Google Book ScanningWhatever You Think of Google as a Company, The Book Scanning Decision is the Right One (GigaOM)
The Authors Guild has argued that Google’s book-scanning project is copyright infringement on a massive scale, but the benefits of having millions of books digitized and searchable clearly outweighs the dangers of that infringement.
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Apple iPad Mini with Retina Display vs iPad Air (GoodeReader)
Welcome to yet another installment of the Good e-Reader Video Comparison Series! Today we check out the Apple iPad Mini with Retina Display and the Apple iPad Air. Over the course of the video we check out the reading experience with eBooks, magazines, newspapers, and comic books.
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LA School Board Votes to Move Forward with Limited iPad Program (The Digital Reader)
Due to the bungling of their billion dollar 1:1 iPad program the LA Unified School District has become a poster child for how not to deploy technology in schools, but earlier this week common sense broke out in a school board meeting.
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How to Add a Photo to Your Kindle Case (GalleyCat)
In the spirit of decorating your notebooks with your favorite photos in junior high, Amazon has a new service that lets you create your Kindle covers and skins.
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Kindle Daily Deals: The Universe vs Alex Woods (and others)

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