{"id":454,"date":"2010-05-24T00:32:01","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T07:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/?p=454"},"modified":"2010-05-24T00:32:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T07:32:01","slug":"the-seattle-times-weighs-in-on-the-kindle-dx-pilot-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/2010\/05\/the-seattle-times-weighs-in-on-the-kindle-dx-pilot-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seattle Times weighs in on the Kindle DX pilot program"},"content":{"rendered":"

They say pretty much the same thing everyone else has said\/is saying…still, it’s interesting to hear that Barnes & Noble admits their Nook doesn’t currently fit the bill for academic use, either. \u00a0Check out this quote:<\/p>\n

“‘Those things that students really are looking for in an educational experience just are not there yet in the e-reader market,’ said Jade Roth, a vice president in charge of textbook merchandising at Barnes & Noble College Booksellers. ‘It’s going to shift when the number of titles increases and when the digital experience is amazing.'”<\/p>\n

To even a casual observer, it’s clear that the number of titles isn’t the real issue for academic adoption of e-readers. \u00a0And it’s also not about an “amazing” digital experience since devices like the iPad and even the humble laptop deliver “amazing digital experiences” right now. \u00a0I just don’t think the average college student who has work to do is looking for an “amazing digital experience.” \u00a0Time will tell!<\/p>\n

Check out the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They say pretty much the same thing everyone else has said\/is saying…still, it’s interesting to hear that Barnes & Noble admits their Nook doesn’t currently fit the bill for academic use, either. \u00a0Check out this quote: “‘Those things that students really are looking for in an educational experience just are not there yet in the e-reader market,’ said Jade Roth, a vice president in charge of textbook merchandising at Barnes & Noble College Booksellers. ‘It’s going to shift when the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/csclab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}