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
Tags:flat·knowledge·ohio·pilot·program·start·system·team·university·world
World’s most expensive ebook now on sale – $1600 off
February 24th, 2011 · No Comments · ebookstore news, humor
There’s a book that I’ve been trying to buy for the last decade. It’s called Selected Nuclear Materials and Engineering Systems, and it has a retail price of just over an arm, a leg, a eye, and a kidney. Fortunately for me the Kindle edition is now on sale for a measly $6400. It’s almost [...]
Flat World Knowledge raised $15m funding for their open textbook platform
January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Flat World Knowledge, the largest publisher of free and open college textbooks for students worldwide, today announced it has secured $15 million in Series B funding led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, a leading international media company, and Bessemer Venture Partners, a top [...]
Tags:15m·flat·funding·knowledge·open·platform·raised·textbook·world
Amazon on the “Clean up the world” track again. Ebook censorship rampant
January 3rd, 2011 · 8 Comments · opinion
by Tony Cole Amazon want to clean up the world’s literature – well some of it……………. You may have noticed that Amazon have withdrawn a number of ebooks lately from their online shop. apparently what they are now objecting to is any book that has a title with the word “rape” in it. This was [...]
Interactive Fiction comes to the Kindle – Dusk World
December 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · apps & games
Do you recall when I told you about KindleQuest, a website that runs adventure games like Zork for your Kindle? Amazon just released an app that removes the need for an internet connection. It’s called Dusk World, and after playing with it for a few minutes I’d say it’s closer to the old Choose-your-own-Adventure books [...]
Tags:dusk·fiction·interactive·kindle·world
Digital Book World Announces the Publishing Innovation Awards
December 14th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Digital Book World, the publishing community for the 21st century, has announced a new awards program focused exclusively on ebooks and book apps – the Publishing Innovation Awards.
Tags:announces·awards·book·digital·innovation·publishing·world
Guinness World Records iPad app to launch on Thursday (video)
December 14th, 2010 · No Comments · ipad app, video
I just heard on Twitter that the long anticipated iPad app from Guinness World Records will be available in iTunes this week for £2.99 (UK) and $4.99 (USA). Unlike the Kindle Edition I showed you a few days ago, the iPad app will be a real app. GWR (and their developer) put a lot of [...]
Guinness World Records 2011 now available as an ebook
December 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · ebookstore news
You might recall that back in May I showed you that Guinness World Records were working on an app. This isn’t it, unfortunately. No, today Guinness announced the digital edition of the Guinness World Records 2011. You have all the same content as the paper edition but without the weight. I’ve found it on Amazon [...]
China announce new regulations for the world’s second largest ebook market
October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
Over the past weekend the GAPP (General Administration of Press and Publication) released the first set of guidelines for China’s digital publishing industry. I can’t find an actual copy of the regulations, so I don’t know what they say. But I’ve found a couple English language reports that mention the fact that the GAPP just [...]
PC Magazine reviews the Literati
October 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hardware reviews
David Pierce used about twice as many words to reach the conclusion I posted on Monday. Here are some snippets from his review: Pros – Big, bright color LCD. Integrated Wi-Fi. Kobo application syncs with other devices. Cons – Sluggish navigation and page turns. D-pad is difficult to use. Short battery life. Heavy. Bottom Line [...]
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