March 4, 2010 :: "The California State Student Association posted the video below on Sunday. It is a great video on textbook costs from the student perspective. I am told that Emily Switzer, ASI officer and SFSU student made the video. The video header notes that: This video is intended to reach students and faculty throughout the California State University System to increase awareness of and promote the growing access to low or no cost alternatives to print textbooks..."

March 2, 2010 :: "...When the project is complete, the Single Integrated Library System (SILS) will connect all of the province’s 306 public libraries and ensure that each offers patrons the same access to information and services, regardless of where the library is located. Library patrons will be able to use the same library card throughout Saskatchewan..."

March 2, 2010 :: "The first made-in-Singapore electronic book reader was launched yesterday. The KeyReader, a 19.6cm by 12.1cm, 300g touchscreen device with built-in wireless connectivity, will be able to download books directly on the go. For a start, it will be able to access the over 900,000 digital books in the collection of the National Library Board (NLB) for free..."

February 25, 2010 :: "One in six iPhone owners surveyed by mobile ad company AdMob said they were planning to buy an Apple iPad this year. Published Thursday, AdMob’s mobile metric survey polled 960 participants. 16 percent of iPhone owners said they “intend to purchase” an iPad in the next six months. Unsurprisingly, interest is less strong among Palm or Android users: 11 percent of webOS (Palm Pre) and 6 percent of Android users said they were likely to buy an iPad..."

February 23, 2010 :: "Former children's laureates Quentin Blake, Anne Fine and Jacqueline Wilson, bestselling authors Jeffrey Archer and Louis de Bernières and critical favourites Thomas Pynchon, Zadie Smith and Jeanette Winterson have all opted out of the controversial Google book settlement, court documents have revealed. Authors who did not wish their books to be part of Google's revised settlement needed to opt out before 28 January, in advance of last week's ruling from Judge Denny Chi

February 22, 2010 :: "The University’s e-reader pilot program, which experimented with the use of the Kindle DX in three courses last semester, reduced the amount of paper students printed for their respective classes by nearly 50 percent, the University plans to announce today. But in spite of the cost savings, some students and professors said they found the technology limiting...

February 21, 2010 :: "Readers can modify content on the Web, so why not in books? Macmillan plans to start selling 100 titles in this fashion in August. In a kind of Wikipedia of textbooks, Macmillan, one of the five largest publishers of trade books and textbooks, is introducing software called DynamicBooks, which will allow college instructors to edit digital editions of textbooks and customize them for their individual classes. Professors will be able to reorganize or delete chapters; upload course

February 12, 2010 :: "Yesterday the White House released the annual Economic Report of the President – a detailed analysis of actions taken by the Administration to address our Nation’s economic challenges over the past year and the President’s plans to rebuild and rebalance our economy for the future. As part of White House’s commitment to make government more accessible, the Economic Report of the President is now available as an eBook for your Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble nook, Sony Reader and

February 18, 2010 :: "Brad Inman wants to bring books into the 21st century. His year-old start-up, Vook (which we’ve written about here and here), mashes and mixes videos and photos with text to create multimedia books for devices like the iPhone and, soon, the iPad..."