Kindle (or other eBookReader) for every school kid proposed

The "New" Democratic Leadership Council in Washington has a new plan - the Government will buy

They say it will be cost effective because currently the government spends over 100$ in text books, and ebook reader will fall in price soon. (currently the Kindle DX, the only one that can read text-books, costs 489$...).

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Posted: Jul 16,2009 by Ron Mertens