A general introduction on Kindle and iBook, and simple way to create your ebook

1. eBook: Kindle and iBook
General Introduction
Vincent Hung
LTTC

2. Why eBook
• On the one hand, the broad move from the now centuries-
long dominance of writing to the new dominance of the image
and, on the other hand, the move from the dominance of the
medium of the book to the dominance of the medium of the
screen. (Kress, p.1, 2003)
• With the introduction of Kindle and iBook, our reading habit is
shifting from reading books to viewing screen
• While reading ebook, can we highlight points, and make notes
as in reading printed materials?
• Can we produce our own eBook?

3. Sharing
• Viewing eBook with
• kindle in iPad
• iBook in iPad
• How to create eBook with
• Mac
• PC

4. Kindle e-reading
• Kindle is a ebook reading device created by
Amazon for reading eBook sold by Amazon
• You can view the Amazon eBook by Kindle
device, by Kindle reader app for iPod Touch/
iPhone/iPad, or by Kindle for PC
• one eBook can be downloaded to six
computing devices such as Kindle for PC, iPod
Touch, iPhone or iPad
• While reading, you can have dictionary, google
search and wikipedia, note and highlight

5. My iPad Kindle App and library

6. While reading Kindle, you can
highlight, make note and share to
Facebook or Twitter
SearchDictionary, Google or Wikipedia

7. Kindle e-reading
• All highlights, notes and
bookmarks can be synchronized
to all your other computing/
mobile devices installed with
Kindle reader
• You can download all your
highlights and notes on specific
device with Kindle reader

8. iBook
• An Apple App: ebook reader, that
can be downloaded to iPod Touch,
iPhone and iPad
• You can purchase a lot of eBooks
provided by iTunes Store, and read
the eBook via iBook in iPod Touch,
iPhone or iPad

9. My iPad iBook library

10. While reading iBook, you can
Highlight with
different colours
Copy, Define, Highlight, Make note ,
and Search Dictionary, Google and
Wikipedia

11. Create your own eBook
• With Kindle device, you can convert pdf file
into eBook format stored in Kindle library
• For iBook, it is easy to create eBook by
Pages in Mac environment, or Calibre in PC
• Calibre is a freeware that can convert pdf
file to ePub, a common eBook format

12. My new reading experience
• first, download Journal paper in pdf format
• copy the content of the pdf and paste to
Pages at MacBook
• output Pages file to ePub file
• email ePub file to yourself
• open the ePub file at iPad with iBook
• highlight and make note while reading

13. Conclusion
• eBook gives you a new experience of
reading