Still missing a market: Academics e-readers

It’s been a year since I first posted about my frustration that the e-reader market is missing an obvious demographic: academics. In that year, that has become the top-viewed post on my blog (not that hard to do!), with over 1000 pageviews. Yet, I am sad to say little has changed in the e-reader market …

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Inhibited impulses: The pricing for e-books

Perhaps because I was in college for 10 years total, I’m someone who is pretty conscious about money. Even now that I’m done with school, I have a fairly strict budget for what I spend on “discretionary” purchases – entertainment, eating out, etc. And ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved reading, so my …

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The Catch-22 for E-books: Market failure

As I mentioned in a previous post, I got a Nook a couple of months ago. My first impression of the Nook was somewhat negative – I had hoped it would be useful as an academic tool, allowing me to easily read pdfs and comment on them. My thoughts about the academic application of the …

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Missing a market: E-readers and academics

I’ve been thinking about getting a tablet or an e-reader for a while. My husband is firmly behind this – seeing my endless piles of papers and books, it just makes sense in so many ways – for the environment, for example. And now that I’m getting ready to move and having to pack said …

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