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Graphic: Getting started with ebooks

January 22nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · tips and tricks

I’ve been meaning to post this handy little beginner’s guide graphic that Jason Davis  made over at BookBee. It’s a pretty good flow chart for getting into ebooks, but it only covers the major platforms. You might notice that Android is not mentioned, but I’m sure it will be added in a revision. There’s a [...]

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Literacy in the Graphic Novel Age

August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · opinion

Recently, Nate ran a post titled “Ben Bova thinks graphic Novels are the death of literacy – I can prove he’s wrong.” The thrust of the article is that science fiction author Ben Bova thinks graphic novels demonstrate declining literacy. The Digital Reader’s rebuttal was to cite an article in Inside Higher Ed about professors whose [...]

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Ben Bova thinks graphic Novels are the death of literacy – I can prove he’s wrong

August 20th, 2010 · 5 Comments · opinion

The SF author Ben Bova likes to write editorials for his local paper, the Naples News. Last week he wrote a politely worded diatribe against graphic novels and how they’re a sign of declining literacy. Even though I think he’s wrong, it’s still worth a read. I’ve been thinking about his column for a week [...]

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