I don’t usually cover politics on this blog. It’s off-topic, usually, but also because you don’t want to see me foam at the mouth (well, you might; I’m told it’s entertaining). But last night was the State of the Union address, and digital textbooks made an appearance. Mr. Obama proposed nationwide high speed wireless network, [...]
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Ebooks were a footnote in last night’s State of the Union
January 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
David Morrell on the Current State of Print Publishing: “This Is Nuts”
September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
by Evil Wylie David Morrell (the creator of Rambo and a damn good thriller writer) recently signed an exclusive deal with Amazon to release 10 of his books as Kindle e-books (nine of which are backlist). Is he a trailblazer, or has he signed a deal with THE DEVIL? Here are his thoughts on the [...]
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
Virginia State U. Business School came to their senses on digital textbooks
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The VSU School of Business have taken what i’d call the next logical step in textbooks. They’ve signed a volume purchase contract with Flat World Knowledge. Here’s the thing. Given that 1 student registered for a class = 1 textbook needed (more or less), why not build the textbook cost into the class fees? Yes, [...]
Tags:business·digital·school·senses·state·textbooks·virginia
DeVry, Oklahoma State to run iPad pilot programs
July 1st, 2010 · No Comments · ipad pilot
First off, the reason I know that Devry (a private university with 100k students ) are running an iPad pilot is because while I was at the ALA Conference, I bumped into the woman who runs it. She couldn’t give me details about the iPad pilot, unfortunately. That’s understandable. DeVry are a private corporation and [...]
Webcast: State of the (enhanced) Ebook
June 15th, 2010 · No Comments · webinar
Digital Book World is hosting a webcast on 29 June. They’re calling it Enhanced Ebooks Today, but I like my title better. They’ve lined up 2 panelist and a moderator for the 60 minute webcast. I’m hoping they’ll find at least a third panelist. Then we might see some interesting synergy. DBW P.S. I freely [...]
Michigan State conducting an ebook viability study
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The State News is reporting that Michigan State University is currently looking into the possibility of using digital textbooks on campus. From the article: The campuswide student survey, which is part of MSU’s Environmental Stewardship Initiative and is expected to be completed in September, will gather information about how prepared students are for a potential [...]
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