The Digital Reader

Here re a few things I am reading this morning.

• 8 Unexpected Downsides of the Switch to E-books (Cracked)

• About the Emerging Battles Over Textbooks: Options from Apple to Open Initiatives (O’Reilly Radar)

• Brazil announces the purchase of 600,000 tablets for education (Panarea)

• Library Patrons Buy Books They Borrow, Study Says (DBW)

• Landmark to join Junglee in offering India e-books (The Bookseller)

• The Publishers Association Supports Digital Copyright Exchange As Alternative To Law Change (press release)

• Skyscraping Tower of Abraham Lincoln Books (My Modern Met)

• Tools of Change Conference, Day 1 (American Libraries Magazine)