Chegg cozies up to Coursera to tap into MOOC movement
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Chegg, a company best known as a textbook rental site, is partnering with Coursera to distribute its content to students enrolled in massive open online courses. Read more »
In case you missed it: here are the transcripts from paidContent Live 2013
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Want to know what happened last week at paidContent Live 2013? Here are links to transcripts of the sessions from New York. Read more »
In lawsuit with publishers, open textbook startup Boundless hits back
Facing a lawsuit from publishers Pearson, Cengage and Macmillan Higher Education, open textbook startup Boundless has requested a trial by jury after judge denied its motion to dismiss. Read more »
Inkling makes its Google-friendly digital publishing tools free to everyone
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Starting Tuesday, Inkling is making its free digital publishing platform, Habitat, available to everyone. The company is also introducing an enterprise product, with publishers including Pearson and Wolters-Kluwer as launch clients. Read more »
Kno wants to help publishers turn static files into interactive content
Digital textbook startup Kno has released Advance, a new platform that it says can help publishers turn flat files into interactive ebooks “in minutes.” Read more »
HTML5 is a newspaper’s best friend – even if it has a mobile app
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Apparently The Boston Globe didn’t get the memo that it’s an app-only world when it comes to mobile. The Globe says at paidContent 2012 its website is doing very well in mobile — more than 30 percent of visitors come through a phone or tablet browser. Read more »
Cupcakes! Food Network builds an interactive cookbook
Food Network’s digital strategy has always been fairly straightforward: to supplement its cable TV content and promote its on-air talent. Consequently its Website, its social media efforts and its mobile apps are all linked to its programming. But this week Food Network deviated from that strategy. Read more »
