eTextBooks (for kids)

[Jonathan Ben Avraham]

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009, Meir Kriheli wrote:

[snip]
> Much like the services industry around FLOSS a musician can perform live
> concerts, merchandising etc.
>
> There are people looking for different business model in music as well
> utilizing various CC licenses, see for example:
>
> http://www.jamendo.com/en/

These are guerilla movements, not mainstream like free software. The 
reality is that there is no free content market anywhere approaching 
the free software market, and the reasons are clear.

  - yba


>
> Cheers
> --
> Meir Kriheli
>
>>
>>> of the consumer is to have the information available for free, and if
>>> someone wants to volunteer their time to provide this information for
>>> free,
>>> then all the more respect to them. Of course this will make the
>>> publishers
>>> unhappy, and they'll have to compete harder to have someone pay for their
>>> work.
>>>
>>> But this is all hypothetical as I have yet to hear about any such
>>> project.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dov
>>>
>>> 2009/9/8 Jonathan Ben Avraham <yba at tkos.co.il>
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> Don't forget that there is a large industry of authors and publishers
>>>> who
>>>> make their living on the current paper book model. Like music, this is a
>>>> content market whose reason for existence is payment for content.
>>>>
>>>> I think that a better idea for a free education project in this
>>>> direction
>>>> would be an online publishing house the would sell kindle style
>>>> versions of
>>>> the current content offering.
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>>  - yba
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Dov Grobgeld wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:22:37 +0300
>>>>> From: Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>
>>>>> Cc: linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il
>>>>> Subject: Re: eTextBooks (for kids)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This reminds me of a "public service" project that I have thought about
>>>>> for
>>>>> some time. It would be nice if someone created some free (as in
>>>>> license)
>>>>> books that would pass the requirements of the education ministry. These
>>>>> could then be downloaded as e-books or printed, copied partially,
>>>>> photocopied, translated, modified, read in audioform, etc, which
>>>>> would be
>>>>> a
>>>>> great service to the all kids and parents.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just my 2 ag,
>>>>> Dov
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 14:06, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Is there a place to buy electronic versions of textbooks for (israeli)
>>>>>>> school children?
>>>>>>> The schools don't have places for kids to keep their books on
>>>>>>> premises,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> so
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> they have to schlep all their books all day long. They are heavy.
>>>>>>> I'd
>>>>>>> rather they carried a small laptop or e-book reader.
>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are ahead of your time. What grade are the kids in? You should
>>>>>> know that the books are likely used for more than reading, for
>>>>>> instance they may have to write in the book.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should also know that Education Ministry limits the sacks on one's
>>>>>> back to 10% of their body weight. If your kid's books and a reasonable
>>>>>> pack exceed this, complain to the school management. Keep us informed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dotan Cohen
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://what-is-what.com
>>>>>> http://gibberish.co.il
>>>>>>
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