Challenge to US schools: Embrace digital textbooks
Are hardbound textbooks going the way of slide rules and typewriters in U.S schools?
 
Challenge to schools: Embracing digital textbooks
Are hardbound textbooks going the way of slide rules and typewriters in schools? Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday challenged schools and companies to get digital textbooks in students' hands within five years. The Obama administration's push comes two weeks after Apple Inc. announced it would start to sell electronic ...
 
Textbooks now on iPads
NEW YORK -- Apple on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high school books.
 
Apple Introduces Interactive Textbooks
  Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books. The electronic textbooks, which include "Biology" and "Environmental Science" from Pearson and "Algebra 1" and "Chemistry" from McGraw-Hill, contain videos and other interactive elements....
 
Apple starts selling interactive iPad textbooks
Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.The electronic ...
 
Apple selling iPad textbooks
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.
 
Apple reinvents textbooks with new publishing platform
Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.
 
Apple starts selling interactive high-school textbooks for the iPad
By Peter Svensson, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. - Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions ...
 
Choosing where to buy, sell textbooks
The three most popular local booksellers break down how they figure costs of textbooks and how sellback prices are determined. Some figures stay consistent, while others vary by semester or ...