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KSU celebrates opening of its new learning center, Math Emporium - 09/18/2011 5:05 pm
source: www.vindy.com
… to focus on actively learning precisely the information they need, with the aid of online help tools and an interactive e-book, together with one-on-one assistance from an instructional team,” Tonge said. The lead professor and the instructional team at … - Read More

Set-top boxes can upgrade your 'dumb' television - 09/18/2011 4:44 pm
source: Standard-Examiner
… is working on an agreement with book publishers to create an e-book lending library for its 5 million Prime customers. Lending … has become a thorny issue with publishers, but a Netflix for e-books could be a boon to book lovers. Ogden-based TopTenREVIEWS.com … - Read More

Andrew Oldham's Tales of Getting (Rolling) Stoned - 09/18/2011 4:05 pm
source: The Huffington Post
… his essential role as manager and producer of the Stones from '63-'67 is the central story in his exhilarating e-book memoir, Rolling Stoned, a combination/update of his earlier tomes Stoned and 2Stoned. Oldham's flair for storytelling is well … - Read More

Harold Evans: 'Rupert Murdoch is the stiletto, a man of method, a cold-eyed manipulator' - 09/18/2011 3:00 pm
source: Media UK
… to the new paperback and electronic editions of Good Times, Bad Times by Sir Harold Evans, published on 20 September by Bedford Square Books in the UK as an ebook priced £4.99 or paperback £13.99. An edited extract also appears printed in the Guardian - Read More

New technology: a tablet reader and an iPad joystick - 09/18/2011 12:04 pm
source: Monsters and Critics
… a 15-millimetre-wide frame in 32 and 48 inches. New tablet computer for reading e-books Berlin (dpa) - A tablet computer designed for reading e-books is the latest from PocketBook. Its A10 includes a 10-inch TFT touch display and … - Read More

Library beefs up e-offerings - 09/18/2011 8:02 am
source: Record-eagle
… Area District Library — and its branches and member libraries — have books, sure. But they also have streaming video, e-books, apps and much, much more. "Libraries are changing," said Kristen Talaga, marketing and communications manager for the … - Read More

Libraries cater to new generation - 09/18/2011 3:16 am
source: TribToday.com
… SMITH Tribune Chronicle WARREN - As e-books gain popularity worldwide, local librarians … with the state library association to get e-books into their operations. And since … has joined the state-sponsored effort called Ohio eBook Project. ''We would … - Read More

Fall books preview: Nothing ‘Wimpy’ about latest in kids series - 09/17/2011 3:07 am
source: Chicago Sun-Times
… of stores, and millions more e-book devices have been sold. Some publishers say e-books are now 20 percent of overall sales or … , so far, no plans for an e-book. The print run is greater than … and growing for children’s e-books, but it doesn’t compare … - Read More

Enjoy a local bookstore while you can - 09/17/2011 1:16 am
source: Chicago Sun-Times
… . In 2011, for the first time, sales of e-books surpassed sales of adult hardback books — Amazon delivers more e-books than paper books. That’ll never change. … — try getting someone to squirt that into a Kindle along with your e-book. - Read More

Lee Duran: E-publishing casts new light on self-publishing - 09/16/2011 9:38 pm
source: The Joplin Globe
… and are putting them out as e-books as quickly as they can. … compared to the same period 2010. E-book sales, on the other hand, soared … three times as much as e-books. Amazon now sells more copies … . There are some really crappy e-books out there but there are … - Read More