New Kindle E-Reader Enters Textbook Market

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I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN HAULING 45LB BOOK BAGS AND GOING TO THE DR FOR THE PAIN THAT FOLLOWS.
CAN A PARENT APPLY FOR THE TARP MONEY TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE KINDLE?

ANN of OH 8:06PM August 06, 2011

I'm a technology teacher at a Private K - 8 School. I'm interested in finding a source (and cost) for digital textbooks. My thought is to replace textbooks with Kindles or Nooks for the Middle School students. It would be the most cost effective way to utilize my textbook and technology budgets. I'm running into difficulty finding digital books.

Nancy Yauneridge of SC 2:17PM February 14, 2011

I like going to boarder. At one location I notice Kindle on display. I did not think anything of it. Know on Amazon I have done some research about this new gadget that I might give it a try. I have several friends who used them and say it great and they do not have to carries any books. I am a college student. Buying books each quarter is very costly. Last quarter I experienced a class without book by downloading the text. It was great. I did not have the need for paper, and ink. I will invest in Kindle for my next quarter. College books are costly. I like to keep my books for references.

Joyce Thigpen of IL 12:32PM January 16, 2010

As a former board of education trustee I see this as the future for all school books. We have issues with children carrying book bags which are too heavy. This will enable all school books to be updated yearly and reduce costs. There needs to be a push for health reasons to transfer K-12 educational books to this new media. 1 Kindle can take the place of all school books. These Kindles can be made stronger like Panasonic Toughbooks which are impervious to most types of liquid spills and being dropped.
Colleges can save their students money by allowing them to download the books rather than having to purchase or rent the college books.
I also see the end of having a student say I left my books at school. The downloads can be done to the home PC as well as to the Kindle. Kindles are the future for books. If we really want to push for this the Dept of Education should be fighting to get their share of the TARP money to offset the $489.00 cost of the Kindle.

Ken Freedman of NJ 11:20AM August 16, 2009

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vsxZSQooY of 1:03PM August 10, 2009

why cant kindle be sold out with inbuilt school books in the memory, according to the grades? so that students also can avial this facility and reduce their burdens by keeping their bundle of text books at their home..........
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saravanan 8:27AM August 06, 2009

I am a student at Troy University's eCampus pursuing a degree in Applied Computer Science. Many of the text books I purchase have an access code for additional online resources and sometimes come with a CD as well.
I would love to take advantage of all the pros of the Kindle, but there should be a method to get these additional resources too.

Phyllis Naulty of AL 10:57AM July 25, 2009

If it is to be successful in the colleges -- It would be helpful to have a stylus to highlight, underline,circle text.

RYoungblood of TX 4:29PM July 24, 2009

I read the physician's problem regarding jumping around the kindle textbook (skipping to page 289, looking-up answers in the back, etc). Going back and forth page by page would be tedious. Could the kindle skip through chapters which would then be broken down by subtitles for quick access?

Carter White of CT 10:45AM May 08, 2009

I have a Kindle 1 and really enjoy it.
I am a physician and have tired textbooks on it - BIG problem is easily jumping back and forth-(e.g. a question and answer board review book. Take a few questions, but how does one look up the answer in the back?
Page by page it's tough.
Using the dinky index at the bottom gets one closer, but still not good enough.
Need a way to get to page 289 quickly, then bookmark to get there again ....

bruce b of FL 6:54AM May 08, 2009