A high percentage of college students don’t buy required textbooks because of their high prices. But if you don’t buy the books, why even attend class?
Legacy publishers will say they can’t produce high quality digital textbooks affordably, but that’s not the issue. They don’t want to, says competitor Flat World Knowledge.
A study of Palestinian and Israeli textbooks found not bigotry so much as a ‘lack of information about the religions, culture, economic and daily activities of the other.’
It is widely acknowledged that the e-textbook market is yet to fulfill its promise and potential. Why do adoption levels remain so low?
George Lossius forecasts a year of significant change for academic publishing, including more consolidation, improved digital textbooks and the rise of mobile.
CourseSmart has introduced an analytics program that allows professors to monitor how pages read, notations and more for their student’s e-textbooks.
A new study conducted in Germany looked at textbooks from 160 countries found an alarming number of instances of idealogical indoctrination and falsehoods.
Seven current and former heads of major American publishing houses have published a joint statement opposing hate speech in Saudi textbooks.
The UK Publishers Association is threatening the government of Guyana with legal action over the purchase of pirated textbooks for use in public schools.
Ingram Expands Vital Source eTextbooks to the Indian Market
A new joint venture between B.i. Publications in India and Ingram’s digital textbook platform, VitalSource, will expand access to digital textbooks throughout India.