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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.

Playaway Unveils a Pre-Loaded, Controlled Tablet for Kids’ Circulation

Users who are familiar with the technology behind Playaways, the preloaded mini-MP3…

Students Continue to Resist Digital Textbooks

Every single year new statistics and polls emerge about digital textbooks in…

UK Children Are Enamored with Dystopian Fiction

UK children are not reading classic books in schools such as the…

Underserved Communities Turn to Digital Publishing for Local News

When experts mourn the demise of the locally-owned (often family-owned) newspapers, they…

Educators Foresee e-Books to be More Prevalent

School libraries have been early adopters of e-books, but they have yet…

PressReader, Kindle Update their iOS Apps

Two new updates have been released for what are arguably some of…

School Libraries Vital to Literacy Rates Among Students

Libraries present an interesting conundrum to policy makers and patrons alike. A…

Competition in the Digital Library Content Market

Just as publishers and book retailers compete for reading consumers’ time and…

Paperight to Shut Its Doors

In sad news for extending the reach of ebooks and print-on-demand, global…

New Initiative Puts India Closer to Broader Digital Adoption

One of the early adoption markets for tablet use, K12 digital textbooks,…

Need for Digital News Drives Users towards Dedicated Platforms

Internet news devotees have had to become very selective about the articles…

Amazon Textbook Creator Could Be the Khan Academy of Textbooks

Once you secure your position as the ultimate player in self-publishing, where…

OverDrive Announces Growth in K12 Market

Any time a library can report an increase in circulation, patron engagement,…

Boopsie Library-Branded Apps Increase Patron Engagement

When library patrons think of ebook lending, they might be familiar with…

FarFaria Combats Drop in Children’s Reading

Scholastic recently released the results of one of its many annual surveys,…

What Makes Kids Read?

Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of children’s content and innovators in kids’…

BiblioTech Digital Library Plans to Expand into a Second Location

The Bibliotech Library in Bexar County was the first library ever to…

Gates Foundation Mandates Research it Funds Must Provide Free Digital Access

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds thousands of health and research…

New Survey Looks at Digital Textbook Adoption

Vital Source  and the Ingram Content Group announced the results of its annual…

Google Play Textbooks Now Available in Canada

Google has announced that their digital textbook service is now available in…

Scholastic to Close Storia eBook Application

Scholastic, the award-winning powerhouse in children’s publishing, made a announcement today that…

Verso App Gives Teachers a Powerful Assessment Tool for Student Engagement

It’s the same in every classroom, in every school, in every subject…

Kobo Adds Catalog of Dr. Seuss Titles

Kids ebooks have been slow to take off, despite the great content…