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Amazon launches the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library

November 3, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
Amazon took another step toward pulling its hardware and digital content into an increasingly tight package on Wednesday when it announced the launch of the Kindle Owners’ Lending…
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Amazon shuts down eBook loans via Lendle

April 12, 2011March 22, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
Since Amazon gave Kindle users the ability to loan their eBooks in December, we've seen a number of startups launch in the eBook lending space, creating networks to…
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E Ink, maker of Kindle display, to offer color

November 10, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Up until now, people who have bought e-readers have had to make a compromise: either read in color on a highly reflective screen, or read in shades of…
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Two eBooks cost more than Amazon hardcovers

October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione
Readers of eBooks might not be able to turn paper pages, lend their copies to friends, or file them away on living room bookshelves. But until now, they…
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Amazon: Kindle titles outpacing hardcovers

July 20, 2010 by Maya Prabhu
The Amazon.com Kindle eReader and bookstore have reached a "tipping point," the company said July 19, with Kindle titles outselling hardcover books on the massive online marketplace for…
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iPad pilots launching in higher ed this fall

November 5, 2013July 6, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
Educators say there’s a simple reason they believe the Apple iPad pilot programs coming to colleges and universities this fall will run smoother than previous trials with popular…
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Amazon updates Kindle DX, lowers price

July 1, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Amazon.com is launching an updated version of its high-end Kindle electronic reader and cutting the price in a move to address the threat from Apple's iPad tablet computer,…
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Educators, students can benefit from technology training

November 6, 2013June 17, 2010 by By Michael Hildebrandt
Technology is changing the face of education. Typing on a keyboard can make learning proper handwriting unimportant. Using a calculator can make simple math functions technology-assisted processes. And…
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Not everyone ready for the digital textbook revolution

November 5, 2013June 9, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
Don’t let the iPhones and BlackBerries fool you: Research and a recent pilot program that put eReaders in college students’ hands suggest that most students aren’t ready to…
IT Management

Amazon CEO: Color Kindle ‘still a long way out’

May 26, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
A color version of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle e-reader may come eventually, but it won't be soon.
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Software update could turn Kindle users into a cloud-based book club

April 30, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Amazon has posted an overview of what Kindle owners can expect in its version 2.5 software update slated for late May, and a key feature of the update…
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Kindle to expand beyond Amazon?

April 20, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
It's a tricky little issue: What if you designed a piece of hardware and were also the only one who sold the software for it?
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University library sees demand for Kindles soar

November 5, 2013March 1, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
For students looking to temper sober textbook readings with a literary escape into the world of vampires and zombies, Oregon State University is loaning out Amazon Kindle electronic…
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Can Apple’s tablet spark a textbook revolution?

September 3, 2010January 26, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
Can the release of Apple's eReader tablet do for textbooks what the iPod did for music: combine an online store for purchasing books with sleek hardware that holds…
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Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2009: No. 1

November 5, 2013December 29, 2009 by From staff reports
Schools' use of digital textbooks began long before 2009, but it was a watershed year for this emerging trend in education.

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