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Virginia is completing the first phase of a pilot program to use web-based instructional materials for high school physics. A first step to replacing textbooks?

EReaders are becoming increasingly popular, but one of the major drawbacks is the current limitation on the amount of digital content available. Plastic Logic plans to amass one of the largest collections of content available for an eReader.

What happens when you extend your brand/clout too far? Scholastic is taking heat for promoting non-book merchandise to kids, with video games causing the biggest uproar.

Speaking of reading an e-book, our text book for this class is apparently on Google Book Search. Maybe some of you knew that already, but I sure didn't! I like that this page also gives a list of other similar books.

This is an article that gives some insight on why e-books are gaining popularity and why we should be reading more e-publications.

The Canadian government is about to change its stance on copyright to a much tougher view.

I wonder if Eric Sclater will be talking about this case in his copyright law class. Curious to see how this plays out.

I can see this definitely being a topic in Eric's class. I just wonder why AP waited so long to claim copyright infringement? This image has become so popular and a part of history, that is probably what is prompting this law suit. I want to see the outcome of this as well - should be interesting!

HarperCollins announced this morning that it is closing its Collins division and integrating its operations within different businesses in the General Books Group. As a result, Steve Ross, president and publisher of Collins, and Lisa Gallagher, senior v-p, and publisher of William Morrow, are leaving the company. In addition to closing Collins, CEO Brian Murray issued a memo today saying that despite efforts to avoid layoffs, a reduction in the workforce will be necessary.

This is a funny take on designing the "Kindle 3"!

The title says it all. Boo!

It sure does! That is not good news.

We should know later today about the next generation of Kindle, but most interesting to me in this article is the mention that Kindle titles will be available for cell phones. This makes the iPhone a competitive product and greatly expands the market.

For those in last night's Copyright Law class, here's a NYT article akin to what we spoke about last night regarding copyrighting/patenting food. This is a couple of years old, but . . .

Ever wish you could print out your RSS feeds and read them like a newspaper? FeedJournal is a new service that lets you convert RSS feeds into printable PDF files.

Hi Everyone, this may be the article regarding the accuracy of Wikipedia vs. Britannica that Dr. Grossblatt was talking about. This is three years old, so I wonder if the findings would be different today.

Here is a piece about open access for textbooks.

I realize this is a few months old, but it's still a great read, albeit lengthy, on the demise of traditional publishing.

That was a good article. I came across this interesting response to it from a media business blogger, who says pay attention to the part about HarperCollins' new efforts. http://industry.bnet.com/media/1000315/the-end-of-publishing-or-its-rebirth/

October 14 is Open Access day. Co-sponsored by the Public Library of Science, open access is gaining ground, but PLOS, SPARC, and Students for FreeCulture are hoping to get a little boost with this first OA Day.

Students hate textbook publishers; textbook publishers hate that students resell, reuse, and download copies of their texts. Is there a middle ground, a sustainable business model where all parties have a sense of fairness?