A just-released study by The Survey of Academic Libraries, a benchmarking report published by Primary Research Group Inc. says that “Spending on electronic books by academic libraries has reached a cumulative total of 11% of their spending on print books, and will reach 20% by 2011.”
Wow, that’s interesting. It would be great to see schools and especially textbook publishers follow this lead and make more core curriculum ebooks available for our students.
Ebooks
I am interested in learning how to create E-books. Do you do a class on this or is there a site that starts from “ground zero” for learning this skill?
We do offer workshops on this. Most are contracted for by a group of 10 or more at a school or district. Email [email protected] if you’d like more info on that.
To get started creating ebooks, the first thing you need to think about is what ebook reader you’ll be using. (See various options here.)
A few we like are MobiPocket, Plucker, eReader and Microsoft Reader (PPC only). Each has their own way create ebooks. Here are some links to get you started:
MobiPocket – MobiPocket Creator (now free)
Plucker – See directions on creating a Plucker ebook from a Word document here.
eReader – There is a free way to do this with
DropBook and an easier way using eBook Studio, which is software you can buy
Microsoft Reader – There are a couple ways to make ebooks for this program, but the easiest is a free Word plug-in
Hope this gets you started! Creating ebooks is a lot of fun.