PRINCETON, N.J. – August 26, 2010 – edWeb.net, a professional social network for the education community, has announced the launch of a new community “Exploring eBooks for K-12.” This is a forum where educators and industry executives can connect and collaborate together to discuss the evolution of this new technology and its potential for use with students and in the classroom.

The “Exploring eBooks for K-12” Community is sponsored by Neal Goff, the founder of consulting firm Egremont Associates and former president of Weekly Reader. Goff started this community on edWeb.net because of his fascination with eBooks and their potential impact on education. “I hope [this community] enables its members to learn from and support each other, and – if I may be so presumptuous – perhaps even influence the way educators use eBooks and educational publishers create them in the years to come,” Goff said.

The community has acquired over 130 members in just a few days, including teachers, superintendents, librarians, media specialists, principals, technology directors, publishers, educational associations, and more. Members are also joining from around the world. The community is already engaged in an active dialogue that can help all members gain a better understanding of the opportunities, needs, and obstacles to adopting eBooks in education.

According to Lisa Schmucki, founder of edWeb.net, “It has been a pleasure to work with Neal Goff to launch this community. This is the fastest start we have had for any community to date. There is clearly a high level of interest in this topic from so many constituencies. We are delighted that edWeb can be an online forum that breaks down the silos in education and enables broader collaboration.”

Anyone involved in education is invited to join the “Exploring eBooks for K-12” community at www.edweb.net/ebooks.

For more information, contact Erin Pettus, Communications Coordinator, edWeb.net, at 800-575-6015 ext 104, erin@edweb.net.

About edWeb.net

edWeb.net is a professional social network for the education community that makes it easy to connect and collaborate with colleagues, share information and best practices, and create professional learning communities. edWeb.net is free for education professionals and for educational institutions. Sponsorship opportunities are available for other organizations involved in education. Join at www.edweb.net. For more information, contact Lisa Schmucki, founder and CEO, at 800-575-6015, ext. 100, or by email at lisa@edweb.net.

About Egremont Associates, LLC

Egremont Associates helps publishers and technology companies respond to – and stay ahead of – the changes that are reshaping educational and consumer publishing in the 21st Century. Drawing on the expertise of its founder, Neal Goff, Egremont Associates assists clients on a variety of projects, with particular focus on digital product development, market expansion through both online and off-line channels, direct marketing strategy and tactics, and development of strategic alliances. For more information, contact Neal Goff at 917-541-4034 or by email at nealgoff@gmail.com.