New Media and Education: E-Readers (Kindle, etc.)

An E-Reader, or Electronic Reader, permits books and periodicals to be consumed in a highly portable manner that is often easier on a reader's eyes than traditional electronic displays.

The most popular of these devices is Amazon's Kindle.  In July 2010, sales of e-books surpassed sales of print titles for the first time on Amazon.  Barnes and Noble's Nook, and the Kobo are other e-reader options.  Each has slightly different rules on content sharing and pricing is competitive.  The iPad and other tablets are also popular devices for consumption of electronic text.

19% of American adults own an e-reader (Pew Research Center study)

Overview of new features on Kindle Paperwhite. Source: MobileTechReview on YouTube.

Source: MobileTechReview, youtube. 

In-depth review of the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. Source: MobileTechReview, YouTube.

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Amazon a variety of Kindle e-readers.

Barnes and Noble decided to team up with Samsung for its newest models rather than creating the hardware itself.  View a comparison of the available models.

Learning Express, EBSCO eBooks and Safari Tech & Business are brought to you by Madison College Libraries.  The others are free resources on the web.

You can now borrow kindle books from many libraries that use Overdrive.

Madison Public Library is one such library that offers kindle books for checkout.

Madison College Libraries also now check out Nook Colors and Kindle DXs to use as e-readers. Both devices are loaded with a variety of books including several reserve books.