According to readers, though digital textbooks sound good in theory, not all students would have access to these materials from home as well as school. Also, many schools…
Barnes & Noble Inc said on Tuesday it was launching a video streaming and download service this autumn for its Nook eBooks and device business, Reuters reports.
Everyone remembers lugging a 20-pound textbook. But should today’s students still have to consult hefty—and often outdated—printed texts? And should states and districts still pay for resources that…
The pundits have spoken. Amazon hit a homerun with its new Kindles. 8.9" is just right. Performance is going to rock. Exchange support is top notch. And the…
There's no doubt that Amazon's original Kindle Fire tablet was a huge hit. It earned over 10,000 5-star customer reviews, it remained the number-one best-selling product on Amazon…
Tom Miley, a media specialist for Baltimore County Public Schools, relayed something of an odd desire to a group of summer school reading students at Ridgely Middle School…
eBook readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing if their local branch offers…
When the Harry Potter books finally went on sale in electronic form on March 27, it was as if Harry himself had cast the "Alohomora" spell on them—the…
A leading publisher of children's books is taking a big step into the electronic market: Scholastic Inc. is developing an app called Storia, which includes around 1,300 eBooks…
College students in five of the most-attended courses in U.S. higher education soon will have free peer-reviewed textbooks available to them as a Rice University-based program looks to…
Advocates for open-license textbooks in higher education, while largely unhappy with Apple’s new iBooks 2 platform, say the technology behemoth has done a favor for their movement: Apple’s…