1. What the eReaders can provide

2. October 2008 29 downloads
October 2009 85 downloads
October 2010 201 downloads
57% increase from 2009 to 2010

3.  AHML resident cardholders
 Any cardholder 12 years and up
 Reservable
 Two week checkout
 $1.00 a day fine

4.  eReader journey from Checkout to Shelves
 48 hour eReader turn around
 Checking email accounts
 Recruiting staff

6.  18 Kindle 2s
 1 Kindle DX
 1 Reference Kindle

7.  User agreements – no more
 Fiction/Nonfiction kindles – merged to one record
 Deal with large title lists for one record
 Ordering and administrative management easiest
 Excellent customer service

8.  Downloaded free ebooks – retained
 Downloaded book samples – removed
 Accidental losses of Home page
 Deregistered Kindles
 Physically broken Kindles
 2 Kindles have had to be replaced in 16 months
 When batteries run out the Kindle will need to be
replaced

10.  10 nooks
 1 Reference nook

11.  Works with Overdrive – big plus!
 Ordering and administrative management can be
time consuming
 Needs to be in contact with its account – battery
issues
 Excellent customer service

12.  Management not as time consuming
 Nooks have been de-registered
 3 nooks have had to be replaced since February – all
known issues

14.  10 Sony Readers (PRS 600 Touch)
 1 Reference Sony Reader

15.  Works with Overdrive – big plus!
 Ordering and administrative management can be
time consuming
 Managing very easy
 Excellent customer service

16.  PDF and ePub books don’t play nice w/Sony Reader
 Some complaints that the screen is blurry (touch
screen issue)
 Cleaning off notes/drawings very easy
 1 Sony Reader had to be replaced since February

17. Staff assigned yearly goal to
learn how to download eBooks
and eAudiobooks
Classes for the public
Download Saturdays in January

18.  All computers in our general computer area
will have Overdrive
 Color eReaders for children
 Suggest title for purchase

20.  Currently nook users can share titles
 Kindle users will soon be able to share titles
 6 Sony Readers can share an account
 6 Kindles can share an account

21.  Share our titles with Patron Kindles and nooks
 Share music from a library account
 Share movies from a library account