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Why the Smart Reading Device of the Future May Be … Paper - 20 views

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shared by Carla Shinn on 05 May 14 - No Cached
  • Carla Shinn on 05 May 14
     
    "Paper books were supposed to be dead by now. For years, information theorists, marketers, and early adopters have told us their demise was imminent. Ikea even redesigned a bookshelf to hold something other than books. Yet in a world of screen ubiquity, many people still prefer to do their serious reading on paper." And this: "People tended to read slowly and somewhat inaccurately on early screens. The technology, particularly e-paper, has improved dramatically, to the point where speed and accuracy aren't now problems, but deeper issues of memory and comprehension are not yet well-characterized."
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How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read - 9 views

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  • Carla Shinn on 22 Apr 14
     
    Half a century before e-books turned publishing upside down, a different format threatened to destroy the industry.

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Pew Study Suggests Libraries (And Print) Still Have A Future In An E-Book World | TechC... - 14 views

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  • Carla Shinn on 23 Jan 13
     
    A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project looks at the future of libraries. The study, titled "Library services in the digital age," doesn't include anything particularly shocking or revelatory, but it suggests that many people still value the role of libraries, and that librarians are thinking about how their services can evolve.
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TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics - 0 views

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  • Leah Griffin on 11 May 12
     
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Bowker - British Kids Read Their e-Books On a Bigger Screen, says New Study from Bowker - 0 views

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  • Julia Smith on 21 May 12
     
    Interesting statistics on devices used for reading ebooks by age and on the buying of ebooks in last 6 months, within sex and age.
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Business ebooks, best ebooks for business, ebooks business - 0 views

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  • book place on 23 Jun 12
     
    World's Best source for downloading and buying free business ebooks. All business ebooks are written by highly qualified professional authors. Using business books in e form makes environment eco-friendly that is what the main objective of onlinebookplace.com
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The End of the Textbook as We Know It - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 11 views

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shared by Robin Cicchetti on 27 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Here's the new plan: Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).
  • Why electronic copies? Well, they're far cheaper to produce than printed texts, making a bulk purchase more feasible
  • An Indiana company called Courseload hopes to make the model more widespread, by serving as a broker for colleges willing to impose the requirement on students. And it is not alone.
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  • The real champions of the change are the college officials signing the deals.
  • "Our game plan is to bring the cost of textbooks down by 75 to 80 percent."
  • In its standard model, Flat World offers free access to its textbooks while students are online. If students want to download a copy to their own computers, they must pay $24.95 for a PDF (a print edition costs about $30)
  • Robin Cicchetti on 27 Oct 10
     
    Unusually informative article on the state of digital texts in 2010. Short and concise. Good info for librarian tech leaders.
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How E-Books Will Change Reading And Writing : NPR - 0 views

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  • Robin Cicchetti on 04 Jan 10
     
    Concise yet thorough pulse of ebooks and the evolution of writing. Reference to Japanese cell phone novels was good, and a trend worth watching.
  • Robin Cicchetti on 04 Jan 10
     
    Useful article for an overview of ereaders and their potential impact on reading and writing.
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Demos | Publications - 7 views

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  • Anthony Beal on 02 Oct 11
     
    "The internet is the greatest source of information for people living in the UK today. But the amount of material available at the click of a mouse can be both liberating and asphyxiating. Although there are more e-books, trustworthy journalism, niche expertise and accurate facts at our fingertips than ever before, there is an equal measure of mistakes, half-truths, propaganda, misinformation and general nonsense. Knowing how to discriminate between them is both difficult and extremely important. Truth, Lies and the Internet examines the ability of young people in Britain to critically evaluate information they consume online..."
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Free Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference Nov 2-4 « Educational Technol... - 16 views

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  • The Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference, November 2 – 4, 2011, is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. Subject strands include the changing roles of libraries and librarians, the increasing impact of digital media and the e-book revolution, open educational resources, digital literacy, shifts from information consumption to production (Web 2.0), multimedia and gaming spaces, libraries as community centers, the growth of individualized and self-paced learning, the library as the center of new learning models, understanding users in the digital age, assessing service delivery, and defining leadership and information professional careers in a networked and changing world.
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Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right. - 19 views

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  • Carla Shinn on 24 Feb 15
     
    "Textbook makers, bookstore owners and college student surveys all say millennials still strongly prefer print for pleasure and learning, a bias that surprises reading experts given the same group's proclivity to consume most other content digitally. A University of Washington pilot study of digital textbooks found that a quarter of students still bought print versions of e-textbooks that they were given for free."
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