This is the presentation from my 20-minute talk presented each day at the AARP Life@50+ Las Vegas Tech Ambassadors booth. Mike lee easy_ebooks_talk_v2_may_2013.ppt

1. Finding and Enjoying Electronic Books
Mike Lee, AARP.org
Life@50+ 2013, May 30 – June 1, Las Vegas
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2. Change has come to owning and reading books

3. Buy both paper and electronic books online

4. Buy books on the e-reader

5. Or download them from your computer

6. Two eReaders, one account – For the price of dinner out

7. Use e-readers indoors and out

8. E-readers flanked by smart phones and tablets

9. 1. Amazon (except if you have EPUB format)
2. Kobo
3. B&N or Google
Most versatile ebook sources

10. Don’t have an e-reader? No problem.

11. Buy and access an ebook
on device or web site here
Ebook Access Across Color Tablet Devices Via Apps – May 2013 v1
B&W reader devices generally cannot load apps, but books not copy protected might be transferrable.
Amazon
Kindle
Windows
Surface
Amazon
Kindle HD
Apple iOS
Kobo Arc
Tablet
Sony
Tablet
Google
Android
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D E V I C E SD E V I C E S
DIGITALBOOKSTORES
DIGITALBOOKSTORES
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Read ebook with
app on this device
Read it in this
device’s web browser
All of these digital
bookstores except Apple
support reading on
desktop PC or Mac.
Apple
iBook
Kobo
Books
Sony
Reader
Google
Play Books
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Noble
B&N
Nook HD
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Read ebook with
app downloaded
from Google Play
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By Mike Lee, AARP

12. Search for ebooks on Google

13. Search for ebooks on Google

14. Get book recommendations from a community
http://www.goodreads.com

15. Find and download free e-books
http://www.bookbub.com

16. Project Gutenberg for the classics
http://www.gutenberg.org

17. Borrow e-books from your local library

18. 1. Be lighter on your feet
2. Carry a more books than you can read
3. Save a buck or two
4. Mark your favorite parts
5. Customize your device for your needs
Reasons you’ll love ebooks

19. Some more links to useful things
• Calibre e-book management software (free)
http://calibre-ebook.com
• Blue Leaf service scans your paper books to ebook format
http://www.blueleaf.com
• Good e-Reader is one of my favorite blogs for news on e-
reader and e-book products
http://www.goodereader.com
• 2013 e-Reader comparison site
http://ebook-reader-review.toptenreviews.com/

20. Download this presentation from Slideshare

21. Questions
?

22. Twitter: @curiouslee