iRex Technologies, a spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics that already makes one of Europe’s best-known e-readers, plans to announce that it is entering the United States market with a $399 touch-screen e-reader.
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A Flash in Russian Skies, as Inspiration for Fantasy - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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This is the best writing prompt I've ever read. How about a corner in the library where you post weekly news stories to inspire writing? Two cozy chairs and a small table with a light, a few notebooks, pencils.... Add a cat, even!
Just Google It? Developing Internet Search Skills - NYTimes.com - 39 views
500 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing - NYTimes.com - 27 views
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Good list of prompts for writing.
The Kids' Books Are All Right - NYTimes.com - 11 views
New Search Technologies Mine the Web More Deeply - NYTimes.com - 24 views
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"Exploring a 'Deep Web' That Google Can't Grasp "
Best Buy and Verizon Jump Into E-Reader Fray, With iRex - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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The iRex has an 8.1-inch touch screen and links to buy digital books in Barnes & Noble’s e-bookstore and periodicals from NewspaperDirect, a service that offers more than 1,100 papers and presents them onscreen largely as they appear in print form.
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The iRex can also handle the ePub file format, a widely accepted industry standard, which means that owners can buy books from other online bookstores that use ePub and transfer texts onto the iRex.
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Source for Tennant's article in LJ
For Libraries and Publishers, an E-Book Tug of War - NYTimes.com - 31 views
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"Publishers vs. Libraries: An E-Book Tug of War"
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Article describes how major publishing companies have placed a ban on selling their ebooks to libraries.
Blogs vs. Term Papers - NYTimes.com - 23 views
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Discusses the merits of ditching the traditional research paper in favor of blogs. Some excellent points.
Facebook Is Using You - NYTimes.com - 0 views
Lesson Plan | Easy Access: Creating Annotated Versions of News Articles - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Could be adapted for use during "explore" stage of research process, background research, topic refinement