The University System of Ohio will host a webinar on Monday on rising textbook costs. Solving the textbook affordability crisis for Ohio college students is more pressing than ever, as large numbers of students turn to public institutions for high-quality, affordable education. Please join Darlene McCoy, Associate Vice Chancellor, Division of Affordability and Efficiency, University [...]
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Copyright laws could cost us sound recording history
October 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
I cam across an interesting report published last month on how current copyright laws are preventing the duplication of sound recordings. A lot of the recording are in a seriously decayed state. So what’s the point? Simple. There is something worse than the Google Books copyright infringement. CLIR website From the abstract:
UC Irvine Med School find new way to increase cost of tuition
August 14th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
They gave out iPads to first year med students last week. From PhysOrg.com: At an annual ceremony Aug. 6, UC Irvine’s incoming medical students were presented with their first white coats – the traditional garb of physicians everywhere. They then received something untraditional: Apple iPad tablet computers loaded with everything necessary for the initial year [...]
The Humane Reader – an ultra low cost alternative e-reader
July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
From the product page: The Humane Reader is a low-cost device which can bring a five thousand book library into a home or school which has no other access to internet content. The Reader can be produced in quantity for approximately $20 per unit, and uses any existing television set as a display device for [...]
Why iPad mags cost $4.99 each
May 1st, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
From Fortune: If you buy the digital editions of Popular Science or TIME Magazine on the iPad, they cost $4.99 each — same as on the newsstand.However, one-year subscriptions to Popular Science (the paper magazine) are currently selling for $12 — or $1 an issue. And TIME subscriptions can be had for $20 — around [...]
Wall Street Journal to cost $18 on the iPad
March 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The WSJ is reporting(it was more of a footnote really): The Journal plans to charge subscribers $17.99 a month for iPad subscriptions, according to a person familiar with the matter. The WSJ is also offered on the Kindle, but for $15 you’re only getting the minimum; a lot of content doesn’t survive the conversion process. [...]
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