Presented at SunGard Summit 2010 Presented by Dr. Susan C. Hines, Director of Instructional Technology Delta State University

1. eBook rEvolution Presented by: Dr. Susan C. Hines, Director Delta State University April 14, 2010 Session ID 1184

2. Session Description 2 Session ID 1184 For the last few years, Amazon, Sony, Barnes and Noble, and Apple have renewed the reading publics’ interest in ebooks. The creation of comfortable and convenient devices (Kindles, Readers, Nooks, iPads) that allow for the easy purchasing, storing and manipulation of digital texts have caught the attention of some serious bibliophiles. When it takes just a few days to convert a first-edition owning English professor (from paper to plastic), the power of the technology is self-evident. The power to offer students huge savings on printed textbook costs is also self-evident, but, unfortunately, rarely pursued on college and university campuses. This presentation will examine the reasons why ebook technologies are not more widely adopted on campus; it will also outline a few plans that may assist individuals, departments, and institutions in moving toward less expensive, more efficient paperless solutions.

3. Reading Devices This template was created in Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2007® Sample slides with instructions have been added for you as a guide The rules of etiquette slide is optional – feel free to edit or delete 3 Session ID 1184 Barnes & Noble Amazon Kindle Nook Sony Apple iPad Reader

4. Bookstores and Repositories This template was created in Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2007® Sample slides with instructions have been added for you as a guide The rules of etiquette slide is optional – feel free to edit or delete 4 Session ID 1184

5. Formats and File Types This template was created in Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2007® Sample slides with instructions have been added for you as a guide The rules of etiquette slide is optional – feel free to edit or delete 5 Session ID 1184 .pdb .rtf .mobi .html .txt .azw .pkg .lrf .pdf .rb .epub

7. More booksellers and vendors

8. A variety of supported formats

9. Near-instant delivery

10. Lower book and textbook prices

11. Free ebooks in the public domain

12. Portable -- devices and computer files

13. Multi-platform, redundancy

14. Customizable (resizing, back-lighting)

15. Media facilitation (hypertext, hypermedia)

16. Concordance- and search-ready

17. Built-ins (dictionary, screen-reader)

18. Cross-reading and annotating

19. May be better for the environment

21. Proliferation of buying and format options

22. Discomfort with/mistrust of new technologies

23. Textbook availbility

24. Pedagogy and citation issues

25. Academic freedom issues

26. Student behavior issues

27. Copyright and authorship concerns

28. Role of university library

29. University bookstore earnings

30. eBook durability

31. Changing technologies

32. May be worse for the environment

34. Education in a Bad Economy 9 Session ID 1184 University Tuition UniversityFunding

35. Mitigating Student Expenses 10 Session ID 1184 University Tuition Student Textbooks

36. Highs and Lows 11 Session ID 1184 $100.00 New $50.00 Used Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. $32.00 Rented $0.00 eBook

37. Talking to Faculty 12 Session ID 1184 Some faculty members may be using an ebook reading device already. It’s good to identify thesepeople. They are already sold on electronic texts. Just ask them what they’re reading and how much money they’re saving. What texts are served up on your ereading device? Others can be hostile. The book is a venerable artifact, after all -- the key to education as we know it.

38. Disciplined Numbers 13 Session ID 1184 The table below reflects what typical English majors with a communications minor might spend on their discipline-related textbooks in the course of a four-year undergraduate degree. Students buying mostly new textbooks spend more than $1,000 than their ereading counterparts.

39. Reading On the Monitor 14 Session ID 1184 Most of us are already experienced ereaders, though we read differently here, at our desks, in front of our computer screens. The multi-tasking, Internet-connected computer promotes an interrupted, surface reading rather than a solitary, deep reading.

40. Questions and Answers 15 Session ID 1184

41. Survey and Contact Information 16 Session ID 1184 Thank you for your time and interest! Please complete the online class evaluation form: Session ID 1184. Dr. Susan C. Hines shines@deltastate.edususan.hines@sungardhe.com SunGard, the SunGard logo, the Open Digital Campus, Banner, Luminis, and PowerCAMPUS are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. © 2009 SunGard. All rights reserved. © 2010 SunGard. All rights reserved.