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Libraries and eBook Readers
Virgil FullerHartland, VT and Howe Library and Lebanon Public Libraries, NH
Listen Up! Vermont Coordinator for the Green Mountain Library Consortium
Laura CrainAssociate Director for Collection Services
Saint Michael’s [email protected]
May 24, 2011Vermont Library Conference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x4BK_2VULCU
Have you ever read an eBook “cover to cover”?
1 2
0%0%
1. Yes
2. No
Why should libraries care about eBook Readers?
eBook Sales How does Vermont
rank?
Barnes & Nob le
th ree month per iod
beg inn ing December 2010
th rough February 2011
Source : Smashwords data
Vermont ranked 50th out of states for percentage of U.S. eBook sales.
Per capita eBook consumption:
Vermont ranked 30th.
At the end of 2010
Association of American Publishers
eBook sales were 9% of total consumer book sales
For the month of February 2011
Association of American Publishers
eBooks ranked as the #1 format
among all categoriesof trade publishing
eBook bestsellersCombined bestsellers
Do you personally own an ereader or device with an e-reader app?
1 2 3 4
0% 0%0%0%
1. I own an ereader:Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony….
2. A device -tablet, smartphone, ipod with an e-reader app that I installed
3. I own both 1 & 2
4. NO!
New York Times, Feb. 5, 2011
E-readers catch younger eyes and find room in the backpack
Does the Library that you work in circulate ereaders or tablets to patrons?
1 2 3
0% 0%0%
1. Yes
2. No
3. I don’t work in a library
Saint Michael’s Kindles: Costs
Three 2nd generation @ $360 each
3 bags to store devices, manuals & cords @ $30 each
Total cost for devices and bags: $1170
Each Kindle contains 145 titles
Total content cost: $820
Total cost: $1985
Available for checkout September 2009
The Nuts & Bolts of AcquisitionsAfter downloading content: remove credit card infoCirculation period: 28 days
Kindles at Saint Mike’s
A Kindle book can be put on up to 6 devices
Kindles with themes:
Gender StudiesEnvironmentPeace & Justice
Themes were a flop
So… we made them all the same and distributed the titles on all the Kindles
Cost per use
Kindles$1985 ÷ 36 circulations =
$55 per use
New print books at St. Mike’s.50 circulation rate in 1st year of acquisition
$75 (avg. cost of academic book) $75 ÷ .50 circ =
$150 per use
A year and a half later…
Broken, Lost, Stolen
Curriculum-based
EN 385Technotextualities:Digital Literary Studies
taught by Professor Maura D’Amore
NOOKcolor
March 2011 purchased:
NOOKcolor: $249
2 yr protection: $55
Screen protector: $17
Bag: $10
15 children’spicture eBooks: $134
Total cost to date: $465
Do you think ereaders are greener than print books?
1 2 3 4
0% 0%0%0%
1. Yes
2. No
3. It depends
4. Don’t know
“Ereader devices abound”
2010 Consumer Electronics Show
Ereaders are so last year
Summing up the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show--Library Journal, Feb. 15, 2011
The Trouble with E-Readers by David Pogue Scientific American Magazine, November 2010
Television didn’t kill radio as everyone expected.
E-mail didn’t wipe out paper mail, either; the paperless office may never arrive.
For the same reason, e-books won’t kill paper books.
The Future
Portability
Device neutral / Device agnostic
Tablets - iPad, BlackBerry, Galaxy, Amazon?
Phones
eReader apps
One device – many apps
Sharing - Lendle / Library lending
In the cloud
Multifunctional touch screens
Sources
Are E-readers Greener Than Books? (2009). Green: A Blog About Energy and the Environment. Aug. 31, 2009. < http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/are-e-readers-greener-than-books>.
Bosman, J. (2011). E-Readers Catch Younger Eyes and Go in Backpacks. New York Times, Feb. 4, 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/books/05ebooks.html>.
Coker, M. (2011). Where U.S. Ebook Buyers Live. March 29, 2011. <http://blog.smashwords.com/2011/03/where-us-ebook-buyers-live.html>
Pogue, D. (2010). The Trouble with E-Readers. Scientific American Magazine, Nov. 2010
Rapp, D. (2011). Tablet Crazy. Library Journal, Feb. 15, 2011. “Review of the Day: It’s a Book by Lane Smith.” A Fuse #8 Production. School
Library Journal, Nov. 24, 2010. <http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2010/11/24/review-of-the-day-its-a-book-by-lane-smith/>.
Sibley, L. (2009). Cleantech Group Report: E-Readers a Win for Carbon Emissions. Aug. 19, 2009. < http://cleantech.com/news/4867/cleantech-group-finds-positive-envi>.
