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nekokami · 01-19-2007, 09:15 AM

I don't write in my books either, but most other students do, as far as I can tell. (Even I might annotate an eBook, though.) And a search function would be absolutely critical. If they really want to capture the student market, they need to 1) build an Info Pad, not an eBook reader and 2) sign on a bunch of textbook publishers, because not all students are majoring in literature. I think I had a grand total of two classes as an undergraduate that involved reading books other than textbooks. As a graduate student, I've had none-- every class has required a textbook or, more recently, a stack of photocopied journal articles. (Now there's a great use for an eBook reader.)

01-19-2007, 09:15 AM	#18
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I don't write in my books either, but most other students do, as far as I can tell. (Even I might annotate an eBook, though.) And a search function would be absolutely critical. If they really want to capture the student market, they need to 1) build an Info Pad, not an eBook reader and 2) sign on a bunch of textbook publishers, because not all students are majoring in literature. I think I had a grand total of two classes as an undergraduate that involved reading books other than textbooks. As a graduate student, I've had none-- every class has required a textbook or, more recently, a stack of photocopied journal articles. (Now there's a great use for an eBook reader.)