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The CEO of one of the major publishers, Macmillan, had a bit of foot in mouth disease in a blog post a couple of days ago when he explained that his company was going to start charging for hardcover e-books and softcover e-books separately. The predictable storm of responses followed with folks asking such questions as "how much more expensive is hardcover e-ink over paperback e-ink?".

The big news today in e-textbooks was a major publisher announcing a new digital textbook product.

I just finished teaching a few workshops introducing people to cross-country skiing, something I help with each year. In a good cross-country skiing class, the first thing you do after showing people how to put on their skis is to have them fall down.

The release of the iPad from Apple this week has people talking about the death of textbooks and how this new platform will revolutionize education.