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References for e-text and e-books publishing organized by year from 2000 to the present by a British scholar on the subject

book to check out

Online Reading: discussion of supported text and the blurring of the meaning of "book"

ReWork: new rules of work for the post-crash 21st Century

Twitter: Mashable's Twitter Guide Book - a guidebook for new and experienced twitter users. How to build community, customize your profile, issues to consider, things to avoid.

The International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments (IJVPLE) provides readers with comprehensive coverage of developments in learning technologies for an international readership of educators, technologists and trainers. The journal is a primary source for academics, professionals, corporate trainers and policy makers in information and communication technologies. The journal publishes high quality contributions (papers, book reviews) on a range of fields associated with Course Management Systems (CMS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), Social Networking Sites (SNS), Personalized Learning Environments (PLE), and 3D virtual worlds, including for example Second Life (SL). Articles published in the journal cover education and training, concentrating on the theory, application, and development of learning technologies. There is a particular interest in the application of new and emerging information and communication technologies in education and training.

graph the usage of terms published in books between 1800 and 2000

"The Myth of the Machine is a two volume series of books taking an in-depth look at the forces that have shaped modern technology since prehistoric times. The first volume, Technics and Human Development was published in 1967, followed by the second volume, The Pentagon of Power in 1970. He shows the parallel developments between human tools and social organization mainly through language and rituals. [1] It is considered a synthesis of many theories Mumford developed throughout his prolific writing career."

Open Education: Opening up eduation book (for free!) on MIT Press

Literature: Google Lit Trips use Google Earth allow students to follow along with the book - plus more interesting apps

Chemistry: periodic table of the elements and comic books that reference them!

Smart Notebooks to save, share and act on what's important to you Create notebooks for recipes, books, movies or anything else that matters to you, together with friends, family and co-workers. Save ideas and info from anywhere, access them whenever, and start getting more from life.

Open Education is the new, awesome IN thing... taking off with a vengeance in education... this is Tom Layton and YB and Global Teaching all over it!

iMinds: 8 minute podcasts for learning about important things (note: has an iphone app!)