textbooks
Microsoft invests in Nook
Monday, April 30, 2012
Add another player to the digital textbook market. Microsoft announced at $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble's Nook reader.
An unlikely partnership to build the e-textbook business
Monday, April 30, 2012
When you think ebooks, the iPad and the Kindle come to mind -- not Microsoft Windows. But Microsoft's been losing enough ground in tablets and e-readers that today it's decided to spend $300 million to invest in Barnes & Noble's Nook digital-book business.
Apple’s new textbook program seems to be going well
Monday, January 23, 2012
What's your book going to be about? I'm thinking a zombie-kangaroo-road-trip thingy will sell well.
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Are classrooms prepared for e-textbooks?
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Apple is expected to announce its entry into the world of e-textbooks. But how have digital textbooks fared in the classroom so far?
What grade do e-textbooks get? Incomplete
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Apple prepares to step into murky waters.
Rumor roundup (yee-ha!) on tomorrow’s Apple event
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Rumblings about textbooks.
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Bye-bye big backpacks?
Thursday, January 12, 2012
An Apple event next week. Commence mouth foaming, nerds.
Textbooks just became cheaper and more social
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
A company called Kno has been distributing iPad versions of college textbooks since June. The company says it has 100,000 textbooks digitized and...
Fewer textbooks to carry with Kindle?
Monday, August 25, 2008
The ARS Technica website has a report that Amazon may enter the college textbook market with a new version of its Kindle electronic reading device....
Open-source textbooks
Monday, August 18, 2008
In response to rising textbook prices, some academics are writing their own textbooks -- for free. From an article in the Los Angeles Times:...
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