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The Many Faces of Digital Books�in the Corporate Library

Merrill Chertok

Site Libraries Manager

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180,000+ Customers Worldwide

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Customs Delays

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Anytime

Anywhere

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Tethered Access - no longer the best option

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Download Limitations

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  • Restriction on number of times document is downloaded

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  • Restriction on number of devices registered per account

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  • One account per customer

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Lending Limitations

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  • Barnes & Noble Nook (“LendMe”) – share once for 14 days with other Nook owners

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  • Amazon Kindle – share only with Kindles on the same user account

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  • Sony Reader – share only with Readers on the same user account

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Bulk Hardware Purchase?

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Format Compatibility

DEVICE

EPUB

PDF

MOBI

MP3

Other

Amazon Kindle

No

Yes

Yes

No

AZW (proprietary)

Sony Reader

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

BBeB (proprietary), Personal documents, blogs, RSS newsfeeds, JPEG, AAC audio

Barnes & Noble Nook

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

PDB, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, OGG

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Format Compatibility

DEVICE

EPUB

PDF

MOBI

MP3

Other

Amazon Kindle

No

Yes

Yes

No

AZW (proprietary)

Sony Reader

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

BBeB (proprietary), Personal documents, blogs, RSS newsfeeds, JPEG, AAC audio

Barnes & Noble Nook

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

PDB, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, OGG

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Needs Assessment Survey

Do you currently own an e-reader device that you use to meet business objectives? Yes = 2,442 (14%)

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Needs Assessment Survey

What e-reader model do you use to meet business objectives?

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Suggestion #1:

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Examine all new content for format compatibility!

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Suggestion #2: Buy e-readers for testing

$139-$189 $149-$249 $129-$299

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% of Total Circulation

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Questions? Comments?

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Merrill Chertok

merrillc@microsoft.com

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