e-Book Formats and Devices Infographic

I’ve been researching e-Books for my library and an upcoming talk I’m giving at a conference and I’ve noticed that not all e-book formats are compatible with all devices. As a matter of fact, it seems that most devices have their own set of formats that it reads and these are rarely congruous with other readers. To help sort this all out I’ve taken a crack at creating my first infographic which displays the most popular devices used for reading e-Books and which of the most popular formats they can read. Please let me know if you think I should include anything else!

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9 Responses to “e-Book Formats and Devices Infographic”

  1. Paul Says:
    February 6th, 2012 at 10:38 am

    What is that third mystery iOS device in the graphic? I’d love to see the Kobo and Kobo Vox included.

  2. Oscar Feliciano Says:
    February 6th, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    There is no mini iPad as indicated in the graphic. Wishful thinking? spacer

  3. Cynthia Says:
    February 6th, 2012 at 6:21 pm

    How great! Can I use it at a workshop I am part of in March?

  4. Kelaine Mish Says:
    February 6th, 2012 at 7:55 pm

    Nice!! What software did you use to create the infographics?

  5. Ben Says:
    February 7th, 2012 at 4:41 pm

    Do you know if the new Nook Tablet falls in with the Nook Color or the Android category?

  6. Carlo Says:
    February 8th, 2012 at 8:25 am

    Don’t forget to consider DRM. Nook cannot read my DRM’d ePUB files from Fictionwise that I bought for my old Palm eReader. Thankfully, my Android device can.

  7. Pat K. Says:
    February 8th, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    Hello. This is what I was hoping to do, but you have done it so well already. Is is okay if I use this graphic at my library ?(Henrietta Hankin Branch Library, Chester County Library System, Pa)

    Thanks

    Pat Kuhn
    Adult Services Librarian

  8. Doug Says:
    February 8th, 2012 at 4:39 pm

    NOOK doesn’t read eReader, except for the original NOOK now called NOOK 1st Edition (the one with the separate color touchscreen).

    No NOOK models read HTML.

    The NOOK models are basically EPUB readers. They do have PDF capability, but it’s not something you’d use except out of desperation.

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    It’s really not all that confusing. There’s Kindle, and there’s everybody else. Everybody else reads EPUB. EPUB is pretty much the preferred format for everything except Kindle.

    Everything can read PDF, but PDF is a page-layout format and most PDF pages are laid out for letter-size paper; they’re very difficult to deal with on a small screen. I wouldn’t want to regularly use any small-screen e-reader for PDFs unless those PDFs were laid out for the small screen (I believe BeBooks does that).

    Mobipocket and eReader are basically dead formats. Mobi is useful for loading non-Amazon e-books onto a Kindle, but that’s about it.

  9. DameofBelair Says:
    February 9th, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    Include IPad, and check out Calibre Ebook management systems

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