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eTextbooks – a solution?
Competition is ramping up in eReader industry:
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Amazon’s Kindle (3 models + new international model)
Sony eBook Reader (3 models)
iRex eReader (Best Buy)
Plastic Logic eReader
Barnes & Noble eReader (Android-based)
+ eBook stores and libraries from Amazon, B&N, Borders,
Google and others
+ wireless support from AT&T, Verizon, & Sprint
“According to a report from tech analysis firm Forrester Research published Tuesday, 1.2
million digital readers will be sold in the U.S. in the fourth quarter, bringing the total
sales estimate for 2009 to around 3 million devices, fully a million more than Forrester's
previous projection. And in 2010, Forrester expects sales to double again to 6 million.”
The Coming E-Book Boom [Financial Times]
eTextbooks
• Amazon piloting Kindle DX at 7 colleges: Case
Western Reserve University, Pace University, Princeton, Reed
College, University of Virginia, and Arizona State
• Sony piloting as well: Northwest Missouri State,
University Penn State, …
eTextbooks
“McGraw-Hill joins
the other major
textbook publishers,
Cengage Learning,
Pearson, and Wiley,
which are already
selling Kindle
editions.”
Amazon scores another college textbook publisher for Kindle DX [techflash]
eTextbooks - on eReaders
Upcoming technologies that will motivate
the market…
eTextbooks – on eReaders
“SiPix has
announced that
it will bring ‘a
small number’ of
color e-ink
displays to
market by the
end of 2010.”
SiPix ahead of rivals in race to produce e-paper [taipei times]
eTextbooks – on eReaders
"An Apple tablet
could be the
sweetest college
textbook reader
you've ever
seen…"
E-readers could push growth in e-textbook market, analysts say [SanFran Chronical]
eTextbooks – online
Utilizing proprietary reader software
“Harvard University Press will publish
1,000 digitized books on Scribd”
The future of scholarship? Harvard goes digital with Scribd [Ars
Technica]
“CourseSmart is a consortium of
publishers, including [Cengage
Learning] Pearson and McGraw-Hill Co.
Its content, sold in limited-time
subscriptions, can be read on PCs and
printed out in small batches, but not
read on a Kindle or a Sony Reader.”
Book Smarts? E-Texts Receive Mixed Reviews From Students [Wall
Street Journal]
eTextbook production
Page from book
eTextbook production
Cool stuff,
but how
does this
improve
education?
eTextbooks – what do students think?
“In the Student PIRG study, 75% of college students said
they would prefer print to digital texts.”
The future of scholarship? Harvard goes digital with Scribd [Ars Technica]
“I’d need five Kindles just to hold a single thought while
writing essays,” said Marius Johannessen, who is studying
for his master’s in information systems at University of
Agder. “Books work just fine.”
Students Skeptical Kindle DX Can Replace Paper Chase [Wired]
eTextbooks – what do students think?
“Moreover, younger students might find the devices
antiquated. Last year, educational research group Project
Tomorrow asked students what elements they found most
important in digital textbooks. Many said they wanted
interactive features like videos and quizzes. No dedicated ereaders have these attributes.”
The future of scholarship? Harvard goes digital with Scribd [Ars Technica]
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KEN BALDAUF
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