Comments on: Kindle DX: Harbinger of the E-Textbook? http://legalgeekery.com/2009/06/09/kindle-dx-harbinger-of-the-e-textbook/ Mon, 21 May 2012 13:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephen http://legalgeekery.com/2009/06/09/kindle-dx-harbinger-of-the-e-textbook/comment-page-1/#comment-2583 Stephen Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:24:35 +0000 http://legalgeekery.com/?p=1578#comment-2583 I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to use the Kindle DX as a Law Student. I scan my casebooks and convert the text to audio to help overcome my learning disabilities. It wouldn't require additional work to put the book on the Kindle. Nevertheless, I still worry about using the Kindle in the classroom. If I am called on, will I be able to quickly flip through the pages? I envision my professor calling on me and getting frustrated when I struggle to find an answer in the case. I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to use the Kindle DX as a Law Student. I scan my casebooks and convert the text to audio to help overcome my learning disabilities. It wouldn’t require additional work to put the book on the Kindle.

Nevertheless, I still worry about using the Kindle in the classroom. If I am called on, will I be able to quickly flip through the pages? I envision my professor calling on me and getting frustrated when I struggle to find an answer in the case.

]]> By: Jon Bartelson http://legalgeekery.com/2009/06/09/kindle-dx-harbinger-of-the-e-textbook/comment-page-1/#comment-2419 Jon Bartelson Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:45:26 +0000 http://legalgeekery.com/?p=1578#comment-2419 It's tough for me to justify the expense unless I can keep all of my materials together on the device. I suppose I could download cases from Westlaw if the casebook I'm using just compiles them anyways, but if there's analysis in the casebook I would want it all easily accessible from the single device. I really don't want to have to carry around the textbooks _and_ the Kindle... Here's hoping my prediction is wrong. This is one case where I would welcome it :) It’s tough for me to justify the expense unless I can keep all of my materials together on the device. I suppose I could download cases from Westlaw if the casebook I’m using just compiles them anyways, but if there’s analysis in the casebook I would want it all easily accessible from the single device. I really don’t want to have to carry around the textbooks _and_ the Kindle…

Here’s hoping my prediction is wrong. This is one case where I would welcome it :)

]]> By: Joshua Auriemma http://legalgeekery.com/2009/06/09/kindle-dx-harbinger-of-the-e-textbook/comment-page-1/#comment-2410 Joshua Auriemma Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:24:55 +0000 http://legalgeekery.com/?p=1578#comment-2410 That had actually been my plan too, but I thought I might burn out real fast not having the excerpts. Now that I think about it, this would be a great post in conjunction with Adam's recent eBook post, but I'm too much of an SEO nutjob to let him repost it here. That had actually been my plan too, but I thought I might burn out real fast not having the excerpts.

Now that I think about it, this would be a great post in conjunction with Adam’s recent eBook post, but I’m too much of an SEO nutjob to let him repost it here.

]]> By: smcgilvray http://legalgeekery.com/2009/06/09/kindle-dx-harbinger-of-the-e-textbook/comment-page-1/#comment-2408 smcgilvray Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:54:57 +0000 http://legalgeekery.com/?p=1578#comment-2408 I know one fellow law student who has one of the first generation Kindles, and he made a go of downloading the cases from Westlaw as .pdfs and then reading them on his Kindle, but that didn't last too long. I guess it could only read the .pdfs through a workaround and the display was all jacked up. This might be a better alternative... I know one fellow law student who has one of the first generation Kindles, and he made a go of downloading the cases from Westlaw as .pdfs and then reading them on his Kindle, but that didn’t last too long. I guess it could only read the .pdfs through a workaround and the display was all jacked up. This might be a better alternative…

]]> By: Josh http://legalgeekery.com/2009/06/09/kindle-dx-harbinger-of-the-e-textbook/comment-page-1/#comment-2405 Josh Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:54:19 +0000 http://legalgeekery.com/?p=1578#comment-2405 I don't know -- I'm a bit more optimistic. When I do use hornbooks, I generally buy them in an eBook format. As publishers get younger and realize this is what our generation wants, I'm sure they'll adapt once it becomes obvious that it's a cost-effective solution. I don’t know — I’m a bit more optimistic. When I do use hornbooks, I generally buy them in an eBook format. As publishers get younger and realize this is what our generation wants, I’m sure they’ll adapt once it becomes obvious that it’s a cost-effective solution.

]]> By: Can the Kindle Kill of Traditional Textbooks? | Fearfully Optimistic http://legalgeekery.com/2009/06/09/kindle-dx-harbinger-of-the-e-textbook/comment-page-1/#comment-2404 Can the Kindle Kill of Traditional Textbooks? | Fearfully Optimistic Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:22:12 +0000 http://legalgeekery.com/?p=1578#comment-2404 [...] Geekery has some musings about the potential benefits and challenges of the Kindle DX, Amazon’s newer, bigger ebook [...] [...] Geekery has some musings about the potential benefits and challenges of the Kindle DX, Amazon’s newer, bigger ebook [...]

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