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"CourseSmart®, the world's largest provider of eTextbooks and digital course materials, today announced a new relationship with Western Governors University (WGU), in which the university will integrate CourseSmart's digital library into its online student portal, creating a comprehensive, single sign-on, platform where students and instructors can access their eTextbooks anytime, anywhere.WGU, a fully-accredited non-profit university with more than 26,000 students, began integrating CourseSmart's eTextbooks into its online learning environment in April 2011. "

Surveys recent etextbook initiatives, including the open source platform Flow and etextbook Cahcalot, Inkling, Apple's ibooks, Wikibooks

"We have representatives from 20 academic libraries on board for the trial and half a dozen publishers willing to explore eTextbooks in libraries. Those publishers participating in the trial have asked to review core textbooks that are adopted at the participating institutions. The Steering Committee has suggested focusing on business & economic titles, nursing, health sciences and law but will consider other subjects." (Australia-based)

"etextbook sales are only in the single percentage range of textbooks. So what is the problem? The problem is one of expectations. "

"Another market where eBooks have a lot of potential is education. It too is at an early stage, but there are many benefits to students accessing their text books electronically. Shared highlights, margin notes, search - to name a few. Surprisingly though, it's not iPad and eReaders that are driving the eTextbook market - but PCs and netbooks. The iPhone and Android are making some in-roads, however. "

Mashable topic site on etextbooks

"A group of graduate students at the Milledgeville, Ga.-based campus have used Apple's iBookstore to publish a video-and-image-laden eTextbook filled with information and advice for educators hoping to better incorporate technology in their everyday classroom lessons. The eBook, "Using Technology in Education," is a student-created textbook available for the iPad and available for free in the iBookstore, "

Purdue's etextbook authoring platform, embed media, include annotations, HTML5

IU's etextbook program: effort at reducing costs, improving learning

On IU's etextbook deal w/ 5 publishers

Compiles info on college e-book experiments

"In this interview, Kno Co-founder and CEO Osman Rashid explains where his eTextbook software is today, where it is headed, and how technology and the private sector will reform education."

5 publishers involved in Indiana's etextbook initiative: "Here's how it works: Students in a select group of courses are required to pay a materials fee, which gets them access to the assigned electronic textbooks or other readings for the course. The university essentially becomes the broker of the textbook sales, and because it is buying in bulk and guaranteeing a high volume, officials say they can score better prices than can the campus bookstore or other retailers."

Indiana U's etextbook project

"The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has accused Educause, a higher education IT association, and technology community Internet2 of ignoring the "accessibility barriers" that are preventing blind and print-disabled students from fully participating in a major e-text pilot initiative being coordinated by both."

Ouch. This happened while NFB was already communicating with Educause and I2?

Open becomes "affordable." Hmmm.