By Tim Conneally, Betanews The business model behind textbooks is completely out of step with what the market today wants, according to the head of Nature Publishing's digital textbook initiatives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews The first e-reader to be integrated with Google eBooks is from iriver and will be exclusive to Target in the US. Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Nature Publishing Group and California State University (CSU) on Tuesday announced a three-year partnership that will eliminate paper textbooks from certain classes, and replace them with interactive ebooks instead. Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews The Android Market has never had any specific ban on carrying and selling straight up text documents, and users could search through the market and find apps that were, in effect, standalone ebooks. Now, however, there is a section dedicated specifically to ebooks... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]