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Why German Grammar Is Dead Simple (free download inside)
learnoutlive.comA while ago these images were making the rounds about how German sounds cruel and gritty compared to other languages.
And while the prejudice of Teutonic doom and gloom will probably not come off any time soon (thanks Wagner) there …
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Do E-book Customers Prefer Longer or Shorter Books?
Mark Coker, huffingtonpost.comBack in the early days of ebooks, it was common to hear experts prognosticate that ebook customers would prefer shorter books.
After all, the theory went, ebook readers are on the go, more subject to the ADHD distractions of the…
Interesting piece by smashwords’ Mark Coker on preferred length of #ebooks in electronic #publishing
Creating a Seamless User Experience for Digital Textbooks
Kirsten Winkler, rafter.com
Digital textbooks still take a smaller percentage of the overall textbook market, but with the increasing adoption of tablets in education I believe it is safe to say that they will be the standard five years from…
@kirstenwinkler thinking about the accessibility of e-textbooks across multiple devices http://flpbd.it/2lnbw
How Ebooks & The Net Bring Us Back To The Middle Ages, In a Good Way
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Recently, I’ve been reading the Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man, that (in)famous work of Marshall McLuhan, and it struck me that many of his insights relating to print media and reading culture can be applied to what is happening today, exactly 50 years after its publication in 1962.
An update on the use of e-readers in Africa
What does it take to introduce e-books and e-readers into communities in low income countries — and is this a good idea?
(via An update on the use of e-readers in Africa | A World Bank Blog on ICT use in Education)
Ebooks in 3rd world countries. Interesting read.
(via gjmueller)
One of the very real truths of our culture is being hidden in the dramatic shift from paper to ebook–lots of people are moving from paper to ‘no ebook’.
— S. Godin / domino project
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5 Reasons Why Books Aren’t Dying Out
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1. The Book Is An Information Service
2. The Book Is The Original App
3. Novels are Analog Virtual Reality
4. Books Are Boundlessly Customizable
5. The Form is Shifting, The Idea Is Staying
(img: by Frederic della Faille)
