App Development
February 11, 2016 at 1:33 pm
Developing a proprietary reading platform is no easy task, but it can prove quite lucrative if done right. MIT Press's recently updated MIT CogNet is one example. Over 10 years in the making, the platform offers researchers access to over 700 books, 6 journals, and 13 reference works in the cognitive sciences, and sells annual…
February 4, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Publisher Anna Gerber isn’t trying to kill off the printed book – she’d just like you to spend a bit more time on your mobile. “We don’t really think the point is to change the way we read,” she says, “but we do like the idea of trying to immerse readers in books on their…
February 4, 2016 at 2:26 pm
NEW YORK — Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), announced today the launch of 58 original video productions for Curious World™, the interactive content service that offers an expanding collection of games, videos and eBooks mapped to key early learning areas. The new videos are part of six original short-form series: three live action…
January 28, 2016 at 3:26 pm
This webinar will obtain industry leaders’ perspectives on critical trends that will likely have an impact as we navigate through 2016.
January 28, 2016 at 2:19 pm
When digital content proliferated in the education space, the learning materials and textbook industries were thrown for a loop. The widespread availability of less expensive, often free, content online forced education publishers to adapt quickly. Many K-12 and higher education publishers purchased edtech startups and invested in new software to transform themselves into technology-driven companies…
January 19, 2016 at 3:05 pm
On Friday the ebook subscription service Oyster released the final update to its app for iPad and iPhone, and used that update to quietly announce that it was shutting down. The three-year-old startup was acquired by Google last September, and had promised to remain open into spring 2016 as the staff transitioned over to Google.…
January 15, 2016 at 2:19 pm
What happens when the place where you're reading becomes the stage for the story? How can your location shape and alter the story you are hearing? How might writing, reading and the idea of the book itself change when we use technology to design stories, rather than just present them? These questions are at the…
January 11, 2016 at 12:56 pm
BOSTON and WASHINGTON, D.C.—January 8, 2016—The White House has promised President Barack Obama will deliver a "non-traditional" State of the Union address next week, with a focus on the challenges facing the country. In the lead up to the President’s final address, Trajectory is announcing the release of its "non-traditional" compilation of every State of…
January 5, 2016 at 12:48 pm
Although 2015 was a big year for ebook subscription, with more publishers participating in subscription services like Oyster, Scribd, and Entitle than ever before, the year also marked a significant stumbling block for this market. Both Oyster and Entitle shuttered their doors in 2015, leaving Scribd and Kindle Unlimited as the leading ebook and audiobook…
January 4, 2016 at 12:23 pm
NEW YORK—January 4, 2016—Grand Central Publishing (GCP) is excited to announce a groundbreaking new publishing project by Downton Abbey creator, Julian Fellowes. GCP acquired the North American rights to the project – Julian Fellowes’s BELGRAVIA -- from Orion Publishing, a division of Hachette UK. Julian Fellowes’s BELGRAVIA is a story told in a prologue and…
