Kindle, newspapers, books, academia

Ed Lazowska

Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & EngineeringUniversity of Washington

July 2013

Think about …

The impact of Craig’s list Why are radio stations still alive? The impact of viewing editorial staff as your only

controllable cost

Kindle educational pilot project

A phenomenal personal pleasure reading device How is academic reading different?

Annotate Perhaps share annotations

Repeatedly set bookmarks and flip between them Utilize pdf’s

Need to zoom, annotate, utilize bookmarks Access ancillary information on the web

Pricing!