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Lisa Spiro

Amazon Launching E-Book Lending Library - WSJ.com - 0 views

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  • Lisa Spiro on 08 Nov 11
     
    "As the e-reader and tablet wars heat up, Amazon.com Inc. is launching a digital-book lending library that will be available only to owners of its Kindle and Kindle Fire devices who are also subscribers to its Amazon Prime program."
Lisa Spiro

Amazon's Kindle Fire: Not the Android Tablet Schools Have Been Waiting For | Hack Educa... - 0 views

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  • Lisa Spiro on 08 Nov 11
     
    Raises concerns about proprietary system that focuses on getting you to buy Amazon content; lack of flexibility: "schools are going to have to look for digital content that is available across platform. That could mean looking for DRM-free resources, or at least for resources that aren't restricted to one particular platform or file format. That could mean turning to Web apps over native apps. Does that mean turning to one big media technology company to handle content delivery (whether it's Apple or Amazon or Pearson)? Man, I sure hope not."
Lisa Spiro

Research & Instruction Services » Blog Archive » Incubation Update: e-book re... - 0 views

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  • Lisa Spiro on 08 Nov 11
     
    As a part of the RIS Incubation process, I've been evaluating a number of popular e-book readers to see how viable they might be for classroom and/or library use. The readers I examined are: Amazon Kindle Amazon Kindle DX Sony Reader 300 Sony Reader 600 (aka Sony Reader Touch) Barnes and Noble Nook Apple iPad running Apple's iBooks software, Amazon's Kindle software, and Barnes and Noble's Reader software.
Bryan Alexander

"Hats off to Amazon" - 1 views

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  • Bryan Alexander on 12 Sep 12
     
    Good analysis of what Amazon's September moves accomplish.
Lisa Spiro

Amazon's E-Book Sales Pass Print Books - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Lisa Spiro on 30 Nov 11
     
    "In the latest chapter in the unfolding tale of the book evolution from ink to pixels, Amazon.com said Thursday that its customers now buy more e-books than print books. "
Lisa Spiro

The Kindle Fire will enable the next generation of 1:1 education apps | ZDNet - 0 views

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  • Lisa Spiro on 08 Nov 11
     
    "it's only a matter of time before, for example, a major publishing company sells textbooks through Amazon for use on the Fire and hooks in powerful interactive web applications for assessment, tutoring, or simulations, all on a little 7″ device that fits in any students backback."
Lisa Spiro

Can Tech Transcend the Textbook? -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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  • Lisa Spiro on 10 Nov 11
     
    "So where's the revolution in the e-textbook market? According to the National Association of College Stores (NACS), digital books currently account for less than 3 percent of textbook sales. NACS expects that percentage to reach 10 to 15 percent by 2012, while researchers at Simba Information predict that e-textbooks will account for more than 11 percent of textbook sales by 2013. But even this relatively swift growth rate represents a trickle compared to the flood of e-book sales on Amazon."
Rebecca Davis

At 75, University-Press Association Rides the 'Second Digital Wave' - Wired Campus - Th... - 0 views

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  • They’ve already worked their way into most presses’ planning, according to an AAUP survey on digital-publishing strategies released just ahead of the meeting. The survey, “Digital Book Publishing Strategies in the AAUP Community,” collected responses from 80 presses, or 60 percent of the association’s membership.
  • In his experience, university presses get 60 to 70 percent of their retail revenues from Amazon sales now.
  • The discussion no longer revolves around whether presses need e-books but what business model or models incorporating them will work best in the current climate.
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  • More notable findings: Ninety-three percent of responding presses reported that they’re pursuing short-run digital printing and/or print on demand for their backlist titles; more than 70 percent are doing the same for their new or front-list titles. Eighty-six percent sell certain e-book titles through aggregators. Almost 60 percent are trying print-on-demand for foreign distribution—a new category on the survey. And a quarter of those surveyed said they’re trying out short-form digital books, like Princeton’s Digital Shorts series (tagline: “Short Takes, Big Ideas”).
Lisa Spiro

Amazon's Kindle eBooks Now Available in 11,000-Plus Libraries - 1 views

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  • Lisa Spiro on 22 Sep 11
     
    "The wait is over for readers eager to download Kindle books from their local library. Some 11,000 libraries are now offering books for Amazon's ebook platform."
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