Comments for Krishna Motukuri's Blog http://motukuri.com Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:00:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on Publishers use eReaders and save trees by Anthony S. Policastro http://motukuri.com/2008/03/31/ereaders-save-trees/#comment-2 Anthony S. Policastro Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:07:05 +0000 http://motukuri.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-2 Hi Krishna, I fully support the eBook readers, but I think th argument about saving trees is mute. Trees are a renewable resource and as long as they continue to plant more trees than they cut down, reducing paper use may not have an impact on saving trees. As for the $50 eBook reader for students - an excellent idea and I would not doubt that someone will design and market such a device very soon. I agree that it would be great for school children who are burdened with an unthinkable amount of weight to carry in the form of text books. But we really need a strong movement to get ebook readers into the schools. The textbook publishers will fight it tooth and nail. Hi Krishna,
I fully support the eBook readers, but I think th argument about saving trees is mute. Trees are a renewable resource and as long as they continue to plant more trees than they cut down, reducing paper use may not have an impact on saving trees.

As for the $50 eBook reader for students - an excellent idea and I would not doubt that someone will design and market such a device very soon. I agree that it would be great for school children who are burdened with an unthinkable amount of weight to carry in the form of text books. But we really need a strong movement to get ebook readers into the schools. The textbook publishers will fight it tooth and nail.

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