{"id":107,"date":"2011-05-03T10:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/05\/digital-books-if-they-still-ought-to-be-called-books\/"},"modified":"2011-05-03T10:44:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T10:44:00","slug":"digital-books-if-they-still-ought-to-be-called-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/05\/digital-books-if-they-still-ought-to-be-called-books.html","title":{"rendered":"Digital Books &#8211; If They Still Ought to be Called &#8220;Books&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2011\/05\/03\/qt\/mixed_reviews_in_study_of_kindle_use\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inside Higher Ed<\/a><\/em> linked to <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/technologybrierdudleysblog\/2014937738_kindle_so-so_for_students_uw_s.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a study of students\u2019 attempt to use Kindles for coursework<\/a>. Also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2011\/05\/03\/essay_on_publishing_video_books\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">at <em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em> is a \u201cbook\u201d that can never be printed, since it includes video<\/a>, and a discussion of whether this represents a new genre. See too the <a href=\"http:\/\/tomverenna.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/29\/new-technology-books-and-the-future-of-education\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video Tom Verenna\u00a0shared recently<\/a> about a more interactive type of book-app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-6308623518470505555?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside Higher Ed linked to a study of students\u2019 attempt to use Kindles for coursework. Also at Inside Higher Ed is a \u201cbook\u201d that can never be printed, since it includes video, and a discussion of whether this represents a new genre. 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