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  Tablet ownership triples among college students, says new survey

  1603 readers From The Chronicle of Higher Education: The number of college students who say they own tablets has more than tripled since a survey taken last year, according to new poll results released today. The Pearson Foundation sponsored the second-annual survey, which asked 1,206 college students and 204 college-bound high-school seniors about their

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  Saddleback’s New Series for Struggling Readers

  1015 readersBy Dennis Abrams Since its founding in 1982, Saddleback Educational Publishing has supplied school and library markets with a wide range of books aimed at students in middle and high school with poor reading and/or learning skills. The last few years has seen Saddleback expanding its list significantly, with a new focus — starting in January

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  Aim High: 101 Tips for Teens is the Free eBook Today

  1173 readersI thought we’d go outside the box for today’s free ebook. Aim High is a self help book for teens. Like the companion title for adults, this book is full of advice, pearls of wisdom, and other ideas that teens can use to improve themselves. Here’s more from the site: “These Tips have been written so that

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  Campus Explorer Releases Facebook App

  610 readersTo help high schoolers, college students and graduates connect with old and new friends, CampusExplorer.com a website dedicated to college planning, has launched a new Facebook app called Connections. The app gives students a map of where their Facebook friends are in college or went to college. The idea is to help high school kids find

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  75% Of College Students Prefer Print Textbooks

  2459 readersWhile college students may love their technology, they don’t want it in their textbooks. According to a new study the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), 75% of students prefer print textbooks over eBooks because they enjoy print’s look and feel. Thi...

• Student Textbook Buying Continues Decline, Study Says

  647 readers PRESS RELEASE: Student Spending on Textbooks Continues to Decline College store innovations helping students save money OBERLIN, Ohio, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Students estimate they spend $655 annually on required course materials – that is down from $667 two years ago and from $702 four years ago, according to the latest Student Watch™ study conducted by OnCampus

• Number of Kids Reading Ebooks Has Doubled Since 2010, Scholastic Says

  113 readers [Press Release] NEW STUDY ON KIDS’ READING IN THE DIGITAL AGE: THE NUMBER OF KIDS READING EBOOKS HAS NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE 2010 AND KIDS WHO READ EBOOKS ARE READING MORE… ESPECIALLY BOYS Overwhelmingly Children Who Read eBooks Still Read Primarily Print Books for Fun; Half of Parents Say Their Child Does Not Spend Enough Time Reading Books that Are

• Scholastic’s Storia Adds Titles From UK Publisher Arcturus

  244 readers [Press Release] STORIA®, THE TEACHER-RECOMMENDED E-READING APP FOR KIDS CREATED BY SCHOLASTIC, TO OFFER NON-FICTION TITLES FROM UK PUBLISHER, ARCTURUS High-Interest, Non-Fiction Titles Make Digital Debut on Storia as Teachers Nationwide Seek Quality Titles to Help Meet the Requirements of Common Core State Standards Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced an agreement

• Scholastic to Sell National Geographic Kids Books Through Storia

  426 readers PRESS RELEASE: Storia™, the eReading App for Kids Created by Scholastic, to Offer National Geographic for Kids Titles Non-fiction titles with spectacular photography to be showcased as eBooks on the kids’ eReading app honored with Warren Buckleitner’s Editor’s Choice Award NEW YORK, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company,

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  Keeping Score with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

  1249 readersIt was the first day of my first college English class, and the teacher of our freshman seminar opened the discussion by announcing that, in this class, we were going to read only books written by women authors. My first thought was that that seemed to be a rather arbitrary and meaningless distinction. Then she