ebooks are for everyone by sara stuart

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E-BOOKS FOR KIDS AND TEENS AND EVERYONE ELSE!

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Presentation by Sara Stuart at the Librarian's Luncheon by the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library on August 8, 2014.

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Page 1: Ebooks are for Everyone by Sara Stuart

E-BOOKS FOR KIDS AND TEENS

A N D E V E RYO N E E L S E !

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WHAT ARE E-BOOKS?

e-bookˈēˌbook/noun• an electronic version of a printed book that can be

read on a computer or handheld device designed specifically for this purpose.

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DO KIDS PREFER E-BOOKS?

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DO KIDS KNOW HOW

TO USE E-READERS ?

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DO ADULTS KNOW HOW TO USE E-READERS?

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ARE E-BOOKS WORSE FOR KIDS

THAN PRINT BOOKS?ARE THEY WORSE FOR TEENS AND

ADULTS?

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DO KIDS RETAIN AS MUCH INFORMATION FROM E-BOOKS

AS PRINT BOOKS?

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SOME PROS AND CONS

Tech literacy and the

digital divide

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SOME PROS AND CONS

Lack of Standardizatio

n

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SOME PROS AND CONS

Built-in dictionary

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SOME PROS AND CONS

Lending books and digital

rights management

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SOME PROS AND CONS

Weight and text size

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SOME PROS AND CONS

Weight, text size, and updates

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SOME PROS AND CONS

No matter the format, reading

continues to have the same

importance

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E-BOOKS ARE FOR EVERYONE