[PLStepp]

Hello, everyone. New user; I'm the Provost at a small, church-affiliated college in Appalachia. I've "gotten into" the whole e-reader thing as part of a project here at school to improve our students' reading habits.

Our basic goals for the project are to get students to read MORE and to read CRITICALLY. We hope to improve their critical reading by having them annotate their books.

We need a reader that a. encourages (or at least doesn't discourage) annotating texts; b. allows the emailing / posting / compiling / storing of annotations (for reading checks, group discussions, portfolios, etc.) WHAT IS THE PERFECT E-READER FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING?

I've tried several different e-readers, and haven't committed to any particular platform YET.

I love iBooks for the seamless emailing of annotations. But it doesn't want you to copy ANY of the book's text; this is a problem. You can email your comments to the professor, but the professor won't know what part of the chapter you're commenting on. Plus, iBooks it doesn't integrate with Facebook.

I love the Kindle for Facebook integration, which DOES allow you to post a little bit of the text that you're commenting on (this is important.) But I hate the keyboard.

I love Nook Study for PC for annotations and the ability to compare multiple pages. But it only works on single-user computers, and it doesn't sync annotations with a handheld, etc.

When it comes to readers, I've used several readers on my iPhone: Kindle, Nook, and iBooks. Of these, I prefer iBooks because it allows the emailing of annotations.

On my laptop, I've used Kindle, Nook for PC, and Nook Study. I really like Nook Study, but it doesn't synchronize with other Nooks. What's up with that?

We are probably going to go with the Kindle in a pilot program, urging profs to utilize Kindles in their classes. The Facebook integration seems to be a real advantage for college classes.