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Slide 1: Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian Nebraska Library Commission NE Library Association / NE Educational Media Association 2007 Fall Conference 1
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Slide 3: Sony CEO Howard Stringer introduces the Reader at CES 2006 3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilpho/164291155/
Slide 4: eBooks are heavy eBooks can’t store much No room for expansion eBook battery life sucks Backlit displays They don’t support multiple formats You can’t read them at an angle eBooks aren’t books Books as physical objects are works of art and should be cherished! 4
Slide 5: Long battery life Light-weight Expandable storage Supports multiple text formats Text zooming Read from almost any angle 5
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Slide 7: 6.9\" x 4.9\" x 0.5\" 8.8oz In comparison: Rocket eBook Pro 5\" x 7.5\" x 1.5\" 22oz 7
Slide 8: Display eInk / non-backlit 800x600 resolution Rotatable 4-level grayscale Three text sizes 64MB built in storage SD/Memory Stick card slot USB data transfer Approximately 7,500 page turns per charge 8
Slide 9: 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. 9
Slide 10: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spirit635/479810101/ 10
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Slide 14: USB Type-B mini DC in 5.2v 8mm headphone jack SD/Memory Stick slot 14
Slide 15: On/off sliding switch Page forward/back (two sets) Size (3 available settings) 10 numbered keys (1-0) Bookmark Menu Small joystick/enter Volume control 15
Slide 16: Continue Reading Books By Author By Date Collections All Bookmarks Now Playing Audio Pictures Settings 16
Slide 17: Default list is alphabetical by title 17
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Slide 20: Continue Reading Begin End Bookmarks Table of Contents History Info Utilities 20
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Slide 34: Orientation Screen Lock Slideshow About Restore Defaults 34
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Slide 43: RSS limited to built-in feeds & do not auto-update Native-format titles must be purchased via Sony ® eConnect (no third-party vendors) Not all PDFs display well (need to be reformatted for smaller display) Audio playback severely impacts battery life Non-color display Pricey No indexes Can’t read during takeoff and landing Using in the tub is a bad idea 43
Slide 44: Speed up page turns Reduce instances of ghosting Whiter background Allow for sale of eBook by other vendors Full-text searching Improved battery life when using storage cards (The first two can be solved immediately but only by reducing battery life.) 44
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Slide 47: Rearranged controls Faster refresh rate 8-level grayscale (from Less ghosting 4) 192MB RAM Added ProDuo card slot .3” thick (-.2”) +20% contrast improvement 47
Slide 48: I’m paying 80% of list price of a book but not getting a physical object. In other words, I’m paying for the “right to read” a title. If I just wanted to read a title yet not own the book, I’d get it from the library for free? 48
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Slide 50: Michael Sauers msauers@nlc.state.ne.us http://travelinlibrarian.info/ http://del.icio.us/travelinlibrarian/sonyreader 50






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