Kind of like a QR code function.

New e-textbooks give educators an unprecedented level of insight into student reading habits, and the results have some students and experts wondering if the product compromises personal privacy.

"Consumers seem to reward authors who trust them with their content."

More about news media, but looks at how Google's aggregation practices interact with copyright and fair use.

Pearson provides developers with access to dozens of classic books and thousands of images through an application programming interface.

Report says 86% of Canadians purchase print formats and 19% buy electronic formats, while only 7% buy both.

Ever swiped a printed page instead of turning it?

Comic-book writer Mark Waid is hoping to reach fans on smartphones and e-readers.

WSJ writer discusses why he likes viewing comics on digital readers.

An executive in McGraw-Hill's higher-ed division discusses new strategies and models.

Part of a Seattle Times series on Amazon.

Includes other fun stats, and a word cloud!

Article on how things like spatial context help people remember things (such as a location of an article in a newspaper), compared with a digital reader that tends to convey a sense of limitless or infinity.

Nicholas Carr on how digital texts are never really finished being written.

Last year, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc. learned that a popular iPad application based on a book could drive sales of both. Now the publisher will see whether the reverse works: a book based on an iPad app.