Headed abroad this summer? If Paris is on your itinerary, download this ebook guide to the museums of this great art city and have it handy on any mobile device, saved in your Kindle reader or your ePub reader (we like Bluefire). In addition to the general article on Paris itself and the article listing…
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Are You Getting an E-book Refund?
by Will DeLamater
If this is the first you have heard about an e-book refund, the next thing you will notice is a credit in your Amazon or B&N account for books purchased between April 1, 2010 to May 21, 2012. The option to 1) opt out of the settlement, 2) file a claim, or 3) apply to…
Pogue Picks Paperwhite, and Three Reasons that Educators Won’t
by Will DeLamater
David Pogue, the uber-tech-reviewer for the New York Times, took a minute this week to decipher the place of the new Kindle Paperwhite in the still robust market for E-Ink-based readers. On balance, I think he got it right. The Paperwhite addresses a concern long held by a certain segment of e-book aficionados: how to…
Beg, Borrow, But Please Don’t Steal: How to Share E-Books at School (and at Home)
by Will DeLamater
UPDATE: Read the latest instructions for sharing a Kindle book: How to share your Kindle books How to share e-books among as many readers as possible is a matter of great interest to educators. Right now, there are basically three ways to leverage e-books to increase distribution of titles in schools: 1. Sharing (books among…
One Little Control That Makes a Difference for Educators
by Will DeLamater
One of the most consistent questions over the years about Kindle management concerns how to disable the ability to make purchases directly from the device. For educators, this is almost a show-stopper with Kindle. This uber-consumer reading device, designed with book purchases in mind, makes it just too darned easy to buy a book, and…
NOOKcolor: A First Look
by Will DeLamater
When my NOOKcolor arrived right on time yesterday, I thought about calling this post “Barnes and Noble Pulls an Amazon.” What I mean by that is, for the first time in the brief history of the universe, B&N got the drop on their cross-country rivals. And part of how they did that was by tearing…