The document provides an overview of e-book formats, DRM, software, hardware, publishers, aggregators, and vendors involved in the e-book ecosystem. It includes a table comparing common e-book file formats such as EPUB, PDF, HTML, and formats used by specific readers. It also outlines several digital rights management (DRM) systems, e-book reading software, and popular e-reading devices. Finally, it maps the relationships between various entities in the e-book supply chain including publishers, aggregators that provide e-books to libraries, and vendors that help libraries acquire content.

1. E-Book Bootcamp
Basic Training for Libraries
{ Steven R. Harris
University of New Mexico

2. OverDrive
Safari
Credo
Android
Google Books
3M
.azw W.T. Cox
Kobo
Open Library
ePub JSTOR Amazon
Calibre
Adobe Digital Editions .lit
Stanza
Nook
FairPlay
.rtf iRex YBP
HTML
iBooks
Sony Reader
Swets
MyiLibrary
Ovid GVRL Coutts PDF
Kindle
Mobi
txtr
Topaz
iPad
EBL Books24x7 ebrary
Project Gutenberg
Internet Archive Adept
Ebsco DRM
Project Muse

3. Format DRM Software Hardware
¤ .azw ¤ Adept ¤ Adobe ¤ iPad
¤ ePub ¤ Amazon Digital ¤ iRex
¤ HTML ¤ B&N
Editions ¤ Kindle
¤ .lit ¤ FairPlay
¤ BlueFire ¤ Kobo
¤ Mobi ¤ Calibre ¤ Nook
¤ PDF ¤ Stanza ¤ Sony Reader
¤ .rtf ¤ txtr
Aggregators : EBL ¤ ebrary ¤ Ebsco ¤ OverDrive ¤ 3M
Vendors : Coutts ¤ Swets ¤ W. T. Cox ¤ YBP

4. Format  DRM  Software  Hardware
~
Publisher  Aggregator  Vendor

5. Format

6. File Format

7. XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1.0">
<xs:element name="export">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="metadata" type="metadataType"/>
<xs:element name="structure" type="structureType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="version" use="required">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:decimal"/>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:attribute>
<xs:attribute name="type" use="required">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string"/>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:attribute>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:complexType name="metadataType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="documentid"/>
<xs:element ref="title"/>
<xs:element ref="created_by"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

8. .azw
.epub
.html
.lit
.mobi
.pdf
.rtf
Format

9. ebookbootcamp.cool
Format

10. .azw
.epub
.html
.pdf
Format

11. Comparison of e-book formats: Wikipedia

15. DRM

16. DRM digital rights management

17. Prevent Copying
Prevent Sharing
Datestamp
DRM

18. Adobe
Amazon
Apple
DRM

19. Software

20. Adobe Digital Editions
BlueFire
Calibre
iBook
Kindle
Stanza
txtr
Software

21. Embedded
Apps
Include DRM?
Software

22. Read
Highlight
Annotate
Dictionary
Conversion
Software

23. Software?

30. Hardware

31. Hardware

32. iPad
iRex
Kindle
Kobo
Nook
Sony Reader
Smartphones
PCs
Tablets
Hardware

33. iPad
Kindle
Nook
Sony Reader
Hardware

34. E-Ink
b&w
low glare
Full Color
backlit
multiple apps
Hardware

35. iPad
Format = ePub, PDF, HMTL
DRM = Apple (& Adobe)
Software = many
Hardware

36. Kindle
Format = .azw, PDF
DRM = Amazon
Software = Kindle
E-Ink display
Hardware

37. Nook
Format = ePub, PDF, HMTL
DRM = B&N (& Adobe)
Software = many
Hardware

38. Sony Reader
Format = ePub, PDF
DRM = Adobe
Software = Sony
E-Ink Display
Hardware

39. Smartphones!
Hardware

40. Many
Publishers

41. Aggregators

42. EBL
ebrary
Ebsco
Google
OverDrive
3M
Aggregators

48. Vendors

49. Coutts
Swets
W.T. Cox
YBP
Vendors

51. Format  DRM  Software  Hardware
~
Publisher  Aggregator  Vendor

52. OverDrive
Safari
Credo
Android
3M
.azw W.T. Cox
Kobo
Open Library
Own
Privacy
.lit
Calibre
Download Stanza YBP
FairPlay
.rtf iRex
Nook
HTML
iBooks
Sony Reader
Swets
MyiLibrary
Ovid GVRL Coutts PDF
Kindle Rent txtr
Topaz
iPad
License
EBL Project Gutenberg
ebrary
Internet Archive Adept
Ebsco DRM
Project Muse

53. Questions?
Steven R. Harris
{ srharris@unm.edu
@srharris19