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NPG, CSU partner for $49 dynamic digital textbooks

This fall, students at California State University will be at least make a step up to fast food. CSU has announced a three-year deal with Nature Publishing Group for low-cost, interactive, web-based textbooks with access options for disabled students. The first to be offered is an introductory biology text, fittingly titled Principles of Biology. Students on the L.A., Northridge, and Chico campuses will each have varying payment and licensing models, but 49 bucks gets anyone a full edition starting September 1st.

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B&N announces a new version of their Nook eReader that’s touch-based, but still uses an eInk screen rather than the LCD-based touchscreen of their Nook Color tablet. Shipping in June, should be an interesting addition to the eReader marketplace.

Barnes & Noble announces new touch-enabled Nook for $139

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Kobo Announces Touchscreen Ereader

Kobo Announces Touchscreen Ereader

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The Entourage Edge (even I can’t bring myself to use their suggested inTerCaps) is dead, with the service being discontinued 2 days ago. The official announcement begins: The enTourage eDGe store has closed as of 05/21/2011. We appreciate all of our customers and want you to enjoy your enTourage eDGe for the foreseeable future. The dual-screened tablet-like device always seemed like a doomed project to me, but it’s sad to see choice go out of the market.

enTourage eDGe™ is Dead

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On Woot.com today, there’s a sale on the Amazon Kindle 2nd Gen eReader with 3G for the lowest price I’ve seen: $89.99. It is last-generation hardware (the screen is ever-so-slightly not as good as the newest Kindle) but for $89 and free 3G, this is a steal. 

Kindle 2nd Generation 3G = $89.99

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I am very, very skeptical of this report. But I’m gonna pay attention.

Amazon to allow ePub ebooks on the Kindle e-Reader | Good E-Reader Blog – ebook Reader and Tablet PC News

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Another excellent example of “piracy” as a positive force. Author asks people to scan and post his out-of-print works so that he can clean them up for distribution.

Crowdsource, Please

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Excellent example of “piracy” and the free sharing of electronic copies of a book ending in said book being #1 on Amazon.

‘Go the F— to Sleep’: The Case of the Viral PDF

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Rosemary Beach!




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Our annual trip to Rosemary Beach was a huge success. Eliza absolutely loves any body of water, so she was thrilled with the ocean and the swimming pool. We also loved getting treats at the Sugar Shak, meeting the Easter Bunny, doing the huge egg hunt, listening to music in the parks, and shopping at Gigi’s toy store. We also spent some time at Alys Beach for a tea party, where Eliza met Alice, the Mad Hatter, and the white rabbit. We even spent a little time shopping and hanging out in Seaside, another wonderful little beach town. All in all, a great little vacation that we all needed!

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Eliza’s first dance recital




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Eliza did an amazing job during her first dance recital. Her first (but undoubtedly not the last) time on a big stage. She was fearless. In fact, she loved the whole experience. And she looked adorable as a caterpillar dancing to “Under the Toadstools” from Alice in Wonderland, which is one of her favorite Disney movies (the cartoon). We’re so proud of her, especially all the hard work she has done during rehearsal and the tough lessons of working in a group, being part of a “team,” etc.