Verdict: 4 Stars The dubiously inappropriate title aside, How Not to Be a D*ick: An Everyday Etiquette Guide (censorship mine) is like Emily Post for normal people, people who don't go around presenting their calling cards to household butlers and waiting in the drawing room for their lady friends to descend the stairs. No, this book features actual daily life application … [Read more...] about eBook Review: How Not to Be a D*ck by Meghan Doherty
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eBook Review: Stained by Cheryl Rainfield
Verdict: 5 Stars Cheryl Rainfield has done it again. As one of the powerhouse young adult authors who championed the #YASaves hashtag on Twitter, a cause that was taken up by authors and readers alike who felt that powerful teen literature had helped them survive high school and shaped them into the adults they are today, Rainfield often writes about the characters and … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Stained by Cheryl Rainfield
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 game developer decide to work together, it can only mean that more dynamic learning tools will soon be hitting the market. That's certainly the hope for the news that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt bought Montreal-based learning game creator Tribal Nova, with forthcoming plans to increase online game … [Read more...] about HMH Buys Tribal Nova Game Developer to Increase Digital Learning Offerings
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Launch Books for Young Readers
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is intending on scrapping the individual divisions for Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Harcourt Children’s Books, Sandpiper paperback, Graphia, and HMH Books novelty imprints. Instead, the company is doing it under one publishing umbrella entitled Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. This move basically condenses all of the … [Read more...] about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Launch Books for Young Readers
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kno Partner on K-12 Digital Textbooks
While digital textbooks abound throughout the country at the college level and new companies spring up almost monthly to provide digital-editions for the thousands of titles in use in US higher education, one of the markets that has been slow to adopt digital textbooks--at great expense to already cash-strapped school systems--is the K through 12 public school arena. Due to … [Read more...] about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kno Partner on K-12 Digital Textbooks
Kno Partners with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for K12 e-Textbooks
Kno originally launched its company to market educational tablets aimed at schools. After scrapping that idea, the company gravitated towards digital content distribution systems that were compatible with any tablet or PC. Kno has been doing quite well with the college crowd and now has a solid presence with the K12 kids, too. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Kno have engaged … [Read more...] about Kno Partners with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for K12 e-Textbooks
HMH’s Distribution Partner for Teens, Zest Books
One of the greatest things about BookExpo is getting to discover all the new programs, features, upgrades, and offerings, especially from some of the biggest names in the book business. At this year’s event, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt brought along some titles from Zest Books, a new distribution partner that publishes non-fiction for teens. Wait. Non-fiction? As in, no … [Read more...] about HMH’s Distribution Partner for Teens, Zest Books
Digital Textbook Isn’t Taking Off, So Let’s Force Students to e-Read?
Tom Malek, Vice President of Learning Solutions for textbook publisher McGraw-Hill’s higher education division, wrote a thought-provoking guest post for Forbes.com, which columnist Janet Novak shared with the full-disclosure statement that she is, herself, the mother of two college students. Malek’s post is an explanation of why he believes college students should be required … [Read more...] about Digital Textbook Isn’t Taking Off, So Let’s Force Students to e-Read?
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today. This company published seminal authors such as Mark Twain to J.R.R. Tolkien and is currently over three billion dollars in debt. Boston based HMH in documents filed today listed $2.68 billion in assets and $3.53 billion in debt. Under the proposed recovery plan, Houghton's … [Read more...] about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Amazon Announces List of New Release Titles
Despite the previous whirlwind week that included the Department of Justice going forward with a lawsuit against Apple and two publishers for colluding to force Amazon to raise the prices of its ebooks, as well as the launch of a new device from one of Amazon’s key competitors that does something that no current Kindle can do, Amazon calmly announced several highly anticipated … [Read more...] about Amazon Announces List of New Release Titles
The Book Wars Continue: B&N Won’t Stock Amazon Publishing Titles
When Amazon created its own traditional publishing house in late spring 2011, a lot of eyebrows went up. As if it wasn’t bad enough that the retailer was taking over the industry with its fast shipping of content via its online marketplace, as well as becoming a game changer with Kindle Direct Publishing and CreateSpace self-publishing divisions, now the giant was taking on … [Read more...] about The Book Wars Continue: B&N Won’t Stock Amazon Publishing Titles
Isabella Fable rugged tablet for kids
Now kids too can look forward to something that has been made exclusively for them – the Fable tablet from Isabella Products. For the French company, the Fable marks a big jump from the wireless digital photo frame business they have been into so that what they have come out with is the world's first wireless tablet device designed with kids in mind. And just as cute a name the … [Read more...] about Isabella Fable rugged tablet for kids