Tomorrow the Texas Court of Appeals will hear arguments on behalf of author Carla Main and publisher Encounter Books, seeking to dismiss a defamation suit brought by Dallas develop H. Walker Royal. Royal’s suit has asked for a permanent injunction against further printing and distribution of the book. When the suit was first before a […]
Textbooks
eNews: Rice Digital Press Experiment Folds, As Inkling Launches to Adapt Textbooks to iPad
University press publishing can be difficult regardless of the medium, and Rice University has decided to end their four-year experiment with a digital-only press. The former provost who authorized the venture originally Eugene Levy says, “The hope was that, without the burden of having to maintain a print inventory, the press might sustain itself largely […]
More Action in Online Textbook Rentals
Following yesterday’s announcement from Barnes & Noble College, Cengage Learning announced that their site CengageBrain.com is renting over 1,200 of the company’s textbooks at “up to 70 percent off the suggested retail price.” And they say they will add another 1,500 titles to the program by July 2010. Just as importantly, Cengage’s site already sells […]