E-Books
Source: CNN
E-Textbooks Clicking with Colleges
From the article, “Allen Renear, associate professor at the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, says during the dot-com frenzy, some exaggerated predictions about what e-books would deliver and when managed to muddy the waters about electronic reading technology. “The fact is that electronic reading is a revolution that is happening,” said Renear, who is also chair of a group developing standards for handheld electronic books (the Open eBook Forum’s Publication Structure Working Group). Renear believes textbooks are where e-books will come into their own, with audio and video, interactive diagrams and searching capabilities.”

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