With so many entities in the academic arena offering new insightful features at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, it may be hard to keep up with the innovations, especially as several companies have found new ways to improve upon digital textbooks by harnessing analytics on how students interact with the information found in e-textbooks. CourseSmart, a … [Read more...] about CourseSmart Analytics Provides Instructor Feedback
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How Big Data Helps the Education System
Many of the top digital e-textbook companies employ big data in the form of analytics to not only measure students buying habits, but also to provide the schools with measurable data. The Higher Ed Tech Conference just wrapped up in Las Vegas and many of the top companies, such as KNO and Coursesmart, were in attendance, giving their perspectives on how big data helps the … [Read more...] about How Big Data Helps the Education System
BabyFirst eBooks from Premier Digital Reach the Youngest Readers
When digital reading first gained new ground in the recent 21st century wave of popularity, one of the demographics that was initially largely overlooked were children's ebooks. At that time, industry experts and parents alike expressed the viewpoint that many consumers might be loathe to let young readers use their expensive electronics, and an equal number of critics … [Read more...] about BabyFirst eBooks from Premier Digital Reach the Youngest Readers
Educational Enhancements from McGraw-Hill Appear at CES
This year's Consumer Electronics Show, taking place in Las Vegas, has already unveiled some exciting new products and enhancements, especially in the area of education and digital textbooks. Alongside this morning's announcement from educational software company Kno of the interactive study assist dashboard called Kno Me, McGraw-Hill unveiled its own interactive adaptive … [Read more...] about Educational Enhancements from McGraw-Hill Appear at CES
Print-to-Digital Membership from 1DollarScan
1DollarScan, a cost-effective digital scanning service that recently announced its integration with EverNote, as the name implies, announced yesterday its newly unveiled membership service plan for users with high-volume digitization needs. While most users with a small amount of content to transform from print edition to PDF would find the standard one-document price of one … [Read more...] about Print-to-Digital Membership from 1DollarScan
Digital Textbooks Just Got Better with Kno Me
While digital textbooks are emerging across the globe for students of every educational level, leading educational software company Kno is already introducing improvements to what the industry already envisions as a quality, fully-interactive e-textbook. With the upcoming launch of Kno Me later today, students will have a visual dashboard of how effective their learning … [Read more...] about Digital Textbooks Just Got Better with Kno Me
LULU Abandons DRM for Indie Authors
Sometimes indie authors need assistance in editing, cover art, or submitting their ebooks for sale in stores. Online digital publisher LULU has been helping authors self-publish for a number of years and provides a myriad of tools to make the entire experience a little bit easier. Today the company announced that it will abandon encrypting ebooks with Digital Rights Management … [Read more...] about LULU Abandons DRM for Indie Authors
Copia Gravitates towards the Education Market
Copia first launched in 2010 and geared its core business towards online social communities and selling ebooks. The company currently offers around 9.2 million free and paid books, newspapers, and magazines. Business is good, but Copia is now branching away from selling fiction and non-fiction books and gravitating towards the educational sector.We spoke with Ben Lowinger, … [Read more...] about Copia Gravitates towards the Education Market
Readers Digest UK Undergoes Restructure, Drops 75% of Employees
Print magazine and newspaper publishers are already feeling the effects of the surge in popularity of e-readers and tablets, to the point that some are shutting their doors. The latest casualty may be Readers Digest.The UK arm of the company that was facing financial and legal trouble a couple of years ago was thought to have been saved by the purchase of RD by Better … [Read more...] about Readers Digest UK Undergoes Restructure, Drops 75% of Employees
Self-Published eBooks Reach Amazon UK Top 100 Bestseller List
If there was still any doubt about the potential for success and recognition for self-published authors, a recent press release issued by Amazon UK has very nearly put it to rest. The announcement, made yesterday out of Amazon's Luxembourg office, stated that fifteen of the top 100 bestselling books on Amazon UK last year were self-published using the company's Kindle Direct … [Read more...] about Self-Published eBooks Reach Amazon UK Top 100 Bestseller List
PixelMags Brings Digital Magazines to Blackberry 10
If you have a hankering to read some digital magazines while on the go, PixelMags has got you covered. The company announced today that the newsstand app for BB10 is all ready to go and will be available for the official launch of the next generation blackberry smartphones at the end of January.This new digital magazine portal is compatible with your Blackberry ID, so you … [Read more...] about PixelMags Brings Digital Magazines to Blackberry 10
Digital Archives: Epistles of St. Paul Papyrus Now on iPad
The University of Michigan's most famous papyrus is now available to users on the iPhone or iPad. High-resolution images of the third-century codex, which is the oldest known copy of the Letters of St. Paul, can be flipped through like the pages of a book.The app includes a translation from Greek to English, either word-by-word or by the page, along with annotations which … [Read more...] about Digital Archives: Epistles of St. Paul Papyrus Now on iPad
eBook Review: Chanel Bonfire by Wendy Lawless
Verdict: 5 StarsReading about the abuse that others have endured, especially abuse that they suffered as children at the hands of a near-evil parent, is rarely an enjoyable voyeuristic pastime. But Wendy Lawless' Chanel Bonfire (Gallery Books) is written with such an eloquence and with such masterful storytelling, that it draws the reader into her childhood and her … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Chanel Bonfire by Wendy Lawless