The following excerpts from a Feb. 11 press release from a startup publishing company called Smashwords underscores an emerging trend that is bound to accelerate as tools like the Kindle begin to penetrate the market.
“Smashwords allows anyone to become a published ebook author in minutes. The site is ideal for full length novels, short fiction, essays, [...]
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A blog by an Instructional Technology training specialist at Georgia State University’s College of Education:
http://anne.teachesme.com/
“Guysread” is a web-based literacy program to help boys find stuff they like to read. It was created by Jon Scieszka, who was recently appointed to be the Inaugural National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, by the United States Library of [...]
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Click below to link to a post about another e-book reader that has just been announced. With a touch screen and the ability to turn pages by sliding your fingers across the screen it certainly trumps the Kindle in design elegance. But lacking the wireless connectivity and vast online bookstore that the Kindle comes with, [...]
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For you Facebook users, there’s now a Connect2books “cause” there, which you can invite your friends to join. Just click here:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/sharings/show/71580
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Are you interested in getting Kindles for your Kids?
We are currently accepting applications from organizations and schools that work with at-risk and low income youths, in grade levels 6 to 12. Some obvious ones jump quickly to mind: Inner city school districts with a high percentage of Title I students, organizations that target at-risk and [...]
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For CNET’s review of the Amazon Kindle, click here- http://www.cnettv.com/9742-1_53-32339.html
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“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free” – Frederick Douglass “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” – Victor Hugo“A man is known by the books he reads.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson“There is more treasure in books than all the pirates’ loot on [...]
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A peak under the hood of the Kindle…
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20218/
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Probably the most inspiring message one can find about kids and reading:
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