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Blair Peterson

Why We Won't Purchase More Kindles at The Unquiet Library « The Unquiet Libra... - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 07 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Blair Peterson on 07 Aug 11
     
    Good information on the status of Kindles in schools. As of July 27th there were serious limitations.
Shabbi Luthra

Technology and Innovation 2025 - 0 views

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shared by Shabbi Luthra on 23 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Shabbi Luthra on 23 Dec 10
     
    If you are interested in learning about future trends and forces of change, this is one of the must-read reports. The report comes from Toffler Associates - this is Alvin and Heidi Toffler's company. They wrote Future Shock about 40 years ago. The book noted ideas that are being bandied about today by trend-watchers, and the Tofflers identified these trends a generation back. I think I still have a copy of the book I read eons back. I don't know whether a kindle edition is available. It's a must-read for anyone interested in understanding trends.
Blair Peterson

The new way we read: 10 ways digital books are changing our literary lives - The Denver... - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 23 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • PRINT BOOKS: We joined book clubs. DIGITAL BOOKS: We discuss them in booklogs.
  • PRINT BOOKS: We find them in libraries, bookstores and bookmobiles. DIGITAL BOOKS: For people who own personal computers, e-readers, smartphones, iPads and other tablets, there's 2 4/7 access to libraries and bookstores for purchasing, borrowing and downloading material.
  • PRINT BOOKS: Scribble notes in the margins. DIGITAL BOOKS: We use Kindle's Public Notes virtual annotation application.
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  • But they could be. Imagine looking up the notes that previous students leave in e-textbooks. Or seeing Jon Stewart's comments in the margins of Sarah Palin's latest tome.
  • PRINT BOOKS: Write to a favorite author, hope for a response by mail. DIGITAL BOOKS: Visit a favorite author's Facebook page to send a message and a friend request; follow that author's Twitter feed.
  • PRINT BOOKS: Collect an author's autograph at a bookstore reading. DIGITAL BOOKS:Use Autography, which debuts next month. It's a software program that allows writers to autograph an e-book using an iPad.
  • PRINT BOOKS: Want to publish a book? You'll need a proposal, an agent, an editor, a publisher and a marketing department DIGITAL BOOKS: Want to publish a book? There's an app for that, and authors can be quite successful. Amanda Hocking, JA Konrath and Karen McQuestion all are authors as famous for their aggressive self-promotion as for their books. However, self-publishing isn't always a good thing.
  • PRINT BOOKS: Donate used books to charity, sell them to a secondhand bookstore. DIGITAL BOOKS: "Used books" don't exist.
  • PRINT BOOKS:Swap books with friends. DIGITAL BOOKS: Until recently, the options were mostly limited to loaning your e-reader (and the books on it) to friends, or resorting to pirated files. Amazon's Lendle allows users to share certain (not all) Kindle titles for 14 days, similar to the way libraries arrange e-book loans.
  • PRINT BOOKS: Find an unfamiliar word in a book? Get a dictionary, look up the meaning. DIGITAL BOOKS:Use your e-reader to highlight the word and click on it, and the definition will display at the bottom of the page.
  • PRINT BOOKS:Collecting rare books, including first editions and antiquarian books. DIGITAL BOOKS:There's no equivalent so far.
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