College students lukewarm to Kindle textbooks: What about doodling in the margin?

SEATTLE — It’s an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks.

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