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Neriman Publishing and Media http://www.NerimanPublishing.com Harvard and IU have formed a joint venture for eTexts in the Kelley School of Business, making Harvard teaching materials available to IU students. http://newsinfo.iu.edu/web/page/normal/21429.html
Neriman Publishing and Media http://www.NerimanPublishing.com Creating educational videos and want them to also be accessible by the mobile and iPad users? Conversion is available from www.encoding.com
Neriman Publishing and Media http://www.NerimanPublishing.com The Android App is DragonPro by Nuance. Anytime you want to reference something I have posted, click on my name and it will go to my Wall and then you can read all my posts. I've posted some other tech tips on it. I post some on my Neriman Publishing and Media Inc FB page also.
Neriman Publishing and Media http://www.NerimanPublishing.com J.K. Rowling has picked up her pen again. This time she is writing a novel for adults. Hopefully she will consider an eBook version to spare the trees.
Neriman Publishing and Media http://www.NerimanPublishing.com BISG's Making Information Pay for Higher Ed conference found 86% of students said they were interested in getting textbooks on an iPad. Tablet textbooks are lighter, cheaper and more eco friendly. The issue remains if textbooks will continue to be a way for profs to supplement their low pay.
Neriman Publishing and Media http://www.NerimanPublishing.com Analysts estimate 6 million Kindle Fires were sold in the 4th Qtr of 2011. Amazon lost a small amount of money on each sale, but plan to make up for the loss with increased eBook purchases. The story now becomes the electronic turf battle between Apple's iPad, Barnes & Noble's Nook and the Fire. Note: If you are currently an Amazon author and offer your book at a lower price elsewhere, you will be dropped.
Neriman Publishing and Media http://www.NerimanPublishing.com Seth Godin talks about the difference between printing and publishing. http://www.thedominoproject.com/2012/01/apple-didnt-make-publishing-easier.html Research and editing are needed for quality.
Neriman Publishing and Media http://www.NerimanPublishing.com Pew Internet Research shows, "36% of households earning $75,000 or more now owning a tablet, and among individuals with a college education, 31% own tablets" Also, "From mid-December 2011 to early January 2012, the number of Americans owning a tablet computer rose to 19% from 10%, and the growth in e-book readers jumped an identical amount, to 19% from 10%."
Neriman Publishing and Media http://www.NerimanPublishing.com Apple is launching iBooks 2 with a free creation app to authors. It is a new multimedia textbook platform. They are suggesting all the educational textbooks created in this format sell for under $15. Because this is a self-publish platform, textbooks will not be reviewed for accuracy and language, which has drawn criticism from educators.
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