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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 Education Life Technology

Content and Delivery entwined?

September 21, 2011September 23, 20114 min read

Must content and delivery be inextricably entwined? For centuries our ability to gather content and disseminated wirh tide is not just to the content but

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Android, content, content creation, iPad, Life, open, Publishers, publishing, Technology
Business Commentary Education Technology

Ubiquity or Proprietary?

May 4, 20105 min read

As you may know, I am looking forward to the day when our “textbooks” will be digital and students can  purchase  them at a fraction

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apple, iPad, Publishers, standards, textbooks
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 Economics Education Technology

Digital Textbooks: Fairness in Pricing after DRM is Hacked

June 12, 2009June 13, 20095 min read

In my last post, I put forward my argument for how digital textbooks can result in a win-win for publishers, students and authors. (Okay, so

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Digital Textbooks, DRM, half.com, Kindle, Publishers
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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