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E-gadget or E-reader?

Logos, 2010
Digital technology changes our world and reshapes the scientific, social, political, cultural, commercial—and romantic—relationships between people. A short love letter written on birchbark (a not uncommon carrier of communication in mediaeval Russia (http://gramoty.ru/) is intentionally not very much different in content than a modern text message ...
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The Active e-Reader

2004
This chapter introduces a number of terms and phrases that you may not be familiar with. These terms are listed in the accompanying Handbook with enough space to define them in your own words or note examples, references, and resources.
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What's Next for e‐Readers?

Information Display, 2010
E‐readers are not yet commodity items, although they are selling briskly. This year's unit sales are predicted to be twice those of last year. And, in many ways, e‐book technology is still in its early stages. E‐book file compatibility is still being sorted out, and future versions of e‐readers will offer many features not widely seen today, including ...
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Are Medical School Students Ready for E-Readers?

Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2013
College textbook publishers are planning to make college and professional education textbooks available online to be downloaded to personal communication devices (e.g., smartphones), digital audio players (e.g., iPods), and digital readers (e.g., Kindles).
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The E-Reader as Replacement for the Print Newspaper

Publishing Research Quarterly, 2011
This study examines the effects of a major metropolitan newspaper’s withdrawal from a city and whether an e-reader pre-loaded with a digital subscription to the newspaper would act as a replacement. In-depth interviews with 20 former readers of the newspaper found the device, the Kindle DX, to be generally liked for its readability but a poor ...
Barry A. Hollander   +3 more
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E-Readers: New Opportunities for Hospital Patients and Staff

Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2012
E-readers provide an opportunity for hospital librarians to reach out to staff and patients with new approaches to library lending. Librarians in four Veterans Health Administration medical centers are using e-readers to enlarge their scope of service in unique ways. The libraries of VA hospitals in Minneapolis, Des Moines, Tampa, and Philadelphia have
Priscilla L, Stephenson   +3 more
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Curling Up with E-Readers

2010
Worldreader.org is using electronic reading devices to catalyze a new culture of global literacy.
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E-readers and adolescent engagement

2013
Introduction As the use of e-readers becomes commonplace and more affordable, they will make their way into the hands of students. This research provides information about how the devices might be used as a tool to improve adolescent students‘ reading engagement and also helps to identify the struggles and pitfalls educators may face in implementing ...
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The Tax Immunity of E-Readers in Brazil

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
The paper explores the broadening of the tax immunity in article 150, incise VI, letter “d” of the brazilian Federal Constitution with a view to protect e-readers. Through study of the constitutional history of the norm, it elaborates a definition for tax immunity for the purpose of interpretation.
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Ecstatic for E‐Readers

The Reading Teacher, 2013
Karen Aitken, Beth Dewey
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