Flat World Knowledge and the University System of Ohio announced Wednesday that they will be launching a joint pilot program. The program will allow 1,000 Ohio students to receive digital textbooks for free. Flat World Knowledge are a new textbook publisher, and they specialize in free and open college textbooks. They’re working with the USO [...]
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University System of Ohio and Flat World Knowledge Team up to Start Pilot Program
March 11th, 2011 · 2 Comments · digital textbooks, ebookstore news
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Comixology to launch affiliate program
January 27th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
Comixology announced a new affiliate program today. their retail partners can now sell digital comics from Comixology on their respective store website. All comics bought through the affiliate program will work on any part of the Comixology platform, including the browser, iOS, and Android apps. This is potentially a great idea, but to really make [...]
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Texas A&M, XanEdu to run pilot program with NookColor
November 24th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: XanEdu, the leading faculty-preferred provider of custom course materials and textbooks, has partnered with Barnes & Noble and Texas A&M to conduct research on the efficacy of accessing and studying custom course materials within NookStudy. Students at Texas A&M will access their XanEdu course materials in NookStudy and provide valuable feedback [...]
Vook Launch Digital Serial Rights Program
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
If you’re wondering WTH that means, don’t worry; so did I. Vook are now able to sell a work by the chapter or section. It’s kind of like how novels used to be published as a serial across several issues of a magazine. They have one title in iTunes that’s ready for the new program, [...]
Publisher’s Weekly expnd PW Select to include Wattpad
October 18th, 2010 · No Comments · publishing news
I’m going to let PW speak for themselves about today’s announcement: Publishers Weekly has teamed up with the social reading community Wattpad to offer additional marketing opportunities for self-published authors who sign up for PW Select, PW’s new program that will review at least 25 self-published authors on a quarterly basis. Authors who register for [...]
CUNY to launch Entourage Edge pilot program
October 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
From the press release: enTourage Systems, Inc. announced today that it is working with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a senior college of The City University of New York (CUNY), for a semester-long pilot program with the enTourage eDGe. Students in the Introduction to Drawing and Technology Applications in Public Management and Criminal [...]
Sony Announce first participants in Reader Library Program
September 28th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
Sony issued a follow up press release on the Reader Library Program today. This program is similar to the Overdrive Training Month (that is just wrapping up). It’s not just an e-reader giveaway; there’s a strong emphasis on training in procedures and available content. From the press release:
4 Calif. school districts launch iPad pilot program
September 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments · digital textbooks
From THE Journal: Education publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has launched a new algebra curriculum delivery system for Apple’s iPad. Dubbed “Fuse,” the system is being piloted for a one-year period in middle schools in four California school districts. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said the Fuse: Holt McDougal Algebra 1 app is the first full-year algebra curriculum [...]
HarperCollins to create global SF & Fantasy program under Voyager imprint
September 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
It looks like HarperCollins have made a start on fixing the insanity of regional book rights. From the press release: Announced today at Aussiecon IV (the 68th World Science Fiction Convention), Eos Books, a U.S. imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, will be rebranded as Harper Voyager, joining together with the celebrated Voyager imprints in Australia/New Zealand [...]
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