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This roundup includes a discussion of six readers and one online service.
+ The Kindle and Kindle DX from Amazon.com
+ The Nook from Barnes & Noble
+ Sony Reader Touch PRS-600 & Sony Daily Reader
+ Que from Plastic Logic
+ IREX DR800SG
+ Cool-er from Interead
+ Disney Digital Books at $8.95/month (Compatible with PCs and Mac)
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WHEN Amazon.com introduced its Kindle electronic book reader two years ago, the chief executive, Jeff Bezos, hoped the company was forever transforming the reading experience. The Kindle wasn't the first e-reader on the market, but it came with a built-in advantage: a wireless connection to Amazon's vast online bookstore. Today, when we think of e-readers, the Kindle comes readily to mind.
From post-gazette.com
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From the NYTimes:Of all the books that Amazon sells, what percentage are digital books? For every 100 copies of a physical book we sell, where we have the Kindle edition, we will sell 48 copies of the Kindle edition. It won’t be too long before we’re selling more electronic books than we are physical books.How quickly are paper books migrating into their digital equivalents? When we launched Kindle two years ago, it was 90,000 titles, and...
From casesblog.blogspot.com
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- Kindle etching and DIY adventures (blog.makezine.com)
- Kindle Outsells Every Other Product On Amazon (gizmodo.com)
- Kindle Gets Firmware Updated to 2.3 (gizmodo.com)
The Kindle Kradle is a pretty ugly way to hold your Kindle. It looks like those take-out beverage holders, but for a Kindle. It allows you to not have to actually hold your Kindle, so it’s at least functional. Right? Well, maybe not.
The folks at over at Wired had a hands on and the [...]
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From slipperybrick.com
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Houston Community College has been running a pilot program using the Kindle instead of printed textbooks in some of their English and philosophy courses.Local PaperI learned about this from the Houston Chronicle, Fort Bend Edition. I was amused by the remarks attributed to professor Doug Rowlett, Ph.D., Instructional Design Coordinator/English professor. In the article, Rowlett described the Kindle this way: "The e-ink (electronic paper...
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From blogger.com
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In reply to Can Electronic Reading Devices Replace Classroom Texts?:
My students in Compton California don't have books. Our small charter school does not have a library to offer them. Hence, the Kindle. What a great way to level the playing field. I am leading the charge to get every middle schooler their own Kindle loaded with our core novel curriculum. It would be a boon if we could get their textbooks on them also. No more excuses...
From edutopia.org
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- Kindle the Equalizer (edutopia.org)
- M-Edge Page Synthetic Leather Kindle Sleeve , Smooth Black (winnokiamobile.com)
A choice for Canadians: Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle (don't mention Apple)Vancouver SunVANCOUVER — Kindle versus Sony's eReaders, or why Canadians may wait to buy an ebook reader. You can download books, newspapers and other content wirelessly ...and more »
From news.google.com
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- December Free Kindle Books and Deals « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 ... (blogsearch.google.com)
- Kindle logs record sales for November (vnunet.com)
- Kindle Breaks Record for Sales in a Single Month During November (businesswire.com)
