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Apple Dives Into Textbook Game

Behind the News
Kristen Domonell
University Business, March 2012

On January 19, Apple held a much-hyped education event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City where the company revealed its move into the textbook distribution market with the release of the iBooks 2 and iBooks Author apps.

Notable for its higher ed implications, iBooks Author is available as a free download from the Mac App Store and lets anyone with a Mac create iBooks textbooks and publish them to Apple’s iBookstore. Education technology experts weigh in on how this could change how professors disseminate information.

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California State U To Trade Ad Campaign For Cheaper Textbooks

An ad campaign for a certain textbook publisher will appear on California State University campuses this spring in the form of memos to faculty, notices in student newspapers, and posters at bookstore counters.

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The San Francisco Chronicle

Big Savings for U.S. Students in Open-Source Book Program

Students worried about the rising cost of college textbooks are about to get a break. Connexions, an initiative at Rice University in Houston devoted to producing textbooks using open-source materials, will produce free textbooks for five of the most-attended subjects in American colleges.

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The New York Times

Textbook Publishers Prep For The E-Future

Textbook publishers sign on with Apple to take advantage of iPad

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The Boston Globe

BYU Bookstore Lays Off 29 Employees

Facing financial losses, the BYU Bookstore laid off 29 employees on Friday, said Carri Jenkins, a Brigham Young University spokeswoman.

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The Salt Lake Tribune

UW-Madison To Be Part Of E-Textbook Pilot Program

UW-Madison and five other major universities announced plans this week to try buying electronic textbooks in bulk, an experiment that officials say could help rein in burdensome textbook costs and bring e-textbooks into the mainstream.

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Wisconsin State Journal

BYU Scholar Is A Leader In Advancing Education Technology

When David Wiley sees something broken, he wants to fix it, especially if it has to do with access to education. With emerging technology that can transform the way instructional content is delivered, the Brigham Young University scholar contends that now is the time to reform a system bogged down by proprietary concerns.

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The Salt Lake Tribune

College Study: E-Books Falling Flat

Students who purchased e-textbooks saved only $1 in some cases when compared with others who bought traditional books, according to a new study.

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Boulder Daily Camera

Making Science Leap From The Page

When a college textbook, “Principles of Biology,” comes out from the Nature Publishing Group in January, one place it won’t be is on the shelves of school bookstores.

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The New York Times

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