Chris - Ebooks

9766 - Ebooks Talk Chris

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1. On an iPad Mini Ebooks: Comics and Graphic Novels in Libraries
2. Toronto Public Library • Compatible with most devices (not Kindle)
3. Toronto Public Library • "Comic and graphic books" in subject search • 134 results - mostly geared towards children and young adults • 90, if you don't count audiobooks • Manga
4. London Public Library • Has a search database dedicated to ebooks • Like TPL, uses OverDrive, many formats • Like TPL advanced search function includes "comic and graphic books" • 63 Results, largely children's and YA.
5. Western Libraries Subject: Graphic Novels + Electronic Resources
6. Western Libraries Underground and Independent Comics database
7. Western Libraries Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels is the first ever scholarly, primary-source database focused on adult comic books and graphic novels. Here are the works of artists both celebrated and overlooked, alongside interviews, criticism, and journal articles that document the continual growth and evolution of this artform.
8. Good things... • Chronological index of issues • Table of contents • Various views: tile, preview, full page, and split • HTML and PDF formats (downloadable)
9. Underground and Independent Comics...
10. Underground and Independent Comics...
11. Problems... • Low resolution = hard to read at times
12. Problems... • The time-out