Are you still looking for reasons to create interactive textbooks for students? Well, it’s 2019, and most schools and universities have already accepted digital textbooks as the future of education. If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks.Read more
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The shift to eTextbook adoption, especially in higher education, comes with numerous benefits. The last decade has seen significant interest among institutions in eTextbooks to enhance student learning and also to address the affordability issues arising from the cost of printed textbooks. Several innovations in eTextbook delivery infrastructure and the emergence of best practices fromRead more
The digital reading experience is fundamentally different from that of reading print material. Digital reading enhances the overall experience for readers with its dynamic nature of presentation and ability to bring content to life with interactive videos and animation. Digital publishing is transforming the face of education with eTextbooks and helping students enjoy the learningRead more
Increase in Textbook Prices Over the Years It is believed that textbook prices have skyrocketed over the last few years. According to NBC’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, textbook prices have risen over 3 times the rate of inflation from January 1977 to June 2015, a whopping 1,041% increase. With theRead more
The medium of higher education textbook consumption has shifted from physical books to digital devices. This shift demanded an immediate change in the publishing process. Although Higher Education Textbook publishers are adapting to this growing need for eBooks, they are still facing challenges in terms of designing an engaging e-textbook. Merely transferring the content fromRead more
The state of the US higher education market looks slightly subdued on account of the fact that the government has reduced funding for higher education. The budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year requested an approximate $7.1 billion cut in funding for the education department, compared to a 10% decrease in 2019. So, the universitiesRead more
