E-books: Doom or Opportunity?
As electronic devices proliferate, printers worry (perhaps prematurely) about the demise of their craft. But proactive printers are finding ways to leverage these electronic newcomers.
"If you look over the horizon, at the el-hi level, the iPad or a machine like it will become the de facto textbook of the future," he predicts. "And, that's going to have a devastating effect on the textbook industry."
The process has certainly begun. The school district in Auburn, Maine, voted in early April to give 285 incoming kindergartners an iPad2 this fall—a program that will cost the district about $200,000. School superintendent Tom Morrill told the Lewiston Sun Journal that his goal is to increase literacy rates from 62 percent to 90 percent by 2012. Ten years ago, the state issued laptop computers to all seventh graders, a move that educators feel was highly successful.
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