What do you think of PsycBooks?
I think it's excellent that we now have another e-book source for our students. I also think it's helpful that the sections seem to be broken down into individual PDFs which makes them a little bit more manageable. Although I do think there would be some benefits to being able to search the entire book at one time, so it's not a 100% improvement.
Are e-books the wave of the future? An aesthetically-challenged plot to empty your wallet? A wild west frontier?
I don't think that e-books will ever phase out the real thing. I think if that was going to happen, news websites would have already made newspapers and magazines obsolete. Sure, print press has gone through a lot of rough times recently, but I think that we're still really in the process of finding a balance between the two. So far, no technology has been able to replace the book or magazine that you can hold in your hand and flip through. I don't think they will ever come up with something that will manage to do so.
Are e-books popular with your students?
Some, yes. And some, no. Some students would rather hang out in a pit viper den than read an e-book, and I can totally understand where they're coming from. Other students are more adventurous and will try them anyway. They find them beneficial because they're convenient and they don't have to pay for them or even leave the house to check them out.
Do you own a dedicated e-book reader such as the Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Noble Nook? If so, what do you think of it?
No, I don't but I think it would be fun to try one. I am not sure how practical they would be though, to be honest. I think if there were a "netflix"-like subscription-based service that people could use to "rent" current e-books more easily, then it would be more of something that might become of practical use.
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