Rob Reynolds, from the Xplana blog has a great piece on the transformation of textbook publishing. Rob discusses the history and context of textbook publishing, current business models, product types on the market today, and challenges and strategies for the success of digital textbook adoption (and sales). It’s a great overview, I highly recommend it.
Transformation of Textbook Publishing in the Digital Age
June 1st, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: Academic Libraries · Articles of Interest · Business Models/Pricing · Marketing · Mobile Devices · Textbooks
Digital Textbooks, Open Content, Critical Literacies
April 29th, 2010 · Comments Off
The Xplanation Daily Research Update by Rob Reynolds featured digital textbooks and open content on April 28, 2010. Some interesting things going on in Florida.
Tags: Academic Libraries · Articles of Interest · Textbooks
U. S. Digital Textbook Sales To Rise Dramatically
April 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment
There is an interesting article by Rob Reynolds from the Xplanation blog analyzing the future of digital textbook sales. With a current market share of 1%, digital textbook sales are projected to have 18% market share by 2014, according to Reynolds. He summarizes the influences and trends for this change as such: Within the general [...]
Tags: Academic Libraries · Articles of Interest · Mobile Devices · Surveys/Statistics · Textbooks
