“Explore the possibilities of ebooks and ereaders in school libraries.”
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Nancy Larimer
Barnes and Noble is teaming up with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to bring e-readers into the K12 school system. 
Mark Coker says the lawsuit against Apple and five publishers will end up harming those who write, publish, sell and enjoy e-books. 
CBS NewsiPad Mini: 6 Reasons Apple Must Do ItInformationWeekThe most successful tablet not named iPad appears to be Amazon's 7-inch Kindle Fire, which sold about 4.7 million units in Q4 2011, according to IDC.
With yet another publisher announcing today that it's dropping out of the library eBook market, I decided to put up a new sign in our library in a few different...
Via Buffy J. Hamilton 
That’s the ePub format in a nutshell. While most people don’t need to know the technical details of ePub, it’s a good to have a basic idea of what ePub is about so ebook consumers can make informed decisions when it comes to buying their reading... 
This issue is going nuclear and a lot of people believe that charging $10 or more for the portability and convenience of an e-book is ridiculous. Read this blog post by Charles Cooper on Digital Media.
The music industry has shown that you need to offer consumers a universal format and content without rights restrictions. So when will publishers pay attention? Via Buffy J. Hamilton 
Kindle Fire vs.Nook Tablet: An educator weighs the pros and cons | The Digital Shift http://t.co/gM62v4x8...
American Libraries Magazine, the magazine of the American Library Association, delivers news and information about the library community. eBook and eReader advice to Education Queensland (EQ) schools-- DET Library Services has recently trialled a range of eBook readers (Iliad, iPad, Kindle, Kobo, and Sony eReader) and offer the following information to EQ schools considering the purchase of eReaders. |
Related: Consumers Increasingly Choose Tablets Over E-Readers, E-Book Sales to Suffer PRESS RELEASE: E-Book Consumers Say “Yes” to Tablets, says BISG... 
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21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them.
Via Buffy J. Hamilton 
A recent PubTrak survey from R.R. Bowker indicated that teens remain reluctant when it comes to e-books. Accustomed to social media, they find that electronic stories have “too many restrictions,” according to the report.
Review: The Kindle Touch and its rivals from Barnes & Noble and Kobo are built around a touch-screen and have much in common, but 3G makes the Kindle Touch a standout.
Read Tips for travel with an iPad and other tablets for travel tips, advice, news and articles from all around the world by Lonely Planet (RT @lonelyplanet: Tips for travel with an iPad and other tablets -- with @shawnlow
Much as tablet computers went mainstream in the iPad's wake, Apple's latest educational project heralds an age of tablet-based schoolbooks. |
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