More than 6,300 students worldwide took part in a library-based study commissioned by ebrary to determine their attitudes towards digital reading. Not only were the numbers higher than expected for that student demographic, the attitudes in favor of digital reading were higher in the UK than for students of a similar age bracket in other countries. Over 85% of the students … [Read more...] about ebrary Study Demonstrates Higher eBook Use Among UK Students
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HuffPo Crushes Some Anti-Blog Sentiment with a Pulitzer Win
In the game of us-versus-them, the differentiation between bloggers and journalists has been on-going and unnecessarily furthered, mostly by organizations who consider themselves to be news purists. But today’s awarding of the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting to David Woods of the Huffington Post may be the removal of the final stigma. When HuffPo launched nearly seven … [Read more...] about HuffPo Crushes Some Anti-Blog Sentiment with a Pulitzer Win
Blio eReading App Now Available on Azpen Tablets
With all the press surrounding the major names in tablet PCs, it’s easy to forget that there are a number of devices that not only offer the same quality in a do-it-all machine, but that can sometimes offer even superior performance, especially in e-reading. Baker&Taylor, the largest distributor of print and ebooks worldwide, has partnered with K-NFB Reading Technology … [Read more...] about Blio eReading App Now Available on Azpen Tablets
The New iPad 3 and Why Readers Will Want One
The news out of San Francisco today about Apple’s latest family member left a lot of people with some unanswered questions. When will there be a Sprint-compatible 4G version? What do you mean Siri can speak Japanese? And what are we supposed to call this thing? There are a number of compelling updates to the new iPad that make it highly sought after, but for readers, only … [Read more...] about The New iPad 3 and Why Readers Will Want One