http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=17630
Revisiting the ROI of the Kindle DX: Why is Amazon blind to Wi-Fi?
Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:24 am
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Amazon unveiled its much hyped Kindle DX, an e-book with a 9.7-inch screen designed to raise a ruckus in the textbook market, but delivered a $489 curve ball that seriously alters the return on investment calculation for academia.
On the surface, the argument for the Kindle DX (Techmeme) in academia holds somewhat but that price tag makes the case much harder for your average student. Amazon is asking students to learn a little about total cost of ownership over three years before they pick up a book. What is this? Enterprise software?
The Kindle DX runs you $489 as an upfront investment and the average student spends $488 on new and used course materials a year. In a nutshell, Amazon is asking the average student to fork over more money for the Kindle and then buy the textbooks too.
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They’d have a better chance supporting the Open Textbook effort. That’s what student’s could afford.
Textbooks’ prices are obscene!
Even when I went to school.
No margin, no mission. I understand. BUT, (there is always a big butt), it doesn’t have to be a screw job!
Don’t forget Project Gutenberg and Google with it’s out of print books.
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