ebooks

** eBook Reader: A portable electronic device that is designed mainly for the purpose of reading digital books. Every device ranges in differences for example, cost, battery life, screens, web browser, integrated dictionary and much more.**  **-Kindle(2007) -Nook(2009) -Cybook Orizon(2010) -eSlick(2010) -PocketBook(2010) These are just a few...** media type="youtube" key="ZKEaypYJbb4" height="315" width="560" align="center"
 * E-Book**  ** Definition: An E-book is basically an electronic version of a printed book.** **You can read them on an E-reader, smartphone or a laptop. A user can read, save, highlight, bookmark and annotate text.**
 * Introducing Google Ebooks **

**Advantages:**
 * **Stores more than one book on the device**
 * **You can download books, magazines and newspapers**
 * **The ability to resize the font to fit the screen**
 * **Purchases are delivered directly to your device after the users subscription**
 * **Going green - Less paper**
 * **Helpful for blind people**
 * **Built in dictionaries and pronunciation guides**
 * **Chapters can be delivered in sections**

** Disadvantages: **


 * ** No physical representation **
 * **Font issues- The quality of the fonts can lead to eyestrain**
 * **Lack of standard format**
 * **Ebook Piracy**
 * **Low quality of graphics**
 * **Cheaper hardware - Screens display only in black and white**


 * = ** Social/Ethical Concerns ** ||= ** Explanation ** ||
 * = Reliability ||= # Poor font resolution because of software and hardware ||
 * = Policies and Standards ||= # Protecting an author's copyright, piracy
 * 1) Encryption methods don't work on Ebooks (Encrypted documents can't be copied to another device ||
 * = Health Problems ||= # Eye straining ||
 * People and machines || # Takes time to get used to "Ebooking" ||

Copying an entire book is just the same as illegally downloading files such as MP3s. Authors are affected just as the music industry and the performers. **What do students think of switching to Ebooks?**
 * “It’s hard to flip through the pages and study…I would probably try it, but I don’t know if I’d like it,” Cody said. **

**Above quotes are taken from: [|Colleges becoming eBook Campuses]**  **[|Digital Education Revolution Inspires New Ebooks (2009)]** **Articles:** [|India University Cost-Cutting Deal With E-Text Publishers] (September 13. 2011) [|Kno Turns Textbooks 3D] (August 22. 2011) Bringing E-Books to African Schools: media type="youtube" key="K45DEANuVLE" height="315" width="560"
 * “It would be a lot simpler and a lot lighter…and you don’t have to read all the stuff you don’t need,” Tevin Reganandez, a sophomore linguistics major, said. **