by David Einstein, San Francisco Chronicle
Electronic textbooks are going to be the next big thing in publishing, and the iPad, with its 10-inch full-color display, is the most promising device yet for studying a virtual textbook. And e-textbooks already are available for the iPad from companies like CourseSmart (coursesmart.com), which was founded by a handful of major textbook publishers. Best of all, e-texts can cost half what you’d pay for a printed version of the same book. Now for the caveats: The market for e-textbooks is still in its infancy, so the books your grandson needs may not all be available in electronic form. Likewise, navigating an e-textbook (bookmarking, highlighting text, adding notes, etc.) still can be harder than doing the same things with a printed book.
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