Comments on: Students favor e-books over paper books in yet another BSU study: Lesson for K-12 and publishers?

By: Richard bellaver

Richard bellaver — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:01:40 +0000

Does Amazon have the clout to MAKE eBooks? It is about a month early for Advent, but the Kindle, backed by the content that Amazon can provide, may be the door opener that we have all awaiting. I have just about given up on a “reading device” as the tool needed for school children. With the costs of small laptops and “Internet devices” continuing to drop I have been looking that way for additional research. I may have to buy a Kindle just to look at the usability. BUT content is king! The ortiginal RCA eBook was aimed at the “Book of the Month Club” market which never appeared. Maybe the time is right. The price is better.

By: Jay Gillette

Jay Gillette — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:18:13 +0000

Great work on an important topic,
plus nice to see publishing on weblog

Good also to note in the research and on this blog the teacher involvement and enthusiasm–always the key to effective education.

JEG

By: How to Publish a Book » Book Publishing » Students favor ebooks over paperbooks?

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:31:06 +0000

[...] People I talk to say they prefer paper books so they can write in the margins or read the book in the bath tub or at the beach. Months ago I blogged about this topic and said that once a company figures out a good solution for an ebook reader, the market will begin to shift. The moment I saw Sony’s ebook reader, I thought that shift was upon us. To read more information about how ebooks are beginning to change the way we read, click here: http://www.teleread.com/blog/?p=6787 [...]

By: Philip Davis

Philip Davis — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:03:15 +0000

I print books for a living and yet I think ebooks make the most economical sense for authors. We’re still printing a lot of paper books and will be for some time, but at my company we are shifting to helping authors promote online.

I applaud you for your study. New technology takes time to catch on even if it makes a lot of sense. Studies like yours might help society transition sooner. Like a commenter before me said, I was also dissapointed that you had such a hard time with both the publishers and the ebook reader manufacturers.

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Daily Links for 07/06/07 — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:40:25 +0000

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By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:54:50 +0000

Screen tech keeps advancing, and I know that Prof. Bellaver, along with the rest of us, will be rooting for the success of various forms of e-paper. Reading speeds, of course, will vary among individuals. Some people may actually read faster off e-book machines than paper since they can adjust the fonts and colors and other variables. Just my hardly infallible opinion! Other issues exist, too, such as the variety of titles available. E-books could be a godsend in that regard.

Meanwhile BIG THANKS to Richard for answering the TeleBlog survey for IDPF board candidates. I’ll have a post on his reply, later today. If the IDPF wants a dedicated advocate for consumers, Richard would be a wise choice. I hope that other IDPF candidates will follow his example if/when they give their answers. I don’t agree with everything Richard says, but applaud his honesty and good intentions.

Thanks,
David

By: Richard bellaver

Richard bellaver — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:39:41 +0000

To the Reader
My wife will never get into reading books on line and she is even younger than me. I am afraid it is a generational things. Research to date shows that reading off a screen may be a much as 20 slower. I think that will change in the future based on authors writing for digital display and having more younger people in the studies that have grown up on XBox.

To Tia,
You are not alone as a teacher shearching to get the best education for your students. I will tyr Dedicated Teacher. Thank you, you are the one doing the good work.

By: Tia

Tia — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:39:48 +0000

Professor,

I am disappointed to learn that publishers were not eager to cooperate with your idea. As an elementary school teacher, I have been buying my eBooks from http://www.dedicatedteacher.com as I’ve found they have the broadest range of publishers, but I wish that more would buy into the idea and start selling copies of text books online. It definitely helps when a student can look up a new work by copying and pasting it onto the top of the screen rather than flip through a massive dictionary.

Anyway, keep up the good work,

Tia

By: Books v. Ebooks « The Reader

Books v. Ebooks « The Reader — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:02:01 +0000

[...] Yet there almost seems to be some kind of emotional block to reading long-form book content in a digital way, as though the words are somehow supposed to be printed on paper. Newspapers, magazines, comic books and reference texts seem natural enough — now (I’m having a hard time remembering what that earlier transition to digital felt like). The Art of War with its pithy text was fine, too. But in general, books for pleasure haven’t quite made the transition for me. I often wonder if a kid growing up as a digital native (as opposed to a fully-assimilated digital immigrant like me) would even consider such distinctions? [...]