Any parent who has witnessed his child struggle under the weight of an oversized school bag has probably wondered when those digital textbooks we keep hearing about are finally going to get here. Moreover, plenty of parents have bought their children the technology needed to run the ebooks--the tablets, the iPads, even the dedicated e-readers--so, where are the books? When will … [Read more...] about Transforming the Digital Textbook
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Amazon Starts Marketing eBooks via Ingram to Other eBook Stores
Amazon's New York Publishing Division has just inked a deal with Ingram to distribute eBooks to other companies that sell them. This means Barnes and Noble, Sony, Kobo, and Apple will begin selling Kindle Books in their bookstore.When Amazon got into the publishing game and started its very own imprint, other ebook stores revolted. Barnes and Noble famously boycotted the … [Read more...] about Amazon Starts Marketing eBooks via Ingram to Other eBook Stores
Ingram Vital Source adds EPUB 3 support to eTextbooks
Ingram’s Vital Source digital textbook platform has just announced that they have implemented EPUB 3 compatibility with their flagship Bookshelf platform. They are now officially the first company specializing in eTextbooks that has support for the new form of digital books. The company now boasts a user base of 2.2 million users in 6,000 campuses in 180 countries.The new … [Read more...] about Ingram Vital Source adds EPUB 3 support to eTextbooks
Blackwell Teams Up with Ingram for Digital Textbook Foray
Blackwell is currently the United Kingdom's top academic bookseller and has an extensive network of campus and online bookshops where it sells its textbooks. Today the company has announced a deal with Ingram’s VitalSource to provide a new digital textbook solution.Digital Textbooks in the UK are starting to see a wider adoption and recently CourseSmart has entered into the … [Read more...] about Blackwell Teams Up with Ingram for Digital Textbook Foray
Print-On-Demand: The Future of Publishing? A Talk with Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis, literary agent and founder of the oldest independent ebook publishing company E-Reads, recently posted an article for Digital Book World on where print-on-demand can potentially take the publishing industry and what price barriers are currently stopping it from faring as well as it potentially can. Curtis spoke with GoodeReader today about where POD can lead the … [Read more...] about Print-On-Demand: The Future of Publishing? A Talk with Richard Curtis
Ingram Launches Global Print-On-Demand
In the on-going debate over print versus digital, Ingram Content Group has found a way to give a leg-up to print books through its print-on-demand model. Like many other models of kiosk-based in store selection, printing, and binding, Ingram allows users to only print those titles that are necessary at the point of purchase. Stores do not need to maintain a costly stock of … [Read more...] about Ingram Launches Global Print-On-Demand