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Smaller profit margins will slow adoption of larger Kindle

I read a great article this morning in InformationWeek. It didn't focus on any of my concerns with the Kindle DX (high cost, black and white screen, lack of WiFi, closed standards, DRM, etc.). Rather, it went to the heart of educational content for the device: ...what...

Tags: Profit Margin, Textbook, Textbook Publisher, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Benefits, Open Source, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-08

Textbook costs have to go

Textbook costs have to goI've alwasy wondered why a group . . .of Universities haven't gotten together to produce some sort of on-line database, ala Wikipedia, to do this very thing. They could restrict input to accredited organizations, with the documents subject to review by the member groups before...

Tags: E-books, textbook publisher, Books, textbook

Discussion threads 2008-01-19

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Smart.fm - almost enough to make me want an iPhone

I really don't want an iPhone. I'm holding out for a Droid, just as soon as I figure out some way to justify getting rid of my perfectly adequate BlackBerry. However, the iPhone has lots of apps and one in particular is being unveiled today: Smart.fm's iPhone interface...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Smart.fm, iPhone App, RTI, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Give Google a break!

soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...

Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Inching closer to the perfect e-reader for students

What would we want in an ideal e-reader to jam in our students' backpacks? I've talked about it before (there are links to my other e-textbook musings in this particular post, too), but we'd certainly want color and high-resolution images. Touch and note-taking capabilities are obvious choices. And...

Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-26

The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without content

The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without contentEVDO Internet connectivity??EV-DO really?With that only it's a pretty restricted market...there are not many countries were it will work...Better GSM+EDGE+HSPA&HSPA+ /WCDMA (2G -> 2.5G -> 3G -> 3.5G etc. support).CDMA has no longer term future on this planet... RE: The Apple...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Cellular phones, Apple Tablet, tablet, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Anyone care to publish some textbooks on Scribd?

The recent headlines about Simon and Schuster's publication of 5000 ebooks on Scribd grabbed my attention, since I had previously and unfairly put a look at the new service on the back burner. I'm glad I took the time to check it out since, assuming their business model is...

Tags: Textbook, Scribd, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-12

The problem for open source textbooks

The problem for open source textbooksinteresting one, here is an attempt...1) Find an author/publisher willing to open source an existing textbook as the 'seed' for each subject. The seed is very important.2) Have a wikipedia style site. Decide whether and how contributors and contributions will be managed. 3) Have periodic...

Tags: open source, state?s children, textbook, open source textbook

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Smaller profit margins will slow adoption of larger Kindle

Smaller profit margins will slow adoption of larger KindlePart of the mythis that the costs of textbooks will go down dramatically because cost of reproduction publishing will go down. When in fact, the actual cost of the paper, printing and binding are minor costs in the production of the textbooks....

Tags: Monitors & displays, profit margin

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Amazon Kindle DX revealed (Amazon Kindle DX revealed)

Amazon Kindle DX revealed Amazon Kindle DX revealedWay over pricedFor the price they want I would expect color screen, with zoom and more featurs, a netbook computer with more power costs less.RE: Amazon Kindle DX revealed Amazon Kindle DX revealedCan't afford it. Even $250 would be too much for...

Tags: Tablets, Flash memory, Memory, Amazon Kindle DX, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

How about textbooks by Google?

How about textbooks by Google?More nonsense from our friend "The Educator"Look, if what you say is so obvious and easy to do, why were companies like Google or ZoHo waiting to do that until the Kindle arrives? Your attitude is something like: "Hey Mom Google, I hate the Kindle, please...

Tags: E-books, DVD, Consumer electronics, textbook, Google Inc., e-book

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Amazon plans big screen Kindle: Textbook margins are the real aim not saving newspapers

Amazon plans big screen Kindle: Textbook margins are the real aim not saving newspapersPlus, how would this work for...I recall in grad school often having several text books open at once on my desk as I wrote my thesis, worked on projects, and studied. How would you keep multiple things...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Amazon.com Inc., big screen, Textbook margin, textbook

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

Large-format, newspaper-friendly Kindle may be coming

Amazon's last New York press conference gave us the Kindle 2. Now there's one scheduled for Wednesday morning at Pace University in lower Manhattan, and rumor has it that it's "a new, large format device that's optimized for reading newspapers and magazines." Pace University happens...

Tags: Pace University, Amazon.com Inc., Retail, Wi-Fi, E-business/E-Commerce, Wireless And Mobility, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Curious about ebooks? Check out the best article ever on ebooks

Curious about ebooks? Check out the best article ever on ebooksA couple of pointsFirst, I have to disagree with the concept of the iPhone, or any other small screen devices, being suitable for ebooks. While the casual reader might find that suitable, most of us would prefer a device...

Tags: E-books, e-book, Curious about ebook

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

OLPC is dead...What Kindlenomics taught us

OLPC is dead...What Kindlenomics taught usFor the sake of the childrenIt didn't cost me anything to put up a page to promote OLPC, buy one get one.Negroponte/OLPC has catalyzed the netbook industry. If OLPC didn't come into being, would we have seen the Intel Classmate and the outpouring of...

Tags: E-Ink, One Laptop Per Child project, Kindlenomics, textbook, text book

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

The open source textbook conundrum

The open source textbook conundrumCopyrightsThere's another issue, which is copyrights. I run a group of religious websites and one has a chart I prepared comparing Protestantism and Catholicism. I occasionally check the Net for links to my sites. I was quite surprised to find that the chart...

Tags: Luiz, Grand Inquisitor, open source textbook, open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

When will textbook publishers get a clue?

When will textbook publishers get a clue?I buy all my books onlineI mostly use half.com, which is part of eBay. But there's also:http://www.allbookstores.com/This is an aggregator, so it searches a bunch of sites.Here's how much you can save: My "Advanced Suse Linux" book retails for $146.95 at school...

Tags: Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Office, textbook, Textbook Publishers

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Pocket Companion to Cecil Textbook of Medicine (cecilpkt22) (Mobile)

Pocket Companion to Cecil Textbook of Medicinepowered by Skyscape Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences Company Features Information on signs and symptoms, treatment summaries, differential diagnoses, pathophysiology and clinical manifestations.With Skyscape''s patented smARTlink technology, CecilPkt22 can easily cross-index with other clinical and drug prescription products from Skyscape to provide a powerful and...

Tags: Mobile, Skyscape Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-06-13

"Everything gets delivered in an electronic form" - Textbooks, too?

"Everything gets delivered in an electronic form" - Textbooks, too?Well...Producing texts is "fun" and all that, however you've got a hurdle or two to overcome. Nothing unsurmountable, but they're there.The prime issue is that publishers have an awful lot of material locked down under copyright, particularly in terms of graphics....

Tags: E-books, LaTeX, textbook, e-book

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

Book publishers finally getting their digital acts together?

Book publishers finally getting their digital acts together?Schools / Books / LearningDoes anyone know if there is merit to saying that books are a better method of teaching than a computer?Cost of books? Perhaps a little respect for the written word should be implemented.Notes? Do you remember looking through that...

Tags: E-books, Digital rights management (DRM), e-book, digital-rights management, book publisher, Books, sales

Discussion threads 2008-02-12