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A collection of interesting things on the web via MOBIUS staff. So this is my first posting so we'll see if this works. I thought this article was a nice little summary of the virtual conference. Also we need a Mario lamp!
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You bookmarked the diigo page and not the article ;)
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Of course I meant to do that. I think this is a really great resource and we should use it some time . . .oh wait we already do. I tried reposting we'll see if that works.
New Partnership of Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Will Promote Digital Textbooks - chroni... - 5 views
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College students still don't want e-textbooks! Wonder if this partnership will help students change their minds.....
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@donna I skimmed it. They are cheaper in some cases than the book new - while buying a used book ten selling it back is cheaper in the long run. Also currently ebooks don't have any really compelling features over the paper ones. Still, I'm saying that the point of view that they "aren't taking off" just means the companies selling them haven't figured out how to make money off of them. I know from talking to friends that ebooks are fairly popular, but when people pirate them these companies can't track them. On the whole I agree with Sharla - if they made the product better and keep it affordable they will see sales. If I were going to college today I'd pirate every book I need. No way am I carrying all those heavy things, but I can't afford to pay for them. It's like with music and movies. I quit pirating that stuff because Netflix/Hulu/Spotify got good and cheap. If the ebooks improve, people will pay for the same reason - it's easier.
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I think the reason why the print versions are preferred is here: ""Most e-textbooks are slightly glorified PDF's of the print version, although that's changing," [a National College Stores Association rep] said. "Digital e-books sell for about 60 percent of the cost of a new printed copy. Since students can go to their college store and rent a print copy for between 33 and 55 percent of the cost of a new book, the e-book really needs to have more functionality to make the higher price worth their while."" Add to that what Sharla pointed out-- you can't even keep the ebooks because you're really just leasing them-- and it's no wonder nobody's interested. It's a shame, too, because I'd love to be able to do things like textbook exercises in an ebook on a tablet, or make notes in the electronic text to export and read later.
The art of Sparky's - 2 views
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I was going test out diigo with some Unprofessional Development, but, honestly, the idea of being brave enough fail ambitiously is actually rather inspiring. So, uh, the art of Sparky's - what we should all aspire to sometimes?
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Ambitiously failing is better than cautiously succeeding, as long as it doesn't involve mad scientist stuff.
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