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An interesting article http://www.htrnews.com/article/20100711/MAN04/7110393/Professors-Kindle-no-threat-to-college-textbooks
on how the Kindle and other ebook readers are not up to the challenge of how students actually interact with their textbooks, such as using highlighting and being able to organize individual articles in particular categories.
I will point out the misinformation re the comment about the lack of accessibility for blind and visually impaired students: blind readers do not require a special audio interface, we require the ability to use keyboard commands, which could easily be added, especially to the Kindle for PC version, but there have been no provisions for this at all. In addition, I'm not sure if the digital rights management the Kindle format uses would block screen reader access for those using the PC version, as screen reader programs are often perceived as illegal attempts to copy the text.
on how the Kindle and other ebook readers are not up to the challenge of how students actually interact with their textbooks, such as using highlighting and being able to organize individual articles in particular categories.
I will point out the misinformation re the comment about the lack of accessibility for blind and visually impaired students: blind readers do not require a special audio interface, we require the ability to use keyboard commands, which could easily be added, especially to the Kindle for PC version, but there have been no provisions for this at all. In addition, I'm not sure if the digital rights management the Kindle format uses would block screen reader access for those using the PC version, as screen reader programs are often perceived as illegal attempts to copy the text.
