E-books

When I given the topic about ebooks I was clue less abaout the ebooks. I was also pissed off too. My  attitude towards the topic hadn't paid me went! I had learnt one or two things about e-book , the readers, can I call it tools that we need to have, accessibility vs availability of ebook.The e- acquisition for ebooks and publisher house, vendor and aggregators ( whole challenges of having a middle man). The subcriptions, annual fees and copyright and licensing!!

Yep it can be seen as hussle but there are advantage on using ebooks

About E-books

E-books are books that are available to be read electronically on a variety of devices, including traditional computers, iPads, Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, Sony e-readers, iPhones, and more.  Sometimes e-audiobooks are also considered e-books. 
 http://library.columbia.edu/eresources/ebooks.html

Downloading and Reading on E-book Devices

 

Devices and Textual Formats:

• Amazon Kindle: PDF; Kindle format (.azw); Mobipocket (.mobi or .prc); Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX); HTML; TXT; RTF (doesn't support EPUB format)
• Barnes & Noble NOOK: PDF, EPUB, PDB, and NOOK format
• Sony Reader: PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, and BBeB 

   
Books

Find Books
Use the library catalog to find books in any UIC Library location:

• Library Catalog
• WorldCat Local – an alternative catalog search interface
• More about library book collections
  

Find E-books
E-books may also be found in the Library Catalog. After performing a catalog search, you may narrow your search to E-books by selecting "Electronic" and "Book" from the choices on the right side of the page. Or, try the new E-books search, below
www.library.uic.edu/home/collections/books



And the options that libraries now have for ebooks (in terms of content, interface, interoperability, etc.) are, by and large, piss-poor. I am deeply concerned about the fact that many libraries are increasing their collections of ebooks to the point where a huge chunk of their collection development purchases are ebooks. They provide a compelling model. In many cases, multiple students can read the same book at once. The books take less time and effort in terms of processing and take up no physical space at all. But the negatives, the uncertainties of where the ebook market is headed, and the current restrictions most ebook vendors have placed on their products often outweigh the benefits. That doesn’t mean we can bury our heads in the sand and ignore this huge trend, but I also agree strongly with Eli Neiburger at the Library Journal eBook Summit that libraries are screwed (watch his presentation from the Summit here and here) .http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2011/01/18/ebooks-and-libraries-a-stream-of-concerns/