Blackwell's is one of the premier bookstores in the UK and the company is launching a new digital learning service that has been built for students, academics and professionals to download and annotate eBooks on any device.Blackwell's learning is launching this September and it will provide publishers with a secure additional sales channel, the ability to sell print and … [Read more...] about Blackwell’s Learning Launches this June in the UK
Digital Education News
Apple Abandons Higher Education Reseller Program in Canada
Apple has been running their Higher Education Reseller program in Canada for the  last few  years. The essence of the reseller program is to give discounts to University and College bookstores to stock iPads, Mac Computers, Apple TV's and accessories.  Apple has confirmed to Good e-Reader that bookstores will no longer be able to order products effective April 27th … [Read more...] about Apple Abandons Higher Education Reseller Program in Canada
McGraw-Hill Education Opens Create Platform for K12 Teachers
Digital textbooks continue to be one of the key frustrations in the public education arena. So far, they're not more widely available than print, they're not more cost effective than their paper counterparts, and they're still a one-size-fits-all tool that teachers are required to use without much prior input into which texts will best meet their students' needs in any given … [Read more...] about McGraw-Hill Education Opens Create Platform for K12 Teachers
Amazon Student Program Rolls Out in the UK
Diligent young scholars may benefit from the Amazon Student program  launching in the United Kingdom today. The service is free for the first six months and gives discounts on Kindle devices and textbooks.Students who wants to participate in this program will need a valid email address from the college or university. Amazon is asking a few questions such as your chosen … [Read more...] about Amazon Student Program Rolls Out in the UK
Students Revolt Over Mandatory eTextbooks
Digital Textbooks may not change the educational industry as much as Amazon, Google, Inkling and other companies would hope. Students in five San Antonio colleges are revolting due to policy that would phase out textbooks and move entirely digital.Students at five Alamo Colleges have been staging protests over the schools plans to abandon physical textbooks and embrace … [Read more...] about Students Revolt Over Mandatory eTextbooks
Amazon Whispercast Technology Delivers eTextbooks Across Brazil
In a victory for education across language barriers and distance, Amazon and the Brazilian Ministry of Education announced today that the Whispercast technology that makes ebooks magically appear on consumers' devices will now deliver textbooks to hundreds of thousands of teachers across Brazil. Due in part to the efforts of the National Fund for Educational Development (FNDE), … [Read more...] about Amazon Whispercast Technology Delivers eTextbooks Across Brazil
UK Organization Quick Reads Meets a Need for Emerging Readers
One of the saddest things about adult illiteracy and ESL language learners is not the staggering rates of adults who are still classified as functionally illiterate, or the numbers of immigrants who may learn to speak a language with some level of comfort and fluency but never develop basic reading skills; it's the quality--or lack thereof--of instructional materials for adult … [Read more...] about UK Organization Quick Reads Meets a Need for Emerging Readers
OverDrive Catalog Adds Digital Texts from Pearson
One of the main frustrations with the digital textbook market is the lack of penetration in public schools at the elementary and secondary level. While the convenience and affordability of digital texts have been available in higher education institutions for some time, it is the tax funded public schools who are still waiting for the benefits that come from digital … [Read more...] about OverDrive Catalog Adds Digital Texts from Pearson
StudySync, McGraw Hill Team Up on Digital ELA Materials
Academic publishers are finding that there's strength in numbers when it comes to launching digital content for classroom settings. At a SXSWEdu event today, McGraw-Hill Education and StudySync announced a partnership aimed at bringing language arts materials that are aligned with the Common Core Standards to digital environments for teaching.“With information available at … [Read more...] about StudySync, McGraw Hill Team Up on Digital ELA Materials
Ingram Starts to Cornerstone the eTextbook Market with Acquisition of CourseSmart
The eTextbook industry is undergoing a consolidation period, as many companies are being absorbed. Intel purchased educational software company KNO late last year and today Ingram acquired all assets of CourseSmart.CourseSmart was founded in 2007 by Macmillan, Cengage Learning, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill Education and Pearson with a simple goal of providing instructors … [Read more...] about Ingram Starts to Cornerstone the eTextbook Market with Acquisition of CourseSmart
Sourcebooks Adds Beloved Peanuts Titles to Put Me in the Story
Sourcebooks' launch of its fully personalized and customizable enhanced ebook platform Put Me in the Story has become almost as well-known and well-loved as the characters and story lines that it incorporates. Using existing characters and allowing other publishers to use the personalization features for their own titles has opened up a whole world of possibilities in the gift … [Read more...] about Sourcebooks Adds Beloved Peanuts Titles to Put Me in the Story
Learnist Unveils iOS App, Premium Content
As more people around the world turn to free sources of information and education online, companies like Learnist have sprung to enable access to top content from both user-generated sources and experts in their fields. With the growing numbers of users returning to web-based reading and mobile device consumption, portability is also a must in order to make social learning … [Read more...] about Learnist Unveils iOS App, Premium Content
Pubsoft, Vidalhia Sign to Deal to Foster Prison Publishing
Digital publishing has arguably opened more doors to publication than any other innovation since Guttenberg's press, but there are still segments of the writing population for whom publishing is still virtually off-limits. Sadly, it's not only geographical or language barriers that stops authors from reaching wider audiences with their work, sometimes it is actual, tangible, … [Read more...] about Pubsoft, Vidalhia Sign to Deal to Foster Prison Publishing