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We are from Apple and we are here to help

I am preparing for a presentation that concerns the hidden potential in Kindle services. In preparing to discuss the options for viewing documents uploaded to Kinde (e.g., pdfs of content I might want to read on various devices), I discover that in addition to the “mail to my special Kindle email address” option, there is [...]

Posted 23 September 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Send lawyers, guns and money

This is the last in my series on our experiences in self publishing. The title of this post — Send lawyers, guns, and money — is the title of a Warren Zevon song (a favorite artist). Hopefully, the connection will become obvious given the focus of the rest of this post. Based on our experience [...]

Posted 20 September 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Plan and the Strategy

This is the third in my series of posts describing what I propose as a new model for textbook publishing. The model was developed specifically to address the needs of courses intending to prepare teachers to make better use of technology in their classrooms, but some of the ideas may have broader value. Four or [...]

Posted 12 September 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

What goes where?

What goes where? This is my way of imagining the role of a textbook in the educational process and of reimagining the “textbook” within a collection of resources an “author” can offer the instructor and students. This post is one in a series based on our personal experiences creating a textbook and related resources and [...]

Posted 01 September 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,