Tag Archives: e-books

Everyone’s talking about digital textbooks…

Posted on August 14, 2009 by jeb

Perhaps because Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California gave it some broad public attention, or perhaps it is a sign of the times, but it seems not a day goes by that there is not another news story about digital textbooks. … Continue reading →

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Digitial Books – for school

Posted on May 7, 2009 by jeb

Wow, two stories around the internet this week have to do with digital books in the educational arena. Yesterday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the latest entry in the Kindle family – the DX. The new larger e-book is being … Continue reading →

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Has your Kindle been hobbled?

Posted on March 20, 2009 by jeb

I just finished reading a blog entry on the E-Access Bulletin about efforts to force Amazon to shut off the text-to-speech feature of the new Kindle 2 e-book reader. It seems certain publishers want additional “audio royalties” for providing what … Continue reading →

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