This week, Amazon made public its latest Kindle device, the Kindle DX. The new device is similar to the original Kindle and it’s designed to read textbooks and periodicals.

Although, Amazon is marketing this as a more practical solution for the college students, but there is a possibility that the pupil might reject the new tool.

What most students do; they buy their books on campus, where they get new and used copies. Also, the more economic of us go to Web sites like Amazon.com or eBay’s Half.com.

When the semester ends, students can also dispose of the books at the campus or even can get to the online buyback services, where they collect a check for about 15 percent of the original price. Students have been practicing this for decades.

But nowadays, words like “e-textbook” and “Netbook” are buzzing in the campus.

For some time now, the e-textbooks are being accessible, and are used on PCs for about half the price of the printed book. Electronic textbooks proved to be a great substitute to the printed stuff. A student can now find an exact word or topic, copy/paste text into their coursework, can post a comment within the e-book and can take the benefit of a lighter backpack.

The most renowned vendor for the e-textbooks, CourseSmart.com, offers students all of the aforementioned benefits, but with few exceptions. As the e-books are acquired at roughly 50% less than the print book price, pupil are surely paying for a subscription, most books can only be obtained for 6 months, or a semester.

Pupil can also copy/ paste stuff from the textbook for keeping it safe, though it’s not declared by CourseSmart.

Also, student are obligated to specify if they need to download a book and check it on one computer, or access it online from any computer, but can’t go for both. Mostly student have the free access to Wi-Fi around campus, so there would be no reason for a text download.

Not like Kindle, pupil can takes their notes on laptops or Netbooks in their classes, at the same time referencing the textbook in another window.

The college students say there are besieged by school supplies, technology, and a busy class schedule, and they try to consolidate when it comes to getting their life organized. So they keep a calendar on their phones or laptop instead of using a paper planner, which leaves very little space for a new device, such as the Kindle.

The Kindle DX costs $489, much higher than s Netbook. The maker has not yet released the price for the Kindle and whether they will be offering it on a subscription; however, it has already joined hands with a few main textbook publishers.

A voluntary recommendation, Amazon: Provides pupil the choice to buy non-subscription-based e-textbooks and there would be merely no attention. The Kindle is not appropriate for a busy lifestyle, as it offers lots of features similar to the e-textbook. This makes it unlikely for a student to buy a Kindle if he/she already has a laptop, which can be used as an e-textbook reader.

I am sorry Amazon, but many of us pupil don’t have the money or space in our lifestyles for Kindle.