Digital Potpourri 10/9

It seems like I've done eReader device comparisons more than a couple of times in the past year. The landscape has changed so much since 2011 and with even more options looming on the horizon, how can a consumer know which device is right for them? Luckily for me, Smon Hill over at Digital Trends beat me to the punch this time. If you're shopping for a new device, it's definitely worth your while. Click here!

Now, for what you've all been waiting for: Web gems!

• B&N and Microsoft finalize partnership, creating Nook Media [gigaom] 
• New easy-to-use iOS app works with library-owned e-books and eliminates need for browser-based downloads [TeleRead] 
• Sandwich Caddy from a Milk Jug [Make] 
• Meet the lake so polluted that spending an hour there would kill you [grist] 
• The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [boingboing]  
• Education chief wants textbooks to go digital [AP via Boston.com] 
• Do students behave better in a digital learning environment? [mlive] 
• Meet Book Mountain, the Netherland’s new jaw-dropping public library [TeleRead]

Book Mountain