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Business Commentary Economics Education Life

US Sues Apple, Publishers

April 13, 20121 min read

We talk about the lawsuit brought by the US in the most recent Real Tech for Real People, Episode 110.  While we share our thoughts

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Amazon, apple, eBooks, Kindle, lawsuits, pricing, Publishers
Business Economics Education Technology

When consumers don’t drive the market…

September 23, 2011September 23, 20115 min read

Who are the consumers of textbooks? And how do you define a consumer? We had this discussion recently on the podcast Real Tech for Real

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consumers, eBooks, Economics, Education, etextbooks, Technology, textbooks
Education Research Methods Technology

Amazon Lied? No–more likely, people can’t do math…

September 22, 2010September 24, 20103 min read

My brother shared with me an interesting posting, where the question is asked “Is Amazon Lying about eBooks outselling printed books?” I found the post

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Amazon, digital books, eBooks, eReaders, failures, fallacy, Kindle, statistics
Military Technology

Are eReaders Robust Enough for Warfighters?

April 12, 2010April 25, 20102 min read

I have been enjoying learning about the iPad and will have more recommendations to come about apps that I absolutely love.  That said, I want

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Amazon, apple, eBooks, ereader, iPad, Kindle, Military, OtterBox, warfighter
Commentary Education

The Problem of Pricing: Digital Textbooks are NOT cheap!

April 6, 20103 min read

I have written extensively [1.  See: Digital Book Readers (Kindle?) in Academia (an outline of thoughts), Digital Textbooks: Fairness in Pricing after DRM is Hacked,

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Digital Textbooks, eBooks, Publishers, textbooks
Business Commentary

Could Apple Actually KILL eBooks?

February 1, 2010February 4, 20102 min read

Once again we can’t turn on a news reader on the internet without be reminded of the Great Steve (not me–Jobs) and how he always

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Amazon, apple, eBooks, ereader, iPad, Kindle, Steve Jobs
Digital Textbooks and “Fair Pricing”
Business Economics Education Technology

Digital Textbooks and “Fair Pricing”

June 12, 2009September 9, 20145 min read

Those who know me personally know I have a strong desire to see digital textbooks succeed.   I think it has the potential to deliver

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Digital Textbooks, DRM, eBooks, eReaders, Kindle, Publishers

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