Comments on: Join our dialog about the Un-book http://www.informl.com/2008/08/25/join-our-dialog-about-the-un-book/ from Jay Cross and Internet Time Group Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:02:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Harold Jarche http://www.informl.com/2008/08/25/join-our-dialog-about-the-un-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1190 Harold Jarche Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:50:06 +0000 http://informl.com/?p=1219#comment-1190 I also noticed that Amazon is now offering a $100 Kindle rebate via its Associates. I also noticed that Amazon is now offering a $100 Kindle rebate via its Associates.

]]> By: Amy Jussel http://www.informl.com/2008/08/25/join-our-dialog-about-the-un-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1189 Amy Jussel Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:25:30 +0000 http://informl.com/?p=1219#comment-1189 Jay, not sure if you have a subscription to Wired Campus re: the Chronicle of higher education, but thought you'd want to see what Amazon's planning on doing with the Kindle/colleges, and weigh in with your thoughts. (I still need to post on the Future of the Book session for Shaping Youth, but have been off the grid in the Rockies.) Here's the link & the blurb: http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3268&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en "August 25, 2008 Amazon Plans to Market Its E-Book Reader to Colleges Amazon is considering entering the student textbook market with a new version of its Kindle e-book reader, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Most publishers now offer electronic versions of their textbooks, but so far there’s not an attractive enough e-book reader, and Amazon aims to fill that void. The college-oriented new model might be larger and include student-friendly features, such as allowing making annotations, according to a technology blog. Amazon officers also said the high Kindle sales estimates calculated by TechCrunch—a popular blog on internet products and companies—are not accurate. But the electronic company refuses to make public how many e-book reader units it has sold since Kindle was launched last November.—Maria José Viñas" Jay, not sure if you have a subscription to Wired Campus re: the Chronicle of higher education, but thought you’d want to see what Amazon’s planning on doing with the Kindle/colleges, and weigh in with your thoughts. (I still need to post on the Future of the Book session for Shaping Youth, but have been off the grid in the Rockies.)

Here’s the link & the blurb:
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3268&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

“August 25, 2008
Amazon Plans to Market Its E-Book Reader to Colleges

Amazon is considering entering the student textbook market with a new version of its Kindle e-book reader, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Most publishers now offer electronic versions of their textbooks, but so far there’s not an attractive enough e-book reader, and Amazon aims to fill that void. The college-oriented new model might be larger and include student-friendly features, such as allowing making annotations, according to a technology blog.

Amazon officers also said the high Kindle sales estimates calculated by TechCrunch—a popular blog on internet products and companies—are not accurate. But the electronic company refuses to make public how many e-book reader units it has sold since Kindle was launched last November.—Maria José Viñas”

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