Latest Digital Textbook Stories
ADELANTO, Calif., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- California-based textbook distributor, Flannery Company, has announced the release of a new eReading platform designed specifically with school administration, teachers, and students in mind. Digital Cerebrum is the culmination of intense research into schools' needs for a streamlined eBook solution, as well as over 60 years of experience working with schools to meet textbook needs on a case-by-case basis. Digital Cerebrum...
-- Congressman George Miller, Senior Democratic Member on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Joins Leading Educational Organizations, Superintendents, Business Leaders and Students to Address Digital Education in America -- SILVER SPRING, Md., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Education, the leading provider of K-12 digital textbooks in the U.S., and Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization chartered by Congress to spur innovation in education, in conjunction...
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2013 spring college semester has seen an even greater increase than anticipated in the purchase and download of digital textbooks, just one of many book buying options available at DirectTextbook.com. While the purchase of digital textbooks over hard copy books has increased nearly 75% in the past two years, the satisfaction rate reported by students is on the decline. "There's still a market for traditional textbooks," said...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Designed and built by Handstand Inc. and backed by noted entrepreneur and philanthropist Cher Wang, Nota(TM) is an entirely new type of open collaboration platform in which every book becomes its own knowledge community. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130214/CG60385) Nota (Latin for "note") improves the learning experience in three ways: Collaborative: Every textbook in Nota is an open community. Anyone...
OAK BROOK, Ill., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Extra credit can be a lifesaver in the classroom, and now Skyo.com is taking it to textbooks. The online retailer announced today it would offer even more ways to make buying textbooks fast, easy and cheap through its Extra Credit program and other new features. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120905/CG67746LOGO) Skyo's Extra Credit is a simple equation; when students buy more books, they save more. Students who rent or...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the cost of bulky textbooks continues to climb at double the rate of inflation, ever-slimmer digital tablets keep coming down in price. Now that 98% of American classrooms have access to the internet, increasing numbers of school districts are opting for the digital tablets. But the transition from textbooks to tablets is controversial. Are the digital tablets too expensive for schools, too distracting for students,...
LONDON, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Online publishing pioneer YUDU Media today announced the launch of its new YUDU Education, the first digital textbook publishing platform that enables educational publishers to seamlessly digitize, optimize and deliver multimedia textbooks for ubiquitous access on tablet, laptop and desktop computer. With YUDU Education, publishers can quickly and easily create rich, engaging digital textbooks that students can access on iPad, Android and...
Jerry Brown Unlocks the Nation's Digital Future through Open Source Textbook Innovation SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed a monumental set of bills that create the nation's first free online textbook library, an effort aimed at alleviating the burden of rising costs to students attending California's public postsecondary institutions. California is now set to become the nation's first state to create a digital textbook...
Textbook savings measure for students lands on Governor Jerry Brown's Desk SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Only a signature away, Governor Jerry Brown will have an opportunity to lower the cost of college textbooks by creating the nation's first free open source digital library for college students and faculty. Today, the California State Senate unanimously passed the first of its kind open educational resource digital library, or (OER), offering...
NEW ORLEANS, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackboard customers will soon have a powerful new option for delivering e-textbooks on their campuses. Today, Blackboard Inc. and Ingram's Vital Source Technologies, Inc. announced a global agreement to give students and faculty one-click access to Vital Source's industry leading e-textbook platform directly within Blackboard Learn(TM), the market's leading learning management (LMS) system. The planned integration would be available for...
