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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.

Textbook Publishers Sue Amazon

Three major textbook publishers have filed a subpoena against Amazon Marketplace resellers…

Pearson is lowering the cost of e-book rentals

Pearson, one of the largest educational publishers in the world is making…

Lulu Launches Academic SelfPub Branch Glasstree

It’s been a long time since something truly innovative happened to digital…

Teachers’ & Principals’ Views on Equity: Access to Books at Home and in the Classroom

The Teacher & Principal School Report: Equity in Education is a new,…

The Benefits of Digital in Reading

Nowadays, one of the most relevant and discussed debates among people is…

Overdrive Donates e-Books to 1,000 elementary schools

Overdrive is the largest company in the world that supplies libraries with…

O’Reilly is giving away 32 DRM-Free Programming e-books

O’Reilly is one of the first publishers in the United States to…

80,000 Students Receive Digital Library Card

In order to get young children reading the Anne Arundel County schools…

NASA has posted all of their research online for free

NASA has just revised their research policy and they will now post…

Kobo Launches Book-Centric Social Responsibility Programs

There are a number of great organizations working hard to fight illiteracy,…

Where Are All the Digital Textbooks? Students Don’t Want ‘Em

With back to school season starting to show its summer-stealing flare, students…

Amazon now offers student loans

Amazon has just partnered with Wells Fargo to offer student loans. Diligent…

Amazon Launches Free Teacher Resource Site

There is no such thing as adequate funding when it comes to…

Children earn more money if they are surrounded by Books

A new study published in the Economic Journal has proclaimed that children earn…

Amazon Just Opened a College Store that Sells Nothing

On Friday Amazon just opened up a new college bookstore at the…

Amazon will provide New York Schools with e-books

Amazon has just won a $30 million dollar contract to provide New…

80% of US schools use e-books or digital textbooks

Overdrive has just published a new survey that takes a look at…

Amazon Will Soon Be Selling Educational Course Materials

Amazon is hoping to disrupt the educational market with their new Education…

Barnes and Noble Closes Digital Textbook Division

Barnes and Noble Education has announced that they have shuttered Yuzu, their…

92% of Students Prefer Print Textbooks Over Digital

There have been a number of reports that have been published over…

Pearson Intends on Firing 4,000 People

Pearson is the largest company involved in textbooks and educational materials. They…

Here are the Top Children’s Books of 2016

The American Library Association has just issued a mammoth new book report…

Thousands of digital textbooks from Springer are now available for free

Springer has made all digital textbooks more than 10 years old available…