The Direct Textbook app turns smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices into textbook barcode scanners; users can either scan the barcode of the textbook they need or manually enter its ISBN ...

App State introduced a digital textbook rental system in 2021, which has quickly become popular among students. Nearly 99 percent of the student population has utilized the program, which has resulted ...

The Direct Textbook Android app and mobile site are free to use, and allow students to search for textbooks by title, author, ISBN, keywords and other filters. Search queries are processed through ...

When he was attending the University of Tampa, Wellington resident Tom Shields noticed his friends fell into two categories: “Those who could afford to buy textbooks, and those who couldn’t.” The ...

Company announces today iBooks 2, a "new textbook experience" for the iPad and Apple's attempt to bury traditional schoolbooks. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, ...

Shopping period stress may soon be allayed by a new Yale-designed tool. Three members of the Yale community, Aaron Shim ’16, Apurv Suman ’16 and Timur Guler ’18, are working on BoolaBooks, an app to ...

App developer ScrollMotion has inked deals with major textbook publishers to adapt textbooks for the transition to a digital classroom. Maureen McMahon, president of Kaplan Publishing was reported as ...

In one semester, Neophytos Zambas spent $900 on textbooks for four classes. "It blows my mind that we have to pay so much on top of tuition for books that are required," said the College of New Jersey ...

A revision of the Minnesota Historical Society's Northern Lights history textbook is under way, and the society has recently released a a free, prototype iPad app covering the already-revised Civil ...

Evolution: Making Sense of Life, the textbook Doug Emlen and I have just published, is now evolving into a full-blown app for the iPad. Once you get the free app, you can download some of the book’s ...

Neophytos Zambas, of Lopatcong Township, talks about NeoBook at a TCNJ business plan competition. Zambas and his partners won second place and $14,000. (Courtesy photo) In one semester, Neophytos ...