Kindle and the Future of Reading

Re:Kindle and the Future of Reading by Oompa on Monday July 27, 2009 @11:09AM (#725972)

And add more textbooks. I wouldn't hesitate to buy one if they were cheaper and I could get all my textbooks on it for rather cheap (I'm not going to pay another $170 for a textbook just so I can have it on the kindle).

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Re:Kindle and the Future of Reading by btdxtrt on Monday July 27, 2009 @11:17AM (#725986)

And when your school requires a textbook that is only available on kindle so you can't buy a used copy or borrow one from the library, or share a friend's - then how much do you think they can/will charge for textbooks ?

I'm betting on some very large 'incentive' payments to schools to try this, along with some seminars in Hawaii to explain to college presidents how wonderful this will be.

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Re:Kindle and the Future of Reading by jamesbritt on Monday July 27, 2009 @02:25PM (#726392)

"Arizona State University to try out e-textbooks on Kindle"

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=726389

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Re:Kindle and the Future of Reading by Oompa on Monday July 27, 2009 @11:49AM (#726043)

This is obviously a problem, which is why I said I'd like them rather cheap. I don't think will happen, at least any time soon, but one can dream.

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