NY Times on children's books on the iPad
- Sample via YouTube: Go, Clifford, Go
Books in the Age of the iPad by Craig Mod: http://craigmod.com/journal/
College Students and Technology by Smith, Rainie, and Zickuhr from PEW Internet and American Life Project: http://pewinternet.org/reports/2011/college-students-and-technology/report.aspx
(Note the low levels, still, of e-book reader devices. See also: http://www.ala.org/lita/ital/sites/ala.org.lita.ital/files/content/30/3/pdf/foasberg.pdf)
However, e-reading is on the rise, says a recent PEW study: http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/the-rise-of-e-reading/
Aside: NEA 2007 study on reading -- http://www.nea.gov/research/ToRead.pdf (scroll to page 8 to learn that "65% of college freshmen read for pleasure for less than an hour per week or not at all.")
Buy Print, Rent Print, or E-book, a student view - http://www.bu.edu/today/2011/textbooks-rent-buy-or-ebook-it/
Evolution of the E-book: When Is a Book Not a Book? By Mathew Ingram in Business Week at http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2010/tc20101015_865569.htm
Re:Writing Plus from Bedford/St. Martin's for IX peek: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/rewriting2e/
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