Recently, Barnes and Noble launched its own e-book reader, the “Nook,” to compete with the Amazon Kindle.[i] E-readers are handy electronic devices, they can hold hundreds of books, and use an ‘electronic paper.’ They have been heralded as alternatives to ‘dead-tree publishing.’ Without doubt, digital technology improves lives. Consider mobile phones: once isolated African fishermenContinue reading “If it's not grown, it has to be mined”
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If it’s not grown, it has to be mined
Recently, Barnes and Noble launched its own e-book reader, the “Nook,” to compete with the Amazon Kindle.[i] E-readers are handy electronic devices, they can hold hundreds of books, and use an ‘electronic paper.’ They have been heralded as alternatives to ‘dead-tree publishing.’ Without doubt, digital technology improves lives. Consider mobile phones: once isolated African fishermenContinue reading “If it’s not grown, it has to be mined”
Trash Talk – Why I Won’t Buy a Kindle Anytime Soon
As a forester, I’d wondered about the claims that ebook readers such as the Amazon Kindle or the Sony PRS-700 would save trees and therefore, be better for our environment than a physical book made from like…trees. I concluded that the question, “Do ereaders save trees?” is not the right question to ask. First question,Continue reading “Trash Talk – Why I Won’t Buy a Kindle Anytime Soon”
Trash Talk – Why I Won't Buy a Kindle Anytime Soon
As a forester, I’d wondered about the claims that ebook readers such as the Amazon Kindle or the Sony PRS-700 would save trees and therefore, be better for our environment than a physical book made from like…trees. I concluded that the question, “Do ereaders save trees?” is not the right question to ask. First question,Continue reading “Trash Talk – Why I Won't Buy a Kindle Anytime Soon”
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