eReader Workshop

What to Read:
Popular novels –mostly text, B&W, no pictures, purchase on line, borrow from library
Classic Literature – mostly B&W text, some illustrations
Manuals – may include illustrations, B&W and color, hyperlinks
Comic books (Graphic novels) – color, mostly illustrations
Magazines – color, complex layouts
Art books – color, complex layouts, hyperlinks
Nature guides – color, complex layouts, hyperlinks
Books of your own creation

File formats
TXT simple text without formatting
PDF Portable Document Format, very portable, universal
EPub one of the first eReader formats, resizeable and reflowable text
LIT Microsoft’s eBook format
DRM Digital rights management (access control technologies e.g. copyright)
MP3 music

E-Readers
Sony’s Daily Edition and New Edition PDF and EPub
Kindle (Amazon) Mobipocket (MOBI), AZW, MP3 format
Nook (Barnes and Noble) PDF, EPub, JPG, MP3 format
iPad, iPhone (iBooks app)
Android Tablet and phones (Viewsonic, Archos, Pandigital, …)
Kobo (Borders) ePub, PDF, Adobe DRM

Project Gutenberg
33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device.

Lending e-Books

Google Cloud Library (eBooks):
Built on open standards, Google eBooks is compatible with most e-reading devices. By vaporizing its archive into a cloud, Google eBooks lets you shop from a smart phone as easily as a desktop—and you can shop with brio, because bookcases of classics are free. Even better, you can read from an iPad as easily as a laptop, and read until your eyes are red because the three million-book library—and growing every day

E Reader Utilities
Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/

Online resources
Good eReader  http://goodereader.com/blog/
Liy2Go   http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/author/authors.html#p
Munseys  http://www.munseys.com/site/home
Wowio  http://www.wowio.com/index.asp
LibriVox  http://librivox.org/
Project Gutenberg  http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page