EBooks
I’m still ruminating on digital textbooks. Not only is the state of Texas moving forward on getting ebooks approved as bonafide textbooks, but California’s Governor Swarzenegger just launched an initiative to get free digital content developed for high school students. I call that progress! And probably not too coincidentally, this week also marked Amazon’s entry [...]
I was delighted to discover this story online this morning, about how the Texas legislature has given a preliminary approval to a bill that will allow schools to use textbook money to buy ereaders and etextbooks for students. Do you get how important this step is? It is right on so many levels. From The [...]
Continue reading about Ebooks in the Classroom? Bravo, Y’all!
Hey everyone! I haven’t blogged on here yet, but as my first blog, I thought that I would invite everyone to check out my new post today on my blog! It’s a review of Sam Morton’s E-Book, Death Match! Come check it out! Alyssa Montgomerywww.alyssamontgomery.com
by Pam Ripling It’s a ploy to get people to recognize that ebooks really are a viable format for reading good–and bad–books. Although I am thrilled that my books are available in paperback, as a reader, I prefer electronic versions for myself. I’m sort of a pioneer. My first published novel, IN TOO DEEP, was [...]
Continue reading about EBook Week: Homage to the Rocket eBook
My Summer ’08 newsletter is out, headlined with an article about how you could buy an Amazon Kindle for about the same price as a month’s worth of gasoline. Read it at www.BeaconStreetBooks.com/NEWS/Sum08.htm . I haven’t tried the Kindle yet. I have held the Sony reader in my hands, loved the shape and feel and [...]
