A Mellon grant is funding UPScope, a new visual discovery platform for long-form scholarly platform from the Association of American University Presses.
4 Views of Evolving Edtech Business Models
Execs from Cornelsen Schulverlage, Scholastic India, Capstone’s myON, and Microsoft Education share thoughts about various edtech business models.
View from Kenya: On Boxing, Publishing, and Going Digital
Kenyan publishing is in a perpetual fight for survival, but sees potential in the digital revolution to open new means of distribution and production.
European Commission Drives for Copyright Modernization
The EU Digital Economy and Society commissioner, Günther Oettinger, told a Frankfurt Book Fair audience the EU is striving for a single digital market.
AI Can Help Solve Complex Problems, says Intellogo’s CEO
Neil Balthaser of Intellogo discusses the company’s launch, target markets and how AI and machine learning intends to simplify and solve complex problems.
Amazon Launch Kindle Unlimited in India with Local Partners
Amazon launched Kindle Unlimited in India with local publishing partners that include Jaico, Westland, Grapevine, Orient, and Sinclude, and more promised.
Al Manhal Updated for Full-Text Search for Arabic Scholarly Pubs
Al Manhal the Arabic-language ebook education company, has attracted more than a million users and updated its database to allow full-text search.
LitRes Aids Procurement for Russia’s National E-Library
LitRes, Russia’s dominant ebookseller, is helping to develop the country’s National Digital Library, which is expected to host 1.5m + titles by 2018.
Iraq National Library Digitizes Holdings, Staving Off Suppression
In the face of years of war and threats from ISIS, the Iraq National Library has begun to preserve its holdings through digitization.
Orbile Promises Mexican Readers Ebook Ecstacy
Orbile, a new Mexican ebookselling platform created by Kobo and bookstore chains Gandhi and Libreria Porrúa, will offer 70k ebooks on launch in September.