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 ...
 
Challenge to US schools: Embrace digital textbooks
Are hardbound textbooks going the way of slide rules and typewriters in U.S schools?
 
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 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 ...
 
Apple lifts wraps on plans for textbook market
Company lines up major publishers to tie classroom education and content to the iPad and sell textbooks for $14.99 or less.
 
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 ...
 
E-books may soon replace textbooks
While the ubiquity of mobile devices and electronic textbooks continue to grow on college campuses, many say they would rather use the real thing.
 
Why e-Textbooks Could Cost Students
Will Apple's recent attempt to break into the textbook market, and other rapidly evolving e-book distribution models, help to moderate soaring textbook prices? From what I've seen so far, it could do just the opposite.
 
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.