Tag: TEXTBOOKS

Half.com (by eBay) is one of those sites that should be in every college student's bookmarks. Whether you're buying new textbooks or unloading old ones, Half.com is a pretty hassle-free solution. If you're gearing up to use Half.com this semester, though, you should consider going the Half.com iPhone app route instead of hitting up the traditional Web interface. Why? Well, the free iPhone ...

Macmillan has just announced a new tool called DynamicBooks that allows professors to edit the publisher's massive repository of textbooks and provide them to classes in a digital format. I couldn't dig up any info on whether the format is proprietary, open, or uses an existing eBook standard, but Macmillan says its books will be viewable on computers and iPhones, with iPad and Android versions ...

Rumors have been floating around this week about a new, large-screen version of Amazon's Kindle eBook reader. The New York Times seemingly confirmed that the device is for real, and it could be released "as early as this week," according to their industry sources. The Times pieces focuses, not surprisingly, on the larger Kindle as a platform for newspapers and magazines, whose pages didn't quite ...