http://www.manolith.com/2010/01/27/ipad-good-for-comics-bad-for-retailers/ Man Guide Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:27:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.manolith.com/2010/01/27/ipad-good-for-comics-bad-for-retailers/comment-page-1/#comment-14963 Bookworm Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:13:41 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=52180#comment-14963 I am the head of technology for a K-12 school district. One of my goals has been a 1 to 1 computer ratio for students, with the biggest justification being ebooks to replace their textbooks. However, school textbooks vendors are NOT giving discounts on ebooks! Many times they are the same price as the paper versions and the discounts never drop the price more than a few percent (not even 10%). There is no justification for spending $500-1200 for the privilege of viewing your full-priced textbooks. This has been the major reason tablets have not caught on in education. It's not that Apple is making something new and easier to use. People are assuming this and that costs will be less for "e" versions of things. The price of ebooks have already jumped to the price of a paperback books. Apple revealed their pricing model for ebooks will be $10-15, while they get their usual 30% cut. Good luck with that, Apple! I am the head of technology for a K-12 school district. One of my goals has been a 1 to 1 computer ratio for students, with the biggest justification being ebooks to replace their textbooks. However, school textbooks vendors are NOT giving discounts on ebooks! Many times they are the same price as the paper versions and the discounts never drop the price more than a few percent (not even 10%). There is no justification for spending $500-1200 for the privilege of viewing your full-priced textbooks. This has been the major reason tablets have not caught on in education. It’s not that Apple is making something new and easier to use. People are assuming this and that costs will be less for “e” versions of things. The price of ebooks have already jumped to the price of a paperback books. Apple revealed their pricing model for ebooks will be $10-15, while they get their usual 30% cut. Good luck with that, Apple!

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