That's despite a number of new digital textbook startups and despite some movement on the part of textbook publishers to make their content available that way. While they may be interested in e-readers, college students don't seem to be adopting digital textbooks, or rather they're no more apt to use them than they were 3 years ago. The survey also found that those who read digital materials said they were doing so far more frequently on dedicated e-readers (and/or with e-reader apps on their iPads) than on their laptops. A survey this spring by the National Association of College Stores found that 15% reported owning an e-reader, up from 8% in October 2010. College students, of course, aren't (usually) reliant on schools purchasing their devices.
Personally, I was skeptical as I felt as though there were a lot of things - the focus on Amazon (book) store content, privacy questions about its Silk browser, problems that libraries in particular have had in administering their Kindle accounts, for example - that I thought would make K-12 schools less-than-thrilled about adopting them.īut it's a different story at the higher ed level. When Jeff Bezos unveiled the new tablet in September, there were predictions that the device would be enormously popular in education, in no small part due to its competitive $199 price tag.
That may well be true, although there is already speculation about which device will be hotter this holiday season.īut just how hot will the Kindle Fire be in education? The initial reviews for the new Kindle Fire have been fairly lukewarm, many tech pundits pronouncing that the new Amazon tablet will be no iPad killer.
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