I used the University of Virginia Library and Ebooks Cube to evaluate the ebook "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare and see how well it meets its purposes.
- For the ebook on the University of Virginia Library, their purpose is to give students a way to access the play online, so that more have easy access to the play and can study it if required in their course. For the ebook on the Ebooks Cube, the purpose is to entertain a large group of people who access the book.
- Both ebooks are in a HTML format - this is useful as the text does not have to be downloaded and can be easily opened in a new window or tab (depending on the version and type of web browser).
- On the Virginia Library version of the ebook, the contents page has a list of hyperlinks to take the user to different sections of the book. This is useful as it helps navigate around the book. However, the link takes the user to that specific act/scene and from there, you can seemingly only read that act/scene. You then have to return to the contents page to select another act or scene. The Ebooks Cube version is fairly similar in respect to the use of a contents page for initial navigation, however, once one is clicked from there, there is a helpful navigation tool at the bottom of the page that allows the user to read on a page, go back a page, go back to the contents, etc.
- The text on the Virginia Library copy of the book is displayed via blocks of text on one page for one certain scene or act. The user must then return in order to view other pages. For the Ebooks Cube version, the structure is much more like a traditional book with pages that hold a set amount of text and the user can "turn" the page to read more.
The Ebooks Cube version of Hamlet is considerably better than the Virginia Library one as it is easier to use through navigation and much easier to read.
- On the Virginia Library version of the ebook, the contents page has a list of hyperlinks to take the user to different sections of the book. This is useful as it helps navigate around the book. However, the link takes the user to that specific act/scene and from there, you can seemingly only read that act/scene. You then have to return to the contents page to select another act or scene. The Ebooks Cube version is fairly similar in respect to the use of a contents page for initial navigation, however, once one is clicked from there, there is a helpful navigation tool at the bottom of the page that allows the user to read on a page, go back a page, go back to the contents, etc.
- The text on the Virginia Library copy of the book is displayed via blocks of text on one page for one certain scene or act. The user must then return in order to view other pages. For the Ebooks Cube version, the structure is much more like a traditional book with pages that hold a set amount of text and the user can "turn" the page to read more.
The Ebooks Cube version of Hamlet is considerably better than the Virginia Library one as it is easier to use through navigation and much easier to read.
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