Will Apple 's iPad kill the textbook? Many educators are pointing to Apple Computer's recently announced iPad as the prototype for an e-reader that will be able to hold all the textbooks a student ...

College textbooks cost too much—and something needs to be done about it, according to a report from the advocacy group U.S. PIRG. The College Board estimates that the average student in this country ...

Despite growing online markets for discounted books, the average cost of college textbooks has risen four times faster than the rate of inflation over the past 10 years. That has caused 65 percent of ...

With textbooks and other forms of scholarship moving to electronic formats, schools are turning to a surprising array of innovative tools. That creaky spine. The yellowing paper. Those eternally ...

TextBookFlix lets you "check out" college textbooks for an entire semester for about 60 to 70 percent of the price. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote ...

For university students, textbooks have been both a saviour and a bane. Having most of the essential readings in a single volume enables students to access resources easily. Despite mostly being used ...

It's the beginning of a new semester for introductory physics students. I have a new message that might not be very popular: Read the textbook. And I don't just mean, like, here and there. Read the ...

A Series Of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape: David Miller, Founder and CEO, SlugBooks... SlugBooks is an odd name but its value is very straight forward for ...

This edition of Ask Maggie helps one reader figure out if tablets are ready for e-textbooks along with several other tablet-related questions. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in ...

If you're headed back to campus this semester, your syllabus probably has a list of expensive books to buy. You can make your dollars stretch a little further if you buy used or secondhand, and this ...

Last week, as U. S. educators gathered for their big annual conventions, the educational air was heavy with storm clouds. In Philadelphia, where 4,000 Progressive Educators met, and in Atlantic City, ...