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The Austrian Wiener Zeitung featured Bookboon’s “Buchsegen” (literal translation) in early July. Read the article here. Kostenloser Lesestoff mit Anzeigen zwischen den Seiten “Buchsegen” aus dem Internet  Von Rosa Eder-Kornfeld  Bookboon-Verlag erwartet 50 Millionen Downloads von Gratis-Büchern.  Wien. E-Books fürs Studium oder fürs Business: Bei einem dänischen Verlag sind sie gratis.©...

USA Today published an article on “E-textbooks being a cheaper option” on June 19, explaining that students are hesitant about using e-readers to study for their courses and that they prefer the paper version. They highlight Bookboon.com as a good solution offering e-textbooks in PDF format that are printable and...

Campus Technology featured Bookboon’s Free digital textbooks funded through advertising. Click here to read the article. Free Digital Textbooks Funded Through Advertising By Dian Schaffhauser, 06/19/12 Bookboon.com, a company that makes its digital textbooks available free to college students, has taken the approach of funding its work by including advertising...

The website What’s New in Publishing published their interview of Bookboon’s COO, Thomas Buus Madsen. Interview: Thomas Buus Madsen, COO at Bookboon.com Tuesday, 19 June 2012 – 10:01am WNIP: Tell us a bit about Bookboon.com… Thomas Buus Madsen: Our main focus is free university textbooks for engineering, IT and business...

Here is an article published by the Guardian Higher Education Network on the 5 key features of a quality ebook. The five key features of a quality ebook Ebooks can make an important contribution to knowledge but quality remains an issue for the academic community. Sophie Tergeist lists five ways...