CourseSmart, Naseej Ink Agreement for Arab Digital Textbooks One of the more exciting applications for digital publishing has always been… Mercy Pilkington27 January 20142 comments2 minute read
Iconic Barnes and Noble Bookstore Closes in NY One of the more interesting retail histories in the book industry is… Mercy Pilkington8 January 2014No comments2 minute read
Aptara’s Drive to Get eBooks in US Schools Aptara, a long-time technology provider to the global digital publishing community, sent… Mercy Pilkington12 October 2013One comment2 minute read
YUDU Updates Interface for Digital Publishing Since 2007, UK-based cloud publishing support provider YUDU has been offering solutions… Mercy Pilkington11 October 2013One comment2 minute read
Digital Textbooks a Major Focus at #CONTEC13 Today’s CONTEC event, held in conjunction with the Frankfurt Book Fair, is… Mercy Pilkington8 October 2013One comment2 minute read
BISG Annual Meeting Addresses Digital Challenges The Book Industry Study Group held its annual meeting last Friday in… Mercy Pilkington30 September 2013One comment2 minute read
McGraw-Hill Connect Update Makes the Platform More Versatile For the growing number of platforms that offer some form of digital… Mercy Pilkington6 September 20132 comments1 minute read
CourseSmart Rolls Out Digital Textbook Subscriptions for College Students With estimates as high as $1,200 US per year that college students… Mercy Pilkington21 August 2013One comment2 minute read
Chegg Offers Subscription-Based Textbook Rentals to College Students A significant number of startups have tried–and for the most part, failed–to… Mercy Pilkington15 August 20132 comments2 minute read
New Business Model for Flooved Includes Open Access, Crowdsourcing One of the frustrating hurdles of the publishing industry has been the… Mercy Pilkington9 August 20132 comments2 minute read
Students Return to School with Credo’s Homework Help Credo, the solutions provider for research, reference, and learning help with strategic… Mercy Pilkington5 August 20132 comments1 minute read
CourseSmart Analytics Completes Beta Test, Now Available for General Use Beta tests and pilot programs are invaluable sources of feedback and information… Mercy Pilkington3 August 20134 comments2 minute read
CourseSmart Enhances its eTextbook Offerings With some reports showing that the Android platform currently holds about 68%… Mercy Pilkington20 May 2013One comment2 minute read
Coursera Revolutionizes Online Learning, Online Textbooks Online educational provider Coursera was developed through partnerships with more than sixty… Mercy Pilkington10 May 2013No comments1 minute read
HMH Buys Tribal Nova Game Developer to Increase Digital Learning Offerings When one of the world’s leading textbook publishers and a well-known educational… Mercy Pilkington12 April 2013One comment2 minute read
Newest McGraw-Hill Innovation Aimed at Advanced Placement Students Digital textbook companies like CourseSmart and Kno recently launched innovative, interactive dashboards… Mercy Pilkington11 April 20132 comments2 minute read
Kno, Sally Ride Science Take Academic eBooks in a New Direction The US educational front is just beginning to enjoy the benefits of… Mercy Pilkington10 April 20132 comments2 minute read
De Gruyter, Unglue.it Work Together to Crowdfund Open Source Textbooks When Unglue.it first launched its platform to strip the copyright status of… Mercy Pilkington3 April 2013One comment1 minute read
McGraw-Hill LearnSmart Compatible with Any Higher Ed Content The selection, approval, and adoption of academic texts can be a lengthy… Mercy Pilkington2 April 2013One comment2 minute read
CourseSmart: “Connecting Content, Curriculum, and Delivery” While some sectors of the education industry are still waiting for the… Mercy Pilkington27 March 2013One comment2 minute read
Grassroots Effort by Teachers Discovery Creates Low Cost Digital Textbooks The winning combination in education is to produce high quality, creative material… Mercy Pilkington25 March 20132 comments2 minute read
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kno Partner on K-12 Digital Textbooks While digital textbooks abound throughout the country at the college level and… Mercy Pilkington18 March 20132 comments2 minute read
New Digital Pilot Program from Internet2 and EDUCAUSE A new pilot program has been put into place to allow more… Mercy Pilkington6 March 2013One comment2 minute read
