Amazon updates Kindle DX, lowers price
Amazon.com is launching an updated version of its high-end Kindle electronic reader and cutting the price in a move to address the threat from Apple's iPad tablet computer,…
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Stores see Google as ally in e-book market
Independent bookstores were battered first by discount chains like Barnes & Noble, then by super-efficient web retailers like Amazon.com. Now the electronic book age is dawning. With this…
Feds: Make eReaders accessible to all students
The federal government will help schools and colleges using eReaders such as the Amazon Kindle to comply with laws giving students with disabilities equal access to emerging education…
Amazon cuts Kindle price to $189 after Nook move
A price war is heating up in the electronic reader market, as Amazon cut the price of its Kindle eReader below $200 on June 21, just after Barnes…
Barnes & Noble cuts price for its Nook eBook reader
Barnes & Noble is offering a lower-price Nook electronic reader with a Wi-Fi connection, reports the Associated Press—and it's cutting the price on the original Nook reader.
Yes, people still read—but now it’s social
Anyone reading on the Amazon Kindle can see highlights under passages that other people liked, reports the New York Times—a reminder that exchanging ideas can be more fruitful…
Future of eReading: Following your eyes?
Researchers are creating applications that could take reading to a whole new level, with tools such as Text 2.0—which personalizes the user's experience by tracking eye movements.
Not everyone ready for the digital textbook revolution
Don’t let the iPhones and BlackBerries fool you: Research and a recent pilot program that put eReaders in college students’ hands suggest that most students aren’t ready to…
With help from college bookstores, BookRenter expands its reach
Since web sites like Chegg and BookRenter started renting textbooks, some students have been avoiding college bookstores. Now, the bookstores want in on the game, reports the New…
Florida high school trading textbooks for eReader devices
Clearwater High School next year will replace traditional textbooks with eReader devices, reports the St. Petersburg Times.
Are standalone eBook readers doomed?
New research suggests that devices like the iPad, which let you read books and much more, are likely to dominate the market so fully that standalone eBook readers…
Amazon CEO: Color Kindle ‘still a long way out’
A color version of Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle e-reader may come eventually, but it won't be soon.
Stanford prepares for a “bookless library”
One chapter is closing—and another is opening—as Stanford University moves toward the creation of its first "bookless library."
eBook restrictions vex users
As more and more eReading devices flood the market, users are beginning to feel the restrictions imposed by copyright and digital rights management (DRM)—restrictions that some fear could…
Google to start selling electronic books
Google on May 4 said it will soon begin selling electronic books that people can read on any internet-connected device, including Apple's hot-selling iPad tablet computers, AFP reports.
After ballyhooed debut, some schools see problems with iPad
The euphoria that greeted the Apple iPad on college campuses has waned somewhat in recent weeks, as technology officials at a handful of universities have issued warnings that…
Online textbooks let students share notes across the globe
Florida State College at Jacksonville faculty have created 20 electronic textbooks that are accessible on a free online platform that lets students take notes in the margins, search…
Software update could turn Kindle users into a cloud-based book club
Amazon has posted an overview of what Kindle owners can expect in its version 2.5 software update slated for late May, and a key feature of the update…
McGraw-Hill moves beyond electronic textbooks, but obstacles remain
McGraw-Hill Cos.’ McGraw Hill Education unit is venturing further into digital learning with the release of a new internet-based elementary-school ... Read more
Florida House opens door for more technology in classrooms
A bill that would give Florida school districts more flexibility in buying technology has passed the state House and is heading to the Senate, reports the Tampa Bay…
University of Minnesota sends books to Google for digitization
The University of Minnesota libraries are sending their first shipment of books to be digitized to Google this month as part of the Google books project, reports the…
Cornell will not ban the iPad
Contrary to media reports, Cornell is not experiencing bandwidth problems as a result of iPad use on campus, reports the Cornell Daily Sun.
Kindle to expand beyond Amazon?
It's a tricky little issue: What if you designed a piece of hardware and were also the only one who sold the software for it?
More Texas school districts consider switching to online textbooks
Texas could help lead a textbook transformation if Gov. Rick Perry's recent proposal to abandon traditional texts in favor of online versions takes hold, reports the Dallas Morning…
Developers seek to link iPad with education
Technology experts say Apple's latest gizmo, the iPad, won't replace students' laptops, but a menu of applications could help teach the periodic table, a range of languages, and…
Apple sells 300,000 iPads in first day
More than 300,000 iPads were scooped up by eager technology consumers during the device's first day on store shelves, and iPad users already have downloaded more than 1…
Will $99 Moby tablet swim or sink?
In a development that it claims will be a game-changer in education, technology company Marvell has announced the prototype of a $99 tablet computer that students can use…
Ohio bill calls for electronic versions of textbooks
Saying they could save more than 50 percent off the cost of textbooks, some House Democrats want to give Ohio college students the chance to trade in their…
eBook sellers face a battle to win iPad customers
When it comes to buying and selling books on the iPad, we’re about to witness a strange dance between those who make or sell electronic books and those…
Amazon threatens eBook publishers as Apple looms
As Apple builds its electronic bookstore, Amazon.com is trying to use its clout to hold on to its early lead in the market, reports the New York Times.
Fending off the ‘digital decay’ of archived resources, bit by bit
As research libraries and archives are discovering, "born-digital" materials are much more complicated and costly to preserve than anticipated, reports the New York Times.
Homework at North Texas schools is going high-tech
A vanguard of schools around the country is sending students home with the same advanced technology they work with in the classroom, reports the Dallas Morning News.
University library sees demand for Kindles soar
For students looking to temper sober textbook readings with a literary escape into the world of vampires and zombies, Oregon State University is loaning out Amazon Kindle electronic…
Math of publishing meets the eBook
In the emerging world of e-books, many consumers assume it is only logical that publishers are saving vast amounts by not having to print or distribute paper books,…
Princeton students, profs give Kindle mixed grades
Princeton University has released findings from its semester-long pilot of Amazon.com’s Kindle DX electronic reader, and the results appear mixed: While students reduced the amount of paper they…
Online books let college students earn credit—and cash
Nineteen business majors are trying to sell the idea of free online textbooks to their professors in an internship program that pushes open content technology designed to counter…
Textbooks that professors can rewrite, digitally
In a kind of Wikipedia of textbooks, Macmillan, one of the five largest publishers of trade books and textbooks, is introducing software called DynamicBooks, which will allow college…
Apple and e-book DRM: Will they? Should they?
With Apple already firmly entrenched in the realms of digital music and video, it was only a matter of time before the company got into the future of…
Lawmakers seek to overhaul e-Rate
A new House bill seeks to overhaul the e-Rate, which provides telecommunications discounts to eligible schools and libraries, to make it a more useful tool in the federal…
Publishers win a bout in eBook Price Fight
With the impending arrival of digital books on the Apple iPad and feverish negotiations with Amazon.com over e-book prices, publishers have managed to take some control--at least temporarily--of…