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College students publish ed-tech textbook on Apple's iBookstore | eCampus News - 1 views

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shared by Lisa Spiro on 17 Aug 12 - No Cached

Lisa Spiro on 17 Aug 12

"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, "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"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, "</div>

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The intelligent textbook that helps students learn - tech - 07 August 2012 - New Scientist - 2 views

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Lisa Spiro on 13 Aug 12

"The aim of Inquire is to provide students with the world's first intelligent textbook, says its creator David Gunning of Seattle-based Vulcan. At first glance, the system just looks like an electronic version of Campbell Biology, the tome that forms the bedrock of biology classes for first-year university and advanced high school students in the US. But behind the scenes is a machine-readable concept map of the 5000 or so ideas covered in the book, along with information on how they are all related."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The aim of Inquire is to provide students with the world's first intelligent textbook, says its creator David Gunning of Seattle-based Vulcan. At first glance, the system just looks like an electronic version of Campbell Biology, the tome that forms the bedrock of biology classes for first-year university and advanced high school students in the US. But behind the scenes is a machine-readable concept map of the 5000 or so ideas covered in the book, along with information on how they are all related."</div>

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Bryan Alexander on 14 Aug 12

"a machine-readable concept map of the 5000 or so ideas covered in the book" - I'd love to see this.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"a machine-readable concept map of the 5000 or so ideas covered in the book" - I'd love to see this.</div>

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Georgia college to give students free textbooks | Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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Lisa Spiro on 06 Aug 12

"When Georgia's need-based HOPE grant for technical college students stopped helping them pay for textbooks last year, administrators at South Georgia Technical College decided to take matters into their own hands. The college announced three weeks ago that starting this fall, it will provide students with free textbooks for each of their courses -- a program that President Sparky Reeves said he hopes will be paid for by tuition revenue brought in by additional students."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"When Georgia's need-based HOPE grant for technical college students stopped helping them pay for textbooks last year, administrators at South Georgia Technical College decided to take matters into their own hands. The college announced three weeks ago that starting this fall, it will provide students with free textbooks for each of their courses -- a program that President Sparky Reeves said he hopes will be paid for by tuition revenue brought in by additional students."</div>

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Bryan Alexander on 13 Aug 12

Very cool. Maybe a paradigmatic case.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Very cool. Maybe a paradigmatic case.</div>

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Bryan Alexander on 13 Aug 12

And we need more college presidents named Sparky.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">And we need more college presidents named Sparky.</div>

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Essay predicting that campuses will be completely digital in 3 years | Inside Higher Ed - 2 views

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Bryan Alexander on 10 Aug 12

That's an ambitious goal, 3 years.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">That's an ambitious goal, 3 years.</div>

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Worldreader: An E-Book Revolution for Africa? - WSJ.com - 1 views

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Lisa Spiro on 18 Jun 12

"The Humble School, which serves needy children in a part of Africa ravaged by poverty and HIV, is on the front lines of an effort to reinvent developing world literacy programs with technology. The premise is that the new economics of digital publishing might make more and better books available in classrooms like Mr. Opio's."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Humble School, which serves needy children in a part of Africa ravaged by poverty and HIV, is on the front lines of an effort to reinvent developing world literacy programs with technology. The premise is that the new economics of digital publishing might make more and better books available in classrooms like Mr. Opio's."</div>

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EBook Revenues Beat Hardcovers For The First Time | TechCrunch - 0 views

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shared by Lisa Spiro on 18 Jun 12 - No Cached

Lisa Spiro on 18 Jun 12

"The Association of American Publishers released a report today that shows that ebooks have beaten hardcover revenues for the first time. Ebook revenues topped out at $282.3 million YTD while hardcovers hit $229.6. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Association of American Publishers released a report today that shows that ebooks have beaten hardcover revenues for the first time. Ebook revenues topped out at $282.3 million YTD while hardcovers hit $229.6. "</div>

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At 75, University-Press Association Rides the 'Second Digital Wave' - Wired Campus - Th... - 0 views

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They’ve already worked their way into most presses’ planning, according to an AAUP survey on digital-publishing strategies released just ahead of the meeting. The survey, “Digital Book Publishing Strategies in the AAUP Community,” collected responses from 80 presses, or 60 percent of the association’s membership.
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In his experience, university presses get 60 to 70 percent of their retail revenues from Amazon sales now.
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The discussion no longer revolves around whether presses need e-books but what business model or models incorporating them will work best in the current climate.
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More notable findings: Ninety-three percent of responding presses reported that they’re pursuing short-run digital printing and/or print on demand for their backlist titles; more than 70 percent are doing the same for their new or front-list titles. Eighty-six percent sell certain e-book titles through aggregators. Almost 60 percent are trying print-on-demand for foreign distribution—a new category on the survey. And a quarter of those surveyed said they’re trying out short-form digital books, like Princeton’s Digital Shorts series (tagline: “Short Takes, Big Ideas”).
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Rebecca Davis on 12 Jun 12

interesting model for getting print books published as ebooks

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">interesting model for getting print books published as ebooks</div>

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Are Free E-Textbooks The Future---Or New Fashioned Copyright Infringement? - Forbes - 0 views

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Lisa Spiro on 06 Jun 12

"Boundless, a Boston-based start-up that makes textbooks available for free on-line by curating information from Wikipedia, government publications, Creative Commons licenses and other free sources. In April, Boundless raised its second round of venture capital funding-$8 million from a group led by Venrock. Not surprisingly, Boundess has also raised the hackles of publishers. In March Pearson Education, Inc., Cengage Learning Inc; and Macmillian Higher Education filed a suit charging Boundless with copyright infringement-a claim it denies"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Boundless, a Boston-based start-up that makes textbooks available for free on-line by curating information from Wikipedia, government publications, Creative Commons licenses and other free sources. In April, Boundless raised its second round of venture capital funding-$8 million from a group led by Venrock. Not surprisingly, Boundess has also raised the hackles of publishers. In March Pearson Education, Inc., Cengage Learning Inc; and Macmillian Higher Education filed a suit charging Boundless with copyright infringement-a claim it denies"</div>

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Mary Meeker's Latest Incredibly Insightful Presentation About The State Of The Web - Bu... - 3 views

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shared by Lisa Spiro on 30 May 12 - No Cached

Lisa Spiro on 30 May 12

tablet/ e-reader ownership among US adults up to 29% (2 % less than 3 yrs ago)

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Bryan Alexander on 31 May 12

A huge jump. I hope she returns to ebook content - software - with next one.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A huge jump. I hope she returns to ebook content - software - with next one.</div>

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Inkling Finally Brings Its Interactive Textbooks to the Web | Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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shared by Lisa Spiro on 31 May 12 - No Cached

Lisa Spiro on 31 May 12

"The interactive e-book publisher Inkling has finally released an HTML5 version of its app, meaning that its 150 titles are now available on both the iPad and the Web."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The interactive e-book publisher Inkling has finally released an HTML5 version of its app, meaning that its 150 titles are now available on both the iPad and the Web."</div>

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JISC e-books observatory project - 0 views

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shared by Bryan Alexander on 23 May 12 - No Cached

Bryan Alexander on 23 May 12

Back in 2007 there was very little known about how e-books were being used by students in universities and colleges across the UK and even worldwide. The lack of market research and the fear of the 'unknown' was holding back the market.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Back in 2007 there was very little known about how e-books were being used by students in universities and colleges across the UK and even worldwide. The lack of market research and the fear of the 'unknown' was holding back the market.</div>

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dawsonera eBook User Survey - 0 views

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How Nik Osborne Plans To Disrupt Class -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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shared by Lisa Spiro on 22 May 12 - No Cached

Lisa Spiro on 22 May 12

Profile of leader of IU Etexts initiative

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Should College Students Be Forced To Buy E-Books? - TheStreet - 1 views

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etextbook-adoption

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And So It Begins… | iterating toward openness - 0 views

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shared by Lisa Spiro on 16 May 12 - No Cached

Lisa Spiro on 16 May 12

"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc has reached a deal with more than 70 percent of its creditors to cut $3.1 billion in debt as it faces a lagging textbook market due to drops in educational funding. The publisher said it plans to restructure through a pre-packaged, court-supervised Chapter 11 bankruptcy."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc has reached a deal with more than 70 percent of its creditors to cut $3.1 billion in debt as it faces a lagging textbook market due to drops in educational funding. The publisher said it plans to restructure through a pre-packaged, court-supervised Chapter 11 bankruptcy."</div>

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Inkling Strikes a Deal with Follett to Have Its Titles Sold in More College Bookstores ... - 1 views

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shared by Lisa Spiro on 16 May 12 - No Cached

Lisa Spiro on 16 May 12

"nteractive textbook publisher Inkling announced today that it's struck a distribution partnership with Follett, the largest college bookstore retailer in the industry. Follett, which operates some 900 college bookstores, says it will make "hundreds of titles" from Inkling available to its customers in the fall."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"nteractive textbook publisher Inkling announced today that it's struck a distribution partnership with Follett, the largest college bookstore retailer in the industry. Follett, which operates some 900 college bookstores, says it will make "hundreds of titles" from Inkling available to its customers in the fall."</div>

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Future U: The stubborn persistence of textbooks | Ars Technica - 0 views

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Lisa Spiro on 14 May 12

"Textbooks are a thing of the past, says the common wisdom. Well, the common wisdom of the Technorati maybe. The problem with that thinking is that the number one publisher in the world is Pearson, a textbook publisher, who brought in $7.75 billion in 2009. Pearson, as Tim Carmody noted in a January Wired article, owns 50 percent of the Financial Times, as well as the number two trade house: Penguin. The second largest textbook publisher, McGraw-Hill, owns Standard and Poor's. To say textbooks are big business is like saying bullets are ouchie."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Textbooks are a thing of the past, says the common wisdom. Well, the common wisdom of the Technorati maybe. The problem with that thinking is that the number one publisher in the world is Pearson, a textbook publisher, who brought in $7.75 billion in 2009. Pearson, as Tim Carmody noted in a January Wired article, owns 50 percent of the Financial Times, as well as the number two trade house: Penguin. The second largest textbook publisher, McGraw-Hill, owns Standard and Poor's. To say textbooks are big business is like saying bullets are ouchie."</div>

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The fractured marketplace: A look at the state of e-textbook and electronic course mate... - 1 views

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shared by Lisa Spiro on 08 May 12 - No Cached

Lisa Spiro on 08 May 12

"The CIT has been monitoring trends in e-textbooks and, in recent months, has explored new options for the traditional classroom texts with Duke instructors."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The CIT has been monitoring trends in e-textbooks and, in recent months, has explored new options for the traditional classroom texts with Duke instructors."</div>

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How Nik Osborne Plans To Disrupt Class -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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