Article in today's Wall Street Journal discussing the use of eBook readers in education. Article discusses the pluses and minuses of eBooks stating, for example,
"... the transition has sparked controversy among some educators. They say that digital reading comes with drawbacks, including an expensive starting price for e-book readers and surprisingly high prices for digital textbooks. Also, publishers make e-texts difficult to share and print, and it is unclear how well students will adapt to reading textbooks on a screen, some say. The earliest versions of these devices lack highlighting, note-taking and sharing capabilities, and one leading provider’s e-books expire after several months, meaning they can’t be kept for future reference.
Meantime, on Tuesday, a customer filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, seeking class-action status, against Amazon, claiming the Kindle, when kept in a cover, cracks too easily. An Amazon spokesman said “We do not comment on active litigation. Nevertheless, we encourage anyone who has an issue with the cover attachment mechanism to return the cover and device for a free replacement so we can investigate further.”
You can read the entire article here
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...750084938.html