E-Books - 48 Resources

An electronic version of a book. Currently there are two e-book products available, the Rocket eBook, from Nuvomedia (www.nuvomedia.com) and the SoftBook from SoftBook Press (www.softbook.com). Both are small computers -- the size of a paperback and a legal notepad -- with backlighted screens that allow a user to read, save, highlight, bookmark, and annotate text. Both can download books from a Web site, such as barnesandnoble.com (although the Rocket eBook requires another PC).

Publications (28)
Presentations (3)
Blogs (17)

Publications (28)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about E-Books.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
EQM0927	A Campus-Wide E-Textbook Initiative Jon T. Rickman, Roger Von Holzen, Paul Klute and Teri Tobin Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	07/30/2009	4,741
ERM0822	E-Books in Higher Education: Nearing the End of the Era of Hype? Mark R. Nelson Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	03/14/2008	10,511
ERM0915	Some Thoughts on Free Textbooks Robert H. Stewart Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/14/2009	2,426
ERM0912	College Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/14/2009	2,483
ERM0913	Executive Summary Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/16/2009	1,548
ERM0916	Online Textbooks Deliver Timely, Real-World Content Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/16/2009	2,692
CSD5611	Toward an All E-Textbook Campus Elizabeth Redden Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/14/2009	583
CSD5484	Free digital texts begin to challenge costly college textbooks in California Gale Holland Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/18/2008	382
CSD5486	Next Steps for E-Texts Andrew Guess Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/26/2008	236
CSD5490	Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education Ross Housewright and Roger C. Schonfeld Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/18/2008	649
CSD5504	A Companion to Digital Literary Studies Ray Siemens and Susan Schreibman Books and Monographs	Community Recommendation	09/19/2008	243
ELI7020	7 Things You Should Know About E-Books The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/01/2006	7,686
EQM0813	E-Texts in the Classroom Charles Hannon Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Quarterly	02/13/2008	2,336
ERB0801	E-Books in Higher Education: Nearing the End of the Era of Hype? Mark R. Nelson Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	01/08/2008	3,394
CSD5318	Market Formation for E-Books: Diffusion, Confusion or Delusion? Mark Sandler, Kim Armstrong, and Bob Nardini Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	10/17/2007	498
CSD5301	E-Textbooks — for Real This Time? Andrew Guess Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/03/2008	404
CSD4747	e-Books for the Future: Here But Hiding? Brian Whalley Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	1,582
EDU0057	Electronic Books: What's in a Name? Are We Really Talking About Books? Marcia Deddens Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/01/2000	5,594
CSD4402	Libraries Fear Digital Lockdown Ian Youngs Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,108
CSD4553	Compaq founder pushes for academic library online Michael Kanellos Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,007
CSD3894	Survey of the Providers of Electronic Publications Holding Contracts with Spanish University Libraries Blanca Rodriguez Bravo and Maria Luisa Alvite Diez Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2005	2,418
CSD3398	Ebooks in UK Public Libraries: where we are now and the way ahead Penny Garrod and Jane Weller Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	2,563
CSD2563	Electronic Books: Reports of Their Death Have Been Exaggerated Donald T. Hawkins Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2002	3,559
ERM9748	Without a Special Object of Worship: The Digital Book Norman C. Weinstein Articles, Papers, and Reports	Educom Review (Archives)	01/01/1997	2,948
CSD5703	Textbooks for the Disabled Steve Kolowich Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	08/28/2009	63

Presentations (3)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with E-Books

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
LIVE0915	E-Readers and E-Textbooks: Current Reality and Future Possibilities Jon T. Rickman and Roger Von Holzen Presentations and Seminars	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	08/26/2009	711
NC09_48346	Integrating Amazon Kindle: A Seton Hall University Pilot Program Riad Twal and Melissa McDowell Presentations/Speeches	NERCOMP	03/10/2009	930
LIVE0816	The Gutenberg-e Project: Opportunities and Challenges in Publishing Born-Digital Monographs Kate Wittenberg Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	08/01/2008	546

Blogs (17)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
Tune In August 26: E-Readers and E-Textbooks--Current Reality and Future Possibilities	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	08/19/2009	439
Integrating Amazon Kindle at Seton Hall - Notes	Lida L. Larsen, EDUCAUSE	03/13/2009	404
Read the Most Popular EDUCAUSE Review Articles of 2008	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	01/28/2009	1,786
New E-Book is Now Available Online: The Tower and the Cloud	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	11/05/2008	1,534
August 1: Free Web Seminar on The Gutenberg-e Project	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	07/24/2008	418
March/April EDUCAUSE Review Is Now Available	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	03/13/2008	551
Fujitsu trumps e-ink in digital paper innovations	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	07/14/2005	3,685
AENT/AMG working with Bowker to Provide Comprehensive Metadata Source	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	04/15/2005	3,409
Podcast on "Universal Access to All Knowledge"	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	03/20/2005	4,387
Wiley Sues 10 Illegal Online Resellers	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	03/18/2005	3,572
Questia, Social Captial Metrics, etc.	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	03/18/2005	4,074
Amazon Cites?	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	03/16/2005	3,326
More iPod News ...	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	03/03/2005	3,478
UK Bookstore Waterstones to test ipod kiosk?	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	03/02/2005	5,750
ebook news of interest ...	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	03/01/2005	3,975
BodhTree develops electronic paper solution	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	10/04/2004	3,438
O'Reilly To Make Custom Textbooks	Matt Pasiewicz, EDUCAUSE	08/25/2004	3,595

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