The Book Book Industry Study Group have put out a press release summarizing a recent survey of college students. I have to say I’m a little surprised by the results. I’m not surprised by the fact that paper won over digital. I expected that, but I was thinking paper would be preferred because of cost. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'college'
College students still prefer paper textbooks
January 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news, press release
12% of college students bought ebooks in the last 3 months
November 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · surveys & polls
The NACS (National Association of College Stores) sent out a survey on 5 October to college students, and it received 627 replies. There are a number of interesting data points in the report. For example, 8% of respondents own an e-reader and 59% aren’t going to buy one in the next 6 months. Interesting. This [...]
California State University to License Content from Major College Publishers
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · press release
I almost didn’t cover this, because this program was announced back in May. Right now all they’re doing is announcing that they’ve signed a bunch of textbook publishers to add their books to The Digital Marketplace. So what is The Digital Marketplace? Basically, the California State University System decided to adopt a single platform for [...]
Tags:california·college·content·license·major·publishers·state·university
Monterey College of Law to run iPad pilot program
August 26th, 2010 · No Comments · ipad pilot
From Campus Technology: As the centerpiece of a new mobile computing initiative, Monterey College of Law (MCL) in California is distributing Apple iPads to all students enrolled in a supplemental curriculum program that helps them prepare for the state’s bar exam. According to information released by the college, all entering first-year students signed up for [...]
Kindle DX got a failing grade at Reed College
May 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Reed College was one of the colleges and universities selected by Amazon to run a Kindle DX pilot program last fall. They released a report on the program back in February, but I didn’t come across it until just this week. I don’t think anyone else has written about it either. The Reed College Kindle [...]
Entourage Edge to be sold in college bookstores
May 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware news
From the press release: enTourage Systems, Inch., creator of the world’s first dualbook™ – the enTourage eDGe™ – announced today that it has partnered with The Douglas Stewart Company, a leading distributor and marketer of computer products, consumer electronics and school supplies, to exclusively serve the education market and boost interactive learning for school systems’ [...]
Tags:bookstores·college·edge·entourage·sold
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