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2.2M Students Used OpenStax Free Textbooks in 2018

By Calvin Reid | 02/21/2019 @ 09:00AM

OpenStax, a nonprofit based at Rice University that publishes free textbooks, reports that more than two million students at U.S. colleges used at least one of its textbooks during the 2017-2018 school year.
Apple Books Bestsellers: 'Crawdads' Won't Stop Singing

By John Maher | 02/19/2019 @ 04:00PM

Delia Owens's 'Where the Crawdads Sing' keeps its claws clamped on the top slot for another week, while Celadon Books's debut title makes the #2 slot.
Humble Bundle Books Gets a Bump It Can Brag About

By Calvin Reid | 02/15/2019 @ 07:00PM

In 2019, the promotional site that allows consumers to pay what they wish for bundles of DRM-free e-books, reported a sales increase of 36% in 2018 over its 2017 results, for a total of $21.3 million.
Moving Metadata From How to Why

By Thad McIlroy | 02/15/2019 @ 07:00PM

A new effort will promote metadata’s importance to book discoverability.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, February 10, 2019

| 02/15/2019 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended February 10, 2019.
BookWalker Debuts E-Manga Simulpub Storefront

By Calvin Reid | 02/14/2019 @ 09:00AM

E-book retailer Book Walker has launched a simulpub digital storefront offering chapters of popular weekly and monthly manga series from Yen Press and Kodansha in English and Japanese the same day they are leased in Japan.
Apple Books Bestsellers: 'Becoming' Finally Falls

By John Maher | 02/13/2019 @ 09:00AM

Michelle Obama's memoir, 'Becoming,' has finally dropped from the top five on the Apple Books store. Delia Owens's 'Where the Crawdads Sing,' meanwhile, stayed #1.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, February 3, 2019

| 02/08/2019 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended February 3, 2019.
Apple Books Bestsellers: 'Crawdads' Song Goes On

By John Maher | 02/06/2019 @ 09:00AM

Delia Owns kept her #1 slot on the Apple Books store with 'Where the Crawdads Sing,' while Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' slipped into the last slot of the top five.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, January 27, 2019

| 02/01/2019 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended January 27, 2019.
Apple Books Bestsellers: 'Crawdads' Keeps Singing

By John Maher | 01/30/2019 @ 09:00AM

Delia Owens keeps her spot on the top of the Apple Books list with 'Where the Crawdads Sing,' still benefiting from its Reese Witherspoon book club pick and announced film adaptation.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, January 20, 2019

| 01/25/2019 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended January 20, 2019.
Apple Books Bestsellers: 'Crawdads' Adaptation Keeps the Book Singing

By John Maher | 01/23/2019 @ 09:00AM

Delia Owens's 'Where the Crawdads Sing' keeps seeing dividends thanks to a bump from Reese Witherspoon, whose film adaptation of the novel was announced last month.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, January 13, 2019

| 01/18/2019 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended January 13, 2019.
Apple Books Bestsellers: 'Crawdads' Sings Its Way to #1

By John Maher | 01/16/2019 @ 09:30AM

Last year's surprise fiction hit, Delia Owens's 'Where the Crawdads Sing,' has taken the #1 position in Apple iBooks store, followed by the bestselling book of 2018, 'Becoming' by Michelle Obama, at #2.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, January 6, 2019

| 01/11/2019 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended January 6, 2019.
Apple Books Bestsellers: 'Bird Box' Flies to the Top

By John Maher | 01/09/2019 @ 09:00AM

Josh Malerman's 'Bird Box,' powered by a Netflix adaptation gone viral, has finally knocked Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' from the top of the Apple Books list, to #2.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, December 30, 2018

| 01/04/2019 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended December 30, 2018.
Apple Books Bestsellers: 'Bird Box' Gets the Netflix Bump

By John Maher | 01/02/2019 @ 09:00AM

Just behind 'Becoming' is Josh Malerman's 'Bird Box,' which saw a significant sales bump thanks to the recent Netflix adaptation.
Apple Books Category Bestsellers, December 23, 2018

| 12/28/2018 @ 12:00PM

The bestselling Apple Books in fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, health, mind & body, and more for the week ended December 23, 2018.

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