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Learn about digital textbooks and digital textbook rentals. We cover all of the latest trends in the industry and how digital has disrupted traditional print.

Amazon’s Data and its Move to Take Over Academic Publishing

When you look at academic and professional publishing, Amazon may actually be…

Overdrive Now Allows Penguin Titles to be Sent Right to Kindle e-Readers

Overdrive and Penguin have announced residents of the US or Canada can…

Iconic Barnes and Noble Bookstore Closes in NY

One of the more interesting retail histories in the book industry is…

iStoryTime Announces Children’s Enhanced eBook Giveaways

One of the first companies to begin producing high-quality, interactive ebook apps…

eBook Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck

Verdict: 4 Stars Game developer and author Jeff Kinney has done it…

McGraw Hill Teams Up with OverDrive to Offer Catalog of Professional Titles

OverDrive, the world’s largest provider of digital content to academic and public…

Want Your Kids to Read More? Leave Them Alone.

In-depth details on what motivates reading in children have come out in…

Barefoot Books, Made in Me Team Up to Produce Children’s App Books

A new collaboration between an award-winning publisher and an award-winning digital media…

StoriesAlive Subscription App Book Service from Auryn Releases for Kids

One of the world’s most highly recognized children’s enhanced ebook creators announced…

New Report on Parent, Teen, Child eBook Consumption

Non-profit industry tracker BookNet Canada released the results of a fall online…

iStoryTime Library of Titles Now Available for Android Devices

The award-winning children’s enhanced ebook creators at zuuka’s iStorytime have announced that…

Macmillan Imprints to Establish Age-Related Book Divisions

Macmillan Children’s Books has made a move that is both brilliant and…

New Survey Shows Technology Can Hurt Students’ Study Habits

In what should not come as a surprise to…well…anyone, a new survey…

College Funding eBook Now Available

As the costs of higher education continues to rise in the US,…

OverDrive: Schools Are Going Digital Faster Than Ever

According to new data from digital content distributor OverDrive, schools are adopting…

OverDrive Releases Update to School Digital Library Interface

OverDrive, one of the world’s largest digital content and media suppliers to…

Apple Rolls Out Managed Distribution Program for eBooks and eTextbooks

Apple has rolled out a new Managed Distribution Program for schools to…

Gale Virtual Reference Library Model Bases eBook Purchase on Usage

eBook lending for libraries is still an issue for many reading consumers,…

Free Enhanced eBook Giveaway: Macbeth by Wordplay Shakespeare

Good e-Reader recently featured an enhanced ebook launch by a company that…

McGraw-Hill, Penn Invest in Edtech Startup

As tech startups spring up around the globe on a daily basis,…

New Disney Content Hits Tablets Before Reaching Cable TV

We’ve come a long way from the days when parents kept a…

B&N Develops Innovative App for Non-Profit One Laptop Per Child

One Laptop per Child (OLPC), the global children’s educational non-profit born at…

Inkling Adds Content from Open Air Publishing to its Catalog

Digital textbook and non-fiction learning developer Inkling announced an acquisition of two…