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Kindle, newspapers, books, academia Ed Lazowska Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington August 2010.

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1 Kindle, newspapers, books, academia Ed Lazowska Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington August 2010

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4 Think about … z The impact of Craig’s list z Why are radio stations still alive? z The impact of viewing editorial staff as your only controllable cost

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7 Kindle educational pilot project z A phenomenal personal pleasure reading device z How is academic reading different? y Annotate x Perhaps share annotations y Repeatedly set bookmarks and flip between them y Utilize pdf’s x Need to zoom, annotate, utilize bookmarks y Access ancillary information on the web z Pricing!


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