Textbooks as software: Apple debuts iBooks 2, iBooks Author in new digital education push

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At an event in New York City this morning, Apple unveiled a new version of its iBooks platform for reading interactive textbooks on the iPad, plus a free e-book creation tool for Mac called iBooks Author that can be used for making all sorts of digital books, not just textbooks. The initiative, which will start… Read More…

College bookstores question Amazon’s legal tactics

One of the Amazon.com ads in dispute.

The National Association of College Stores, battling with Amazon.com over the online retailer’s textbook advertising, is questioning Amazon’s decision to go to court after the association asked the Better Business Bureau’s advertising division for an advisory opinion. In a new filing in federal court in Seattle, the association asks the court to dismiss the suit… Read More…

Amazon.com spars with college bookstores over pricing and buyback claims

One of the Amazon.com ads in dispute.

Is 60% back truly 60% back when it’s in the form of an Amazon.com gift card, not cash? That’s one of the disagreements between Amazon and the National Association of College Stores over the Internet retailer’s promotional claims about the terms of its college textbook sales and buyback program. The NACS says a gift card… Read More…