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Top 3 problems with tablets in the classroom

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by Beth Bacon One million iPads. That’s the number of tablets Apple sold to schools and colleges in the year before the current school year. It’s roughly double the number sold in the education market during the previous year. In …

Penguin E-Books to Appear in Libraries Nationwide by Year End

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According to an announcement from library e-books provider 3M, Penguin e-books will be sold to all customers using the 3M Cloud Library by the end of the year. Currently, Penguin e-books are only available to customers of the New York and Brooklyn public libraries, which are being used by Penguin as a testing ground for a pilot program the publisher has launched for e-book library lending.

Many E-Book Borrowers Buy, Too, Says Pew Study

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According to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life project, those who borrow e-books from libraries also purchase e-books. When e-book borrowers were asked by Pew how they acquired the last e-book they read, 41% said they bought it.