Amazon says its Instant Video library has grown to more than 100,000 titles available for instant streaming—some five-times the Read More
What you need to know – 08/19/11
If college students were avoiding Kindle textbooks before because they couldn’t take notes or highlight or enjoy the Read More
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Chegg gets education happy, eyes digital
Renting out textbooks is so 2009. Correction: only renting out textbooks is so 2009. In an effort to Read More
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Flat World Knowledge secures $15 million
Flat World Knowledge, a provider of online and open-source textbooks, announced Friday that it has secured $15 million Read More
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Textbook publishers pushing for iPad apps
Major textbook publishers Houghton Mifflin, Kaplan Publishing, McGraw-Hill Education, and Pearson are turning to software company ScrollMotion Inc. Read More
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Two textbook renters raise multi-millions
Poor college students rejoice! The textbook renting market is mounting a serious buildup in the name of lowering Read More
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Akademos raises $2.5 million
President and CEO Brian Jacobs founded Akademos in 1999, naming it after the olive grove site where Plato Read More