Transcript Kindles at Whitefriars College

Creative Communication 9/05/2011
Session One: EBooks - show and tell
Kindle – an electronic mobile device known as an eReader and is sold by Amazon.
Kindle version 3 is the latest and can be purchased with Wi-Fi only or Wi-Fi and 3G.
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eBook – is short for electronic book. eBooks are electronic forms of text that have been
“published” in a digital format that displays on specialized reading devices, smart
phones or computers. They are published in a variety of formats.
Kindle 3 Supported Formats – Formats that you can read or listen to on your Kindle are listed
below:
•Kindle (.AZW, .AZW1, .AZW2)
•Text (.TXT)
•PDF (.PDF)
•Unprotected Mobipocket (.MOBI, .PRC)
•Audible (.AA, .AAX)
•MP3 (.MP3)
A conversion application like Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/ can convert other formats so
they can be read on the Kindle. According to the Calibre manual, the following format types
can be converted to a Kindle format:
(MOBI): CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF,
TCR, TXT.
Amazon also offers a paid conversion service.
• There is a very good guide to both of these on the eBook reader blog
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2010/07/11/kindle-format-conversion-guide/
What can you do on the Kindle?
• Download and read e-books
(Store up to 3500 titles)
• Access a dictionary/thesaurus while
reading.
• Bookmark
• Write notes & email those notes or
download them to your PC
• Highlight
• Search the text
• Upload documents (PDF)
• Change the typeface, line spacing,
words per line and the size of the text.
• Rotate the screen
• Upload documents (PDF)
• Enable text to speech (change voice male
or female , change the speed of voice) only
with some titles.
• Sort your titles by title, author, most
recent or collections
• Search the text
• Listen to audio books
• Email (each device has its own dedicated
email address)
• Browser access (experimental)
• Listen to MP3 (experimental)
Kindles @ Whitefriars College
• We have 16 Kindles Version 3 with Wi-Fi & 3G in our library.
We purchased the 3G devices for our school due to the restrictions on our school
network firewall. You should discuss this with your IT department before you
decide what to purchase.
• You need to set up an Amazon account and will need a credit card to
purchase the Kindles and the eBooks.
• When purchasing you must designate that you are buying from outside of
USA and nominate Australia.
The Kindle V3
Wi-Fi only is
USD139
The Kindle V3
Wi-Fi & 3G is
USD189
• Amazon only allows 6 devices to be registered
to any one account at a time and to
simultaneously share the eBooks that have
been purchased by that account.
• If you plan on having more than 6 Kindles then
you will need to have more than one account
with Amazon.
• We have 3 accounts with Amazon and because
Amazon requires a different email address for
each account we have set up a series of Gmail
accounts to use with the different Amazon
accounts.
• Due to this restriction of 6 devices per account we decided
to establish a set of 6 Kindles based on a preselected genre.
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Set 1 – Classic Literature pre WW2
Set 2 – Classic Literature post WW2
Set 3 – Science Fiction and Fantasy
Further sets may be crime, adventure and mystery.
We used different coloured covers to easily indicate the
genre/theme.
Kindle Covers
• The Kindle needs a cover to protect it.
• Many of the covers available come with elastic corners
but we felt that these were not robust enough and chose
a Leather cover from Trendy Digital (on Amazon) that
encases the Kindle.
• The Leather Covers are mostly around USD25-35 mark.
TrendyDigital MaxGuard Plus Case for the Amazon Kindle 3
How to order eBooks and get them onto your Kindle?
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You can do this from you PC/Laptop or on your Kindle by logging into your Amazon account and
then searching and purchasing the eBooks that you want.
To purchase via the Kindle you have to firstly register the Kindle to the Amazon account.
To register the Kindle to the Amazon account that you would like to download the eBooks from
you log in to your Amazon Account just as you would on your PC or laptop by inputting user
name and password on the registration page found in SETTINGS in MENU.
Deregistering the Kindle = No shopping at Amazon!
• When the device is deregistered it means that the device cannot talk to
its’ Amazon account and no account information is held on the device and
therefore users are unable to “go shopping”.
• This is how we store all our Kindles as there is no need for them to be
registered to an account, for them to be used.
• All titles and content already downloaded to the Kindle remains on the
device even after you deregister the Kindle.
• It is only necessary to register the Kindles to our Amazon Account when
we wish to download and sync any new eBooks we have purchased.
To Deregister:
• Simply go to MENU then SETTINGS. Registration is the first listing and
deregister is underlined.
• Remember that the eBook titles are always held in the Amazon Account
that it was purchased with and can be removed from the Kindle if not
needed and then added again at a later date if need be.
• At Whitefriars a Device and account information
procedure document is kept on our intranet so all
library staff can access. This lists all the device
information (i.e. serial number, MAC Address
etc.), device name, WFC Barcode, and which
Amazon account/Gmail account it is linked to.
• Amazon has an excellent Kindle Support Page and
the Kindle comes preloaded with a Kindle Users
Guide which I recommend reading when you first
purchase your Kindle.
Cataloguing in AIMS:
Acquisitions
• An acquisition record is made for both the Kindle and the eBook.
• When we purchase the Kindle or the eBook on Amazon I print a copy of the
invoice to send to accounts to with the credit card statement.
• We have chosen to BARCODE the Kindle only as this is what will be borrowed out
to students and staff and the Kindle will be preloaded with a selection of titles
according to genre or theme.
Cataloguing in AIMS:
Monograph Record for Kindle
We catalogue the Kindles and these are
given a WFC barcode and in each
Monograph record of the Kindle the TITLE
will reflect the device name i.e.
Kindle #1, Kindle #2 etc.
• We created a medium EBOOK.
• In our notes we have added –
Cost in USD,
Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free
3G + Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite, Latest
Generation Version 3
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Cataloguing eBooks
• The eBooks are not given an individual monograph record instead in each
monograph record for each individual Kindle, a TOC (Table of Contents) is
added which lists all the eBooks that are loaded onto that particular
Kindle. This includes title, author and subjects.
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Each eBook title has “ (Kindle) “ added to the end of the book title so it is
immediately obvious from the OPAC that the title you have searched is on a
Kindle.
This is another reason we decided to keep a set of Kindles to a particular genre or
type of book as it would involve a lot of work to keep changing the table of
contents for each Kindle.
Borrowing:
At this stage our Kindles have only been borrowed
by the VCE Literature class.
Prior to the students borrowing the Kindles:
• A letter was sent home and parents were advised
that Whitefriars College would expect that the
Kindle is given the same physical care and
security as their notebooks.
• The parents were asked to sign a permission form
to allow their son to borrow the Kindle.
• At this stage we have not borrowed to other
students but plan to in the next month or so.
• The Kindles can be borrowed for 2 weeks.
Borrowing (cont.) :
• Prior to the Kindle being borrowed it is
imperative that the device is checked that it is
deregistered.
• We also turn off the Wi-Fi as this uses the
battery even when the Kindle is not being
used.
And just a note to finish on:
• eBook Survey for Libraries:
In the Summer of 2010 Library Journal and School Library Journal
(USA) conducted an eBook survey for libraries.
Does your library offer eBooks?
•94% of academic libraries offer eBooks
•33% of school libraries offer eBooks
•72% of public libraries offer eBooks
Read more of the survey which has been summarised in a blog
post by Sue Polanka
www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/?p=1914
The notes for this presentation includes a list of other resources
found online that you may find useful. The notes and a copy of
this Power Point will be available on the SLAV website.
Ron Callari Social Media, Semantic Technology, Digitial Media & Trends Writer
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