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Originally Posted by serendipitynz
In the interests of sustainability (ie saving the rain forests) and financial strains (ie having to buy $100 text books for each course they enrol in) I am embarking on a research project to assess how much money and paper we could save by supplying resources in ebook format, which can then be read anywhere, anytime.
So important points are: - Price
- Available Formats
- Color vs Monochrome (important for some course material)
- Weight/portability
- Availability of textbooks in required format
So sorry for this long rambling post but I will be immensely grateful for any advice/opinions on where to start in this research and what devices I should test with my students. |
First stop, the mobileread wiki, particularly
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_devices
and
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix
Currently, there's no good ebook reader with a colour screen. It doesn't seem likely that there'll be one in the next year or so future.
Most of the current eInk devices have a 150mm diagonal screen (90mmx120mm). This means the page size is a bit smaller than a mass-market paperback and considerably smaller than a typical textbook. They are best suited to reading text - diagrams are possible, but the small page size means they usually have to be adapted to fit.