Section 1: Introduction
A Quick Tour of Your eBook
What Is an eBook?
What Are eBook Editions?
How Do I Buy More eBook Editions?
Where Are My eBooks Stored?
What Can I Do with My eBook?
What Do I Do Next?
This chapter gives you a quick tour of your new eBook: what it is, what it does, and what its main features are.
What Is an eBook?
The eBook is a portable electronic reading device that you can use at home, at the office, or on the road. With your eBook, you can read a wide variety of books, periodicals, technical manuals, corporate papers and other documents that are available in eBook Editions.
What Are eBook Editions?
eBook Editions are highly readable electronic versions of books, magazines, trade journals, company publications, and other documents. You can find a complimentary eBook Edition, for example, on your eBookshelf. Some eBook Editions may be versions of items also available in print; others may be available only for the eBook.
How Do I Buy More eBook Editions?
The eBookstore and the purchasing of eBook Editions are features specific to consumers. Items you select to purchase are processed when you connect through the modem or USB to the Internet-based eBook Network. Once connected, you can also browse the eBookstore and buy any number of publications.
Enterprise customers receive additional eBook Editions
by direct delivery to your eBook device or delivery to
your online bookshelf by your content administrator.
Where Are My eBooks Stored?
After you purchase an eBook Edition, it is immediately transferred to your Online Bookshelf, your personal on-line storage area. The eBook Edition remains on your Online Bookshelf, easily accessible so that you can transfer it to your eBook when you are ready to read it. Your Online Bookshelf is your personal library on the eBook Network. Your entire collection of eBook Editions will always be stored here (unless you delete them), and you can download eBook Editions to your eBook any time you want them.
What Can I Do with My eBook?
With your eBook, you can open and read eBook Editions just as easily as you can open and read any printed book. On the eBook touch screen, tap the title of an eBook Edition with your finger to open it. When the cover appears, press the Page buttons to turn the pages.
If you want to mark a page so that you can go back to it later, tap the upper right corner of the page to place a bookmark. When you come to a stopping point, just turn off your eBook. The next time you turn on your eBook, it will open to the page you were last reading.
Try it with the complimentary eBook Edition on your eBookshelf!
In addition, with your eBook, you can:
Search through an eBook Edition for words or phrases. Highlight sections of text that you want to refer to later. Write notes on pages, or insert whole blank pages for extensive notes or drawings. Consumers can buy eBook Editions of books, magazines, and newspapers from the eBookstore. Search by author or title through the eBookstore. Keep all your eBook Editions on your Online Bookshelf, your own private on-line storage area. Transfer eBook Editions from the Online Bookshelf to your eBook. Store the equivalent of many paper books on your eBook.
What Do I Do Next?
Learn more about your eBook by reading the chapters in the rest of this guide, which show you how to make the most of your eBook. We recommend that you read at least the opening chapters, especially “Using the Touch Screen,” “Opening and Using the Menu,” “Opening and Reading an eBook Edition,” and “Buying eBook Editions.” Then you can check the table of contents for topics of interest, or use the Find option on the Menu to search for words that might guide you to the features you want.
What You Need to Use Your eBook
You can use an eBook in almost any location. To get the most out of your eBook, you will need:
An electrical outlet (when you need to recharge your battery). Two to three hours to recharge your battery (after seven to ten hours of cumulative use). An analog telephone line or a USB connection (to connect to the eBook Network). Optional: A valid credit card (to make eBookstore purchases).
| Alert |
When you connect your eBook to a telephone line, make sure that it is a normal analog line, not a digital line. Like other standard modems, your eBook’s modem cannot communicate through a digital line and may be damaged if connected to one. Home telephone lines are almost always analog, but some lines in office buildings, hotels, convention centers, or similar locations may be digital. If a digital line has a jack labeled “Dataport,” you can safely connect your eBook to that jack. If you’re unsure about the line, the receptionist or office manager in most locations can tell you what type of line you are connecting to. |
Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast of the Screen
Turn on your eBook by pressing the Power button located on the lower right side of your eBook. If you have trouble reading the screen, or if it appears blotchy, faded, or dark, use the Brightness and Contrast controls. The controls quickly fine-tune the screen for best visibility in any situation, indoors or out.
To adjust the screen visibility:
Press the Page Rotation icon at the upper right. A window appears at the top of the screen. Using your finger or the stylus, move the marker to the right or left along the slider to adjust the Contrast or Brightness. Move the Contrast control to increase or decrease the contrast (that is, the difference) between the background and the text or graphics. Adjust the Brightness control to make the background brighter or darker. The Brightness control does not affect the darkness of text or graphics on the screen; it only makes the background brighter or dimmer. After making adjustments, you are asked if you accept these changes. Select Yes or No and the window closes. If you adjust one setting, you may need to adjust the other as well for best visibility. If you increase the brightness, for example, you may find you need to lower the contrast a bit to get the most detail.
| Tip |
If you turn on your eBook and find you can’t see anything, you may need to recharge the battery. |
The icon that enables you to access the Brightness and Contrast controls also allows you to rotate the page 180 degrees so that you can read while holding your eBook in either hand. See “Rotating the Page” for more information.
Using the Touch Screen
Tapping the Screen
Opening the Menu
Using the Stylus
The entire eBook screen is touch-sensitive, so you can select items from menus, press buttons, and select other features with your finger or the eBook stylus.
Tapping the Screen
To open or select most menus and other features, just tap the screen once. Tap gently but firmly enough that the icon, word, button, or menu item briefly highlights in dark gray and then returns to its original appearance.
The next few pages contain some opportunities for practice, including selecting items from your eBook’s Menu and writing notes on a page.
Opening the Menu
Your eBook’s Menu provides a number of options. The items on the Menu vary, depending on whether you’re looking at the eBookshelf, browsing the eBookstore, reading an eBook Edition or adjusting eBook settings.
Read the following five steps, and then follow the steps to open the Menu and select an item:
Press the eBook icon at the top left of your eBook. The Menu appears below the icon. For example, tap the Battery item (the one with the icon of a battery). It briefly highlights in dark gray and then returns to its normal appearance. The Battery Status window appears at the top of the page.
(A window slides down from the top of the screen to display additional information or options.) The information or options displayed will vary depending on the situation.
To close the window, tap the Close tab (the curved tab with the triangle icon, found at the bottom of the window).
Using the Stylus
The eBook stylus is kept in a hole on the top right corner of the eBook. With the stylus, you can write or draw on-screen, as well as activate menus, and highlight words. Read the following three steps, and then try it yourself:
Remove the stylus from the hole by pushing upward on the stylus. Then, with an eBook Edition open, tap the Pen Palette tab in the upper left corner of the eBook screen.
When the Pen Palette appears, tap Draw to select the Draw tool. The Pen Palette closes automatically, and the Draw tool remains active until you choose a new tool.
Now write or draw in this empty space:
| Tip |
To ensure that the eBook recognizes your touch, press firmly on the screen with the stylus or your finger. (Use only the stylus or your finger—other implements may permanently scratch or gouge the screen.) Don’t rest your hand on the eBook screen, or you may get unintended marks on the page. |
Opening and Using the Menu
Menu Options When an eBook Edition Is Open
Menu Options When the Bookshelf Is Open
Menu Options When You’re Connected to the eBook Network
When you press the eBook icon, located at the top left of your eBook, the Menu appears on the left side of your screen with a list of options. The Menu items vary depending on what you’re doing at the moment: reading an eBook Edition, viewing the Bookshelf, or browsing the eBookstore.
Menu Options When an eBook Edition Is Open
Press the eBook icon now. The Menu appears below. (To close the Menu, tap anywhere on the screen outside of the Menu or press the eBook icon again.)
When you have an eBook Edition open, you’ll see seven Menu items you can tap:
View to enlarge or reduce the type size in this eBook Edition. Find to open the on-screen Find keyboard, which you can use to search for text or markups that you made previously. Markups to insert a blank page for notes or drawings in the currently open eBook Edition, or to erase markups on the current page. Bookstore for consumers to connect to the eBookstore via a telephone line or a USB connection to a PC or Macintosh. Settings to open your eBook Settings, where you can set a numeric passcode to restrict access to your credit card information, set the local time, set the wake-up time for automatic connections to the eBook Network, set your network connection options for both the phone line and USB connections, select a shortcut option, and control your eBook settings. Sleep to turn off the eBook. Press the Power button to turn it back on after using this option. Battery to open the Battery Status window, which lets you see how much charge is left in the battery.
| Tip |
For a quick check of battery status, you don’t have to open the Battery Status window. The shading of the battery icon shows the remaining charge in the battery, and the estimated time remaining is shown below the icon. |
To close the Menu, tap anywhere on the screen outside of the Menu, or press the eBook icon again.
Menu Options When the Bookshelf Is Open
When you have the Bookshelf open, the Menu has six (seven, if connected) items. To see these options, press the Bookshelf icon at the lower right of your eBook, then press the eBook icon at the top left. You can then tap:
Info to open your eBook Information window, which includes information on your eBook User ID, software version number, and storage space. You can also access this information by tapping on the Bookshelf banner above the eBookshelf tab. You are required to provide your eBook User ID when purchasing eBook Editions on the Web. Bookstore for consumers to connect to the eBookstore via the eBook Network. Disconnect (if connected) to disconnect immediately from the eBook Network. Update Now to connect to your Online Bookshelf and automatically download any new eBook Editions to your eBook. Settings to open your eBook Settings, where you can set a numeric passcode to restrict access to your credit card information, set the local time, set the wake-up time for automatic connections to the eBook Network, set your network connection options for the phone line connection, select a shortcut option, and control your eBook settings. Sleep to turn off the eBook. Press the Power button to turn it back on after using this option. Battery to open the Battery Status window, which lets you see how much charge is left in the battery.
To close the Menu, tap anywhere on the screen outside of the Menu, or press the eBook icon again.
Menu Options When You’re Connected to the eBook Network
When you’re connected to the eBook Network (to visit the eBookstore, for example), the Menu has five items you can tap:
Directory to view a list of services available to you on the eBook Network. Disconnect to disconnect from the eBook Network immediately. Settings to open your eBook Settings, where you can set a numeric passcode to restrict access to your credit card information, set the local time, set the wake-up time for automatic connections to the eBook Network, set your network connection options for the phone line connection, select a shortcut option, and control your eBook settings. Sleep to turn off the eBook. Battery to open the Battery Status window, which lets you see how much charge is left in the battery.
To see these options, press the eBook icon anytime you’re connected to the eBook Network.
To close the Menu, tap anywhere on the screen outside of the Menu, or press the eBook icon again.
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