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Either Amazon will need to do a firmware update to include DRM pdf (textbook publishers will not be selling their books without DRM) or they may require the publishers to use a different format for their ebooks. Using a different format for ebooks would raise another question. Would these publishers create say an .azw format from the original pdf and if so what level of proof-reading will be involved to verify the final product? If one were to convert a textbook from pdf to any other format, imagine the amount of errors that could occur. |
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The average number of years to complete an undergraduate degree is slightly more than 5. But the comments about cost would be key ones for my students (at a public university). Most start by looking to buy used copies of textbooks and many of them share textbooks. A few try to avoid buying a copy at all. Unless the cost of the e-version is less than the cost of a used copy, I doubt there will be much interest. And that's not taking into consideration other issues such as highlighting and commenting on pdfs.
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Are we thinking that the students won't have the option of using these PDF textbooks on both a laptop and the DX? Maybe the annotations would be made on a computer and that copy would be on the Kindle for quick reference (along with the .azw or .mobi textbooks).
My college days were pre-laptop (or home desktop), so my thinking may be way off. |
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For students that work the way I did, the KDX will have to be able to keep 2-5 books in a "cool-key" mode. I had to switch between books for a single class often, and from class to class every hour or two.
I like the way the EBW1150 allows me to switch between two books without going back to the main menu, which breaks concentration, and I think you'd need something like that for reader meant to be used for study. |
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A Kindle isn't durable enough to be lugged around by students
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IMHO, Kindle DX is still a very poor substitute for laptop. |
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One additional 'benefitor' (is that a word?), will be those with poor eyesight who need to use large fonts. Apparently the Kindle sells very well to older people, so the additional screen size will be a blessing to them.
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I disagree, the Kindle DX has much more glass real estate and is more vulnerable than the current crop of readers, possibly has more flex, the larger size may subject it more easily to be knocked off a desk or having something dropped onto it. Student use is much different than a home environment
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So you're carrying a laptop around whether you have physical books or an ebook reader. |
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