On the same day that the Times of India reported on the possible reasons for a lagging ebook retail market in India, news sources announced an education initiative in the Indian state of Kerala that will put digital textbooks in the hands of nearly four million students and educators by June of this year. What's the correlation between the retail and educational landscapes, and … [Read more...] about India Tackles Digital Textbooks with 3.7M Student Rollout
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184 Year Old Kerala State Central Library Starts Digitizing Hundreds of Rare Books
The Kerala State Central Library, which happens to be one of the oldest in India, has made the big leap to the digital age by digitizing hundreds of books, some which date back hundreds of years. Located in Trivandrum, the capital city of the South Indian state of Kerala, the library has to its credit books, documents, and letters that have highly restricted physical access. … [Read more...] about 184 Year Old Kerala State Central Library Starts Digitizing Hundreds of Rare Books
Kerala Bhasha Institute to Enter eBook Arena
The State Institute of Languages from the South Indian state of Kerala, or the Kerala Bhasha Institute, is the latest from the country to use e-reader technology to further their publishing works. The back-end support for the project is being sought from C-Dit, revealed Institute director M R Thampan, who further stated big time players in the segment (such as Amazon) will also … [Read more...] about Kerala Bhasha Institute to Enter eBook Arena