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Sandy Baldwin

Kindle and the future of reading : The New Yorker - 0 views

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kindle Books ebooks e-books writing

shared by Sandy Baldwin on 20 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Sandy Baldwin on 20 Mar 12
     
    Nicholson Baker on the Kindle. Very smart but cranky and idiosyncratic.
Rachel Henderson

The Daily Tar Heel :: Students living in a paperless world - 0 views

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paperless electronic literature e-textbooks reduce waste

shared by Rachel Henderson on 28 Feb 12 - No Cached
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  • paper products make up the largest share of solid waste in the United States. This country is also the largest paper consumer in the world, with one person going through an average of 663 pounds each year.
  • the past several years have seen such improvements in electronic readers and other eco-friendly technologies that a paperless world is now possible
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  • some publications have shifted toward online-only content
  • It’s now possible to purchase and read many required textbooks online.
  • the course pack, should simply be banned
  • In cases in which copyright issues arise, course packs should be made available for purchase as e-books.
  • reduce the amount of money allocated to students for printing
  • encourage professors to require that homework be submitted online
  • The money formerly used for paper could be transferred to something more environmentally friendly, like purchasing eReaders that can be checked out in the library.
  • the main objection to eReaders – that the energy required to make and use one exceeds the carbon impact of making a book – is largely invalid: The carbon emitted in the life cycle of an Amazon Kindle is fully offset after one year of us
  • Rachel Henderson on 28 Feb 12
     
    Argument (with some decent solutions/suggestions) for making the transition from paper to electronic publications.
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