Amazon makes big Kindle push in U.S. schools

So while I think the Kindle is a more economic choice then a iPad for text books in schools. I still believe technology has limited value when compared to books. Yes pages in books tear and they get things spilled on them. But they don’t really break and they do not need expensive parts to repair them. They always work and they never fail to boot up. Its not that I do not eventually see tablets or something similar replacing books. I just have to see a device that is not as fragile as what I have seen so far.

We’ve been putting books popular with AP teachers onto Kindle, Nook, and Kobo, but schools are still ordering them in paperback in quantity and I’ve been told that students often prefer print, too. My theory is that this is because they can see exactly what they have to master: lots of books on a tablet seems like infinite work. Of course there’s also the convenience of flipping, marking, and folding corners. Has anyone done a time study comparing ebooks with print when one is trying to absorb information? Karen Christensen, CEO, Berkshire Publishing Group.

why haven’t schools used kindle yet? It saves $ & space a lot.