per charge
- 48. Download wirelessly via “whispernet” (EVDO)
- 49. QWERTY Keyboard
- 50. Ability to add notes to text
- 51. Basic Web access18 12/2007: Amazon Kindle
- 54. WiFi added
- 56. 16 levels of grayscape
- 57. 20% faster page refresh
- 59. 9.1mm thick20 02/2009: Kindle 2
- 62. 8.5mm thick
- 64. Designed for text-book market21 06/2009: Kindle DX
- 65. 08/2009: Sony PRS-300/600/900 Pocket Edition Daily Edition Touch Edition
- 67. 12.1oz
- 68. Android 1.5
- 70. Can share a book once with another person for up to two weeks23 11/2009: Barnes & Noble Nook
- 74. 1.5lbs
- 75. 9.7” backlit glossy screen
- 77. WiFi and/or 3G
- 78. 9+ hours of battery life depending on Internet connectivity used04/2010: Apple iPad
- 80. 7” screen
- 81. WiFi
- 83. MicroSD slot
- 84. Android 2.2
- 85. Rootable25 11/2010: Barnes & Noble Nook Color
- 88. 7” screen
- 89. WiFi
- 91. MicroSD slot
- 92. Android 2.3
- 93. Amazon Silk Browser27 11/2011: Kindle Fire
- 96. Supported by nearly every device except the Kindle
- 97. DRM can be added to it
- 99. Supported by many platforms
- 100. Main format for use on the Kindle
Editor's Notes
- My name is Michael and I’m an eBook Curmudgen
- Mine’s autographed. Oh yeah, autograph my Kindle Mr. Bova!
- “The principal components of electronic ink are millions of tiny microcapsules, about the diameter of a human hair. In one incarnation, each microcapsule contains positively charged white particles and negatively charged black particles suspended in a clear fluid. When a negative electric field is applied, the white particles move to the top of the microcapsule where they become visible to the user. This makes the surface appear white at that spot. At the same time, an opposite electric field pulls the black particles to the bottom of the microcapsules where they are hidden. By reversing this process, the black particles appear at the top of the capsule, which now makes the surface appear dark at that spot.”http://www.eink.com/technology/howitworks.html
- Jenny Levine, Union Station
- October 2008
- Overdrive supportWiFiSome have touchscreen
- iRiver StoryKoboSamsung PapyrusAsusDR-570 & DR-950Owen E1Cool-erViewsonic VEB-612Pocketbook 360Cybook OpusFoxIteSlickeGriver IDEOiRiver Digital Reader 800Paradigm Shift's EER-051D for just $130. 5-inch color screen, and packs an FM tuner along with the usual MP3 support, plus a photo viewer, 2GB of internal memory, an SD card slot for expansion, and support for most popular e-book formats.