eBooks

eBooks

eBooks are a relatively new form of technology that allows people to read a book, but you read the book with a piece of hardware or online.  It is “simply” reading a book online. There are some sites that you can go to that have books that are specifically ready for eBooks that you can buy or download.

As well as being able to buy an eBook, a lot of Libraries these days will have a link where you can download and in a word, borrow it. However with these links, you have to have the right software and because eBooks are relatively new, there may be problems with “borrowing” downloading a book from a Library.

There are a few devices that you can use to download your books onto:

·         Kindle

·         Nook

·         CyBook

·         KOBO

·         Libre

·         Franklin eBookMan

·         EasyReader

·         Kolin

·         Hiebook

·         RCA REB 1100

After you have purchased an eBook hardware there are a few websites you can go to purchase eBooks:

1.      http://www.ebooks.com/ - eBooks.com

 

2.      http://www.bookworld.com.au/  - BookWorld

 

3.      http://www.dymocks.com.au/Google-eBooks/Google-eBooks.aspx  - Dymocks

 

4.      http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/ebooks/ebooks/45?gclid=CL_0stD36LICFQdepQod4xgAhA – Angus and Robertson

 

5.      http://www.apple.com/au/apps/ibooks/?cid=wwa-au-kwg-features-0001 – Apple (iPod)

Podcasts

Podcast

Podcasts are a special type of media that include both audio and visual. They are very similar to a type of “News cast”. Podcasts are short videos that are shown on a webpage as a video or an audio feed where you can tell people more information on a product, show how a game is played. As mentioned before they are like a news update online.

Podcasts are relatively only being setup in the last decade. They were invented around the sometime as when iPods first started to come out and were originally only going to be used by iPods and the term “Podcast” was first termed by Ben Hamersley in “The Guardian” back in 2004.

Below are lists of programs that allow you to edit and create Podcasts:

Propaganda
ePodcast Produce
WebPod Studio
Podcast Studio
Audacity
Hipcast
PodProducer
Evoca
Podcast Wizard
WildVoice Studio

1) Gigafide 2008, How to create a Podcast, video, YouTube, 23 March, viewed 3 October 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hrBbczS9I0

2) TechMedia Networks 2012, 2012 Best Podcast Software Comparisons and Review, viewed 3 October 2012.
<http://podcast-software-review.toptenreviews.com/>

3) Wikipedia 2012, Podcasts, viewed 3 October 2012.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast>