The US hasn't been shy about its desire to bring digital textbooks to the classroom, and a new analysis from the FCC shows that doing so could save close to $3 billion annually. Based on numbers from P Continue reading…
Last month, McGraw Hill Education was announced as one of Apple's major publishing partners for iBooks 2, providing textbooks and other educational materials using the iPad. In an interview with T Continue reading…
In the wake of Megaupload's shutdown, anti-piracy groups are pushing through action against other sites that host or link to pirated works. Ebook link site library.nu is the latest to go dark after Continue reading…
For all of their benefits, paper textbooks are heavy, expensive, and often out of date by the time students get hold of them. It turns out the folks at Apple aren't the only ones trying to make the Continue reading…
Apple introduced a number of new products and initiatives at its event in New York this morning, including textbook support in iBooks 2, the iBooks Author content creation tool, and a new iTunes U app Continue reading…
Alright, I just fired up iBooks Author, which is a free download from the Mac App Store. It installed quickly, and after selecting a template I was editing my first-textbook in moments. The Continue reading…
We just downloaded our copy of iBooks 2 so we can dig into Life on Earth and give you our first impressions. iBooks 2 installs easily and doesn't have any changes on the surface — but when you flip Continue reading…
Apple has announced its partnerships for digitally distributing textbooks; McGraw Hill, Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Continue reading…
Apple's education focused event on January 19th brought the release of iBooks 2, an updated iPad app that supports its new textbook platform. There was also the release of iBooks Author, a free Continue reading…
Eyes may be on Apple for its anticipated textbook-related announcement tomorrow, but others in the space aren't standing still: Chegg has unveiled a new HTML5-based reader for its digital textbook Continue reading…
