http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/housekeeping-e-book-marketing-item-and-vitalbook-replies-and-a-reminder-to-jon-noring/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/housekeeping-e-book-marketing-item-and-vitalbook-replies-and-a-reminder-to-jon-noring/comment-page-1/#comment-342874 Will Moore Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:38:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6477#comment-342874 Thank you for your comments on the recent release covering the distribution of VitalSource’s 1 billionth e-book. Manton Reece and Willie Abrams have responded separately to some of the technical issues raised on the TeleRead site. I wanted to respond directly to your question about the 1 billion e-books and how we arrived at that number. As Willie Abrams mentioned in a separate post, a substantial part of VitalSource’s business comes from partnerships with OEM computer manufacturers. VitalSource has preload agreements with Lenovo (formerly IBM), Gateway and Apple. To date, VitalSource has distributed a library of roughly 4000 assets (more than 2000 of which are e-books) to a user base of nearly 500,000 students in K12 districts and Higher Education Institutions across the United States. When combined with sales from other channels, the total number of VitalSource e-books in customers’ hands exceeds 1 billon. Thank you for your comments on the recent release covering the distribution of VitalSource’s 1 billionth e-book. Manton Reece and Willie Abrams have responded separately to some of the technical issues raised on the TeleRead site. I wanted to respond directly to your question about the 1 billion e-books and how we arrived at that number. As Willie Abrams mentioned in a separate post, a substantial part of VitalSource’s business comes from partnerships with OEM computer manufacturers. VitalSource has preload agreements with Lenovo (formerly IBM), Gateway and Apple. To date, VitalSource has distributed a library of roughly 4000 assets (more than 2000 of which are e-books) to a user base of nearly 500,000 students in K12 districts and Higher Education Institutions across the United States. When combined with sales from other channels, the total number of VitalSource e-books in customers’ hands exceeds 1 billon.

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