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by Rachel Ford James

E-Textbooks in Higher Education now available at ReportsandReports

Original Source: E-Textbook Market

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E-Textbooks in Higher Education 2010-2011 is a new report from Simba Information that examines the lessons learned from the various implementations of e-textbooks on college campuses in the 2009-2010 academic year and the portend for the coming years.

For this report, Simba tapped reactions and experiences on college campuses, as well as insights of vendors, publishers and industry observers.

Topics in this report include:

Proliferation of e-readers and applications for electronic devices,
Current penetration of e-textbooks on college campuses and growth projections,
Popular types of instructional materials in e-textbook formats,
How e-textbooks are impacting traditional marketing and sales channels,
Impact of open-source textbooks on traditional publishing of e-textbooks.

E-textbooks burst on the scene in the 2009-2010 academic year with renewed vigor. While there may be a learning curve in the acceptance of e-textbooks, their overall impact is expected to be extensive.

Thus, E-Textbooks in Hig-201her Education 20101 is a critical tool for publishers, marketers and business developers in understanding market needs, trends and challenges.

Table of Contents

Methodology

Executive Summary

Chapter 1: Size and Structure

Introduction

Textbooks: Traditionally Stable Market

Textbooks: Course Staple

Format Variety

Soft Covers and Custom are Alternatives

Used Textbooks Do Not Biodegrade

E-Textbooks Emerge as New Format Option

Recording Growth

Open Source Is Rising Challenge

Flat World Knowledge Secures Foothold

Macmillan Combines Customization with Open Access

Table 1.1: Growth in College Textbook Net Sales, 2000-2009

Table 1.2: Sales of Key College Instructional Materials, 2008 vs. 2009 vs. 2010P

Chapter 2: Distribution

Introduction

CourseSmart Moves Closer to Faculty

Publishers Selling e-Books Through LMS

WileyPLUS Use Grows

Embedding in Blackboard

Barnes & Noble and Follett Partner with Blackboard

Changing Role for Campus Stores

Institutional Licensing

E-Readers Could Change Distribution Models

Barnes & Noble Launches NOOKstudy Software for PCs and Macs

Large, and a Tad Awkward, the Kno Launches

Challenges to Traditional Sales Model

Bridgepoint Publishes its Own Textbooks for Online Courses

Open Access Spreading

Textbook Rental Programs Mutiply

Cengage Learning Adds Textbook Rental Option

Table 2.1: Digital Statistics at College Stores

Chapter 3: E-Reader Pilots

Introduction

Protecting the Disabled

Kindle DX Pilots

Arizona State University

Darden School of Business (University of Virginia)

Foster School of Business (University of Washington)

Pace University

Princeton University

Reed College

iPads Mean More Pilots

Coming to Reed College The Apple iPod Pilot

Table 3.1: Princeton University’s Kindle DX User Printing Statistics

Chapter 4: Conclusions & Outlook

Introduction

Digital Transformation

Digital Growth Sets the Pace

Table 4.1: Sales Forecast of Key College Instructional Materials, 2009-2013

Appendix: Platforms for E-Book Consumption

Introduction

The Evolution of E-Book Formats

The Platforms

The Personal Computer

Mobile Phone or PDA

Apple’s iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad

Dedicated Reading Devices

Future Devices

The Most Popular Devices Today

Table A: Select Current U.S. E-Book Reading Devices, by Launch Date

Table B: Devices Used to Read E-Books, 2008

Table C: Devices Used to Read E-Books, 2009

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B2B Learning Center and RosettaNet Address Critical Education Gap

Free online B2B training promoting standards-based B2B processing

Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) March 25, 2009

The B2B Learning Center announced today a strategic education partnership with RosettaNet addressing the critical education gap around e-business standards and business-to-business (B2B) process integration.

“Companies building B2B processing networks face the continued challenge of providing e-business and standards training for new graduates, solution developers and trading partners,” explained Karen Cox, Founder and CEO of KJC Solutions, Inc. “This company-by-company approach to training our next generation of e-business experts is both costly and ineffective. With every company developing their own training, industries will never achieve e-business interoperability.”

“In response to this global education challenge,” reported Ms. Cox, “we created the B2B Learning Center to deliver multi-standard, solution-neutral B2B training through a free educational website.”

“Today’s economy is driving companies to optimize supply-chain processes. Leveraging XML standards and the internet are essential strategies for building long-term competitiveness, yet few people have training in the use and value of B2B standards,” shared Clem Erhardt, President of RosettaNet. “The RosettaNet consortium have emphasized the importance of standards training to help lower B2B integration costs.”

“The B2B Learning Center provides a cost effective way for businesses seeking education about standards-based B2B processing,” said Erhardt. “Our RosettaNet members will greatly benefit from this training to reduce the costs of their implementation projects. Our partnership with the B2B Learning Center allows us to collaborate directly with Karen Cox, an early leader in RosettaNet and a globally recognized expert in e-business standards.”

“We are excited to welcome RosettaNet as our first not-for-profit sponsor of the B2B Learning Center,” said Cox. “The partnership with RosettaNet is a significant milestone for the B2B Learning Center, demonstrating a shared commitment for our business vision of delivering free e-business standards education funded through non-profit and corporate sponsorships.”

As part of the education partner, a RosettaNet sponsor profile is now available in the B2B Learning Center describing the RosettaNet organization, its standards and community. Additionally, a RosettaNet Primer will soon be published helping people new to RosettaNet-based B2B integrations.

About KJC Solutions, Inc.:

KJC Solutions, Inc. (KJCsolutions) is an education and consulting firm formed by Karen Jean Cox. KJCsolutions is actively promoting standards-based B2B processing to help companies electronically automated supply-chain processes. Information about KJC Solutions, Inc. can be found at http://www.kjcsolutions.com.

The B2B Learning Center is an educational website created and managed by KJCsolutions offering free multi-standards, solution-neutral e-business education and quick references.

About RosettaNet:

RosettaNet, a subsidiary of GS1 US™, is a not-for-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open, business process standards that align processes within global trading networks. RosettaNet standards and services provide a common language for business transactions and the foundation for integrating critical processes among partners within the global supply chain. Companies that use RosettaNet’s proven standards benefit from added cost-savings throughout supply chain processes, improved e-business communications with trading partners, enhanced product life cycle management capabilities, and added customer satisfaction. For more information about RosettaNet, visit http://www.rosettanet.org.

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KJC Solutions, Inc.

+1.972.416.2770

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Shmoop Learning Guides are now available as eBooks for the Sony Reader Store

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) May 3, 2010

Shmoop (www.shmoop.com), a publisher of digital resources that make learning fun and relevant for students, today announced that it has made hundreds of its digital Learning Guides available as eBooks to Sony’s Reader™ Store, for downloading to Sony’s popular Reader and other compatible digital reading devices. More than 400 Shmoop eBooks for popular topics in Literature, Poetry, US History, Civics, Music, and Biography are now available.

“Sony’s Reader helped revolutionize the way people read and learn,” said Ellen Siminoff, CEO at Shmoop. “Sony’s Reader is a terrific reading experience that will help Shmoop bring smiles to millions of learners of all ages.”

Shmoop eBooks on the Reader Store

    Shmoop eBook Titles include witty and conversational Learning Guides for The Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, World War II, the US Constitution, and Madonna’s “Like a Prayer.”
    Shmoop eBooks are now available in Sony’s Reader Store. A shortcut to the full list of Shmoop eBooks is available on Shmoop’s website at http://www.shmoop.com/sony-reader-ebooks/

About Shmoop

Shmoop publishes digital resources that make learning fun and relevant for students. Shmoop content is written by master teachers and Ph.D. students from Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and other top universities. Shmoop Learning Guides and Teacher Resources balance a fun, approachable style with academically rigorous materials to help students understand how subjects relate to their daily lives. Shmoop offers more than 2,900 titles across the Web, iPhone, Kindle, and Nook. The company was an Official Honoree in the 2010 and 2009 Webby Awards and named “Best of the Internet” by PC Magazine. Launched in 2008, Shmoop is headquartered in a Labradoodle-patrolled office in Mountain View, California.

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