A PRO-Kindle essay by OUP exec, publishing students’ ignorance of E, and a young doctor’s e-book memories and dreams
Oh, the frustrations of the blog format, sometimes! Right now we’ve got three great contributions that I wish could all be at the top.
Hey, TeleReaders; this Kindle’s for my sister-in-law, not you—a well-crafted essay by Evan Schnittman, VP of business development and rights at Oxford University Press, New York—argues that the ease and convenience of the Kindle outweigh any DRM-related negatives. I disagree, but I am delighted to present another viewpoint and am eager for more pro-Kindle contributions. Meanwhile feel free to write civil comments no matter what your opinion.
Graduating to e-books: Many publishing students still clueless is an important alarum for both educators and publishers and comes from Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti, a TeleBlog contributing editor who formerly worked as an editor with the well-regarded David R. Godne and founded her own house. Shockingly, when Sadi asked for a show of hands, she learned that no student in her class owned a PDA, downloaded e-books or understood the practicality of the technology even today.
E-books and the young doctor on the go, by Dr. Karina Descartin, tells what it was like to be a young doctor reading digitized medial information in the Philippines. Karina now lives in the States and is still using E—to prepare for the exams she must pass to practice in the U.S. “Medical e-books predate the specific definition of Medicine 2.0, but now they’re among its most promising tools and in the future will be still more important,” Karina tells us.
November 30th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
[...] My take on eBooks (especially in learning medicine), the dreams of sharing books and the joy of reading, and the beginning adventures and further explorations with the “E” is now up on Teleread. [...]
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:25 am
[...] contribution for TELEREAD went up [...]