Amazon is now in the process of testing a Kindle prototype that will be adequately equipped for textbooks.For those of you who don’t know, a Kindle is a hand-held digital reading device created by Amazon. It is designed to be lightweight, portable, and read like a book. The screen is intended to s
imulate paper, so it is not too hard on your eyes, and it has minor Wi-Fi capability so you can buy a book off of Amazon and have it delivered to your Kindle in seconds. This nifty little contraption is getting a bit of a face-lift to be effective and useful with textbooks. The screen will be enlarged, and more advanced Wi-Fi technology will be included. Users will be able to take notes on their books with the Kindle as well. Most importantly, books bought for a Kindle will be significantly cheaper than their physical counterparts. The Kindle is not just going to be easy on our backs and pocketbooks, but on the environment as well. College students purchase about “a tree per year” in textbooks, according to the Green Press Initiative. Over the past three years, the nation’s book publishing industry has consumed an average of 20 million trees per year — and that’s only accounting for books the printed in the U.S. If UT makes the transition to the Kindle, or any electronic form of textbook for that matter, it will make a logical and essential step in maintaining the viability of our planet.
imulate paper, so it is not too hard on your eyes, and it has minor Wi-Fi capability so you can buy a book off of Amazon and have it delivered to your Kindle in seconds. This nifty little contraption is getting a bit of a face-lift to be effective and useful with textbooks. The screen will be enlarged, and more advanced Wi-Fi technology will be included. Users will be able to take notes on their books with the Kindle as well. Most importantly, books bought for a Kindle will be significantly cheaper than their physical counterparts. The Kindle is not just going to be easy on our backs and pocketbooks, but on the environment as well. College students purchase about “a tree per year” in textbooks, according to the Green Press Initiative. Over the past three years, the nation’s book publishing industry has consumed an average of 20 million trees per year — and that’s only accounting for books the printed in the U.S. If UT makes the transition to the Kindle, or any electronic form of textbook for that matter, it will make a logical and essential step in maintaining the viability of our planet.For further details visit at:www.dailytexanonline.com/opinion/the-future-of-textbooks-1.1769723
