Smarter Books » admin http://www.redesignresearch.com/smartbooks Envisioning the uses & future of print, electronic, & new media books Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:04:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Smarter Books http://www.redesignresearch.com/smartbooks/?p=1 http://www.redesignresearch.com/smartbooks/?p=1#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:07:08 +0000 admin http://www.redesignresearch.com/smartbooks/?p=1 Smarter Books (Nextexts.com) was created as an information portal for the increasing number of research and design projects associated with reenvisioning books and the attentive acts we call reading. Smarter Books takes its name from the OCAD SmartBook, one of the several collaborative research projects presented on the site.

The University of Toronto eBooks Student Experience study resulted in the public reports available via links in the Reports section in the gallery. If you have questions or interest in this study, the research approach or the data, please contact me directly.

The evolution of the electronic book is becoming one of the more interesting technology and cultural conundrums of our time. A list of current articles linked below reveals some of the concerns and complexity of the landscape of use and innovation.

Why Kindle Should Be An Open Book (Tim O’Reilly, Forbes)

Is Google Making Us Stupid? (Nicholas Carr, Atlantic)

Bits, Bands and Books (Paul Krugman, New York Times)

Is This the Future of the Digital Book? (Brad Stone, New York Times, 4/4/09)

Saving Texts From Oblivion: Oxford U. Press on the Google Book Settlement (Chronicle Review, 6/29/09

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