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Originally Posted by kjk
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I would imagine that something that's a little more..."interactive" would be a better route for academic applications. This would make the iPad (or some other full-featured "tablet") a very good alternative to paying heaps of cash for text books. Of course, one would hope that the cost of the e-textbook wouldn't be tremendously high (which I've seen at a couple schools, unfortunately), making the conversion more welcome. If I saw the hard copy of a text book cost $200, and the ebook equivalent was $150~, I'd probably just fork out the dough for the hard copy knowing I can re-sell it later and come out almost even.