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Are E-Books Greener Than Printed Books?

Tech Soup

It’s been awhile since I posted on the TechSoup for Libraries blog on whether digital books and the devices that people use to read them like Kindles, Nooks, and tablet computers are greener than printed books. Be that as it may, e-reader devices and e-books are here to stay. In my " Are E-Readers Greener Than Books

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills. with the books they need for educational success. Bookshare now has over 150,000 members and more than 125,000 books.

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Thinking tech for a 14 year old with autism

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An iPhone or iPod Touch is too small for her to get much use out of the keyboard with her fine motor challenges. She loves to read and it will be great for her to be able to keep so many books with her. The iPad will be perfect for her. A notebook computer will be heavier and require more maintenance. She can write with Pages.

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Thinking tech for a 14 year old with autism

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An iPhone or iPod Touch is too small for her to get much use out of the keyboard with her fine motor challenges. She loves to read and it will be great for her to be able to keep so many books with her. The iPad will be perfect for her. A notebook computer will be heavier and require more maintenance. She can write with Pages.

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Has Apple become evil? No, but they are getting stupid.

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I like my 60G iPod that I’ve had for a while, and although I tire of lugging around three electronic devices (cell phone, Palm, iPod), and that my current phone is about to fall apart, the cost and the fact that it was so new made me decide not to go for it, even though AT&T is my carrier. The iPod is a rip off.

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The iPad will probably be a great device. Someday.

Judi Sohn

At this moment we have 5 Macs in active use in our home, 2 iPhones and one iPhone without SIM that's essentially an iPod Touch. I didn't buy an iPod until its 5th generation. The fancrowd is saying that the iPad isn't for geeky-tech types like me. She gets her books, magazines and newspapers on paper.

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