Education

The FTSE-100 education and publishing group Pearson is hoisting a "for sale" sign over a division it bought less than four years ago as it wrestles with growing pressure on global sales. Sky News understands that Pearson is exploring a disposal of GlobalEnglish Corp, which uses cloud software to teach English to employees of multinational…

Washington, DC; April 26, 2016 – Publishers’ book sales for trade (consumer) books from Jan. to Dec. were up 0.8% to $7.2 billion compared to $7.1 billion in 2014. Despite a slow holiday season, the year ended slightly up, with a shift in sales for format and category. Overall publisher revenue for 2015 was $15.4…

A major conundrum for educational publishers is what to do about Open Educational Resources (OER) -- free materials, usually available in digital form, that educators can use in their classrooms in lieu of textbooks or more traditional supplemental materials. At a time when many K-12 publishers are still struggling to establish profitable digital business models,…

Henry Holt & Company has undergone a number of incarnations since it was formed in 1866, when Henry Holt partnered with Frederic Leypoldt to publish books under the name Leypoldt & Holt. For one thing, it has had a number of different names, owners, and mission. The Henry Holt that exists today began to take…

This week Amazon won a contract to provide digital textbooks and other educational materials to the New York City school district. It signifies a major milestone in Amazon’s strategic push into the K-12 market. The three-year contract is worth $30 million and requires Amazon to build a custom ebook marketplace for the NYC school district,…

Kids in New York City will be getting some new textbooks next year. But don’t expect the students to be turning over any fresh pages. On Wednesday, e-commerce giant Amazon won a $30 million contract to deliver e-books to New York City public schools starting next school year, The Wall Street Journal first reported.

Books as a technology have been around for such a long time that it’s easy to forget that they were once major innovations themselves: Before the book there was the scroll, and the clay tablet before that, and it wasn’t until the end of the 16th century that modern indexes were invented, still largely the…

As trade publishing industry specialists focus on their own progress and challenges, you often catch a voice somewhere in the room saying something along the lines of, “We could sure learn a lot from somebody in the educational sector about now.” Michael E. Hansen is just such a person, not least because prior to becoming…

In October 2015, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt launched its first subscription platform Curious World, an early learning app for children between the ages of 3 and 7. EVP and chief of consumer brands & strategy CJ Kettler says the…

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the largest and certainly the most important international trade show and book fair dedicated to children’s books, wrapped up Thursday after four packed days of sales meetings, award ceremonies, art exhibitions, panel discussions and parties. Visitors thronged the long, light-filled halls of…