Tag: textbooks
Apple Attacks Kindle Publishing With iBooks Author, Drama Ensues
We are well aware now what the big Apple announcement for January was: their new iBooks Author program. It is a program that allows for easy creation of books, most…
What To Consider About A Kindle For College
It’s that time of year again and students new and old are heading back to college for the fall. Now, more than ever, having an eReader just makes sense for…
Amazon Kindle Textbook Rental Program
In college, I was always grateful to be an English major because my books were pretty small and relatively inexpensive, but I had plenty of friends who lugged around huge,…
Kindle in the Classroom Results
As pilot programs at seven universities around the country wrap up their evaluations of the Kindle DX as a viable teaching tool and textbook alternative, we see pretty much the…
Free Classics on the Kindle
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, is a childhood favorite for many young girls and women. On the Kindle, you can get this cherished book for free. The best part…
Tech savvy college students and campus librarians embrace Kindle as way of future for textbooks
The transition to electronic textbooks, once thought to the next big boon for publishers, is meeting with surprising resistance among students and professors. Studies conducted on the Kindle DX at…
Princeton Students Give Kindle a Lukewarm Reaction
I’ve covered before the possible applications that the Kindle and other eReaders could have in education. With Amazon’s pilot program for Kindle usage at universities, this semester is a testing…
Digital Textbooks Continue to be Implemented at More Colleges
Flat World Knowledge, a provider of cheap digital textbooks, has grown dramatically over the summer. This fall semester, over 40,000 college students will use Flat World’s textbooks. This is 40…
Newspapers going digital in 20 years, textbooks – by August, 2009
Two interesting pieces of news surfaced recently: Rupert Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, gave a speech on Sunday titled “The Future of Newspapers: Moving Beyond Dead…
Kindle DX, now with 9.7″ screen
Remember me speculating about 9.7″ screen in Kindle 3? Well, the only difference is that it’s called Kindle DX! Today Amazon announced availability of Kindle DX: Amazon’s 9.7″ Wireless Reading…