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WHAT WE WILL COVER

WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT MAINSTREAM E-READERS?

TECHNOLOGY: COMPETITION AND CHAOS

SOME GENERAL ACCESSIBILITY COMMENTS

BEWILDERING NUMBER OF FILE TYPES

TWO THINGS ARE DIFFERENT THIS TIME

ARIZONA STATE AND KINDLE

COMMITMENT LETTER BY COLLEGE PRESIDENTS

AIM ADVISORY COMMISSION

PROMISE OF ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY

DESIRABLE/REQUIRED ATTRIBUTES OF E-BOOK READERS

KINDLE

KINDLE (features #1)

KINDLE (features #2)

KINDLE HOT KEYS

READING WITH THE KINDLE FOR PC

GETTING E-BOOKS FOR THE KINDLE

BLIO

BLIO (features - #1)

BLIO (features - #2)

BLIO HOT KEYS

READING WITH BLIO

GETTING E-BOOKS FOR BLIO

ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS PREVIEW

ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS (features)

ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS HOT KEYS

READING WITH ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS

GETTING E-BOOKS FOR ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS

IBOOKS 2 (Textbooks)

IBOOKS 2 (features)

GOOGLE EBOOKS

GOOGLE EBOOKS (features)

PROBLEM OF UNIQUE PROPRIETARY FORMATS

CONVERTING AMONG E-BOOK FORMATS

ROBOBRAILLE ONLINE CONVERSION SERVICE

CALIBRE

CREATING EPUB DOCUMENTS FROM OPEN OFFICE

EPUB3 AND NEXT DAISY

FUTURE OF E-BOOK FORMATS AND E-READERS

RESOURCES