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Bookshelf users are now ​able to access their content on Android-powered mobile devices. Previously accesible via Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPad, the Android app opens Bookshelf to devices including the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Kindle Fire and hundreds of smartphones.

VitalSource achieves IMS conformance.

We are proud to have achieved ​IMS Learning Tools Interoperability v1.0 and v1.1 Conformance.
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May 14, 2012 | 9:00 AM
VitalSource has announced their conformance certification for IMS Global Learning Consortium’s Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) v1.1 with learning outcomes, a widely-used global technical standar...
April 16, 2012 | 12:00 AM
Blackwell’s—the leading provider of academic, professional and educational materials in the U.K.—chooses VitalSource® to power e-textbook solutions for their customers.
April 11, 2012 | 12:00 PM
Leading South African bookseller Van Schaik selects Ingram’s VitalSource® to power e-textbook offering to customers.
April 02, 2012 | 9:00 AM
To meet the demand of students looking for new ways to interact with digital textbooks, VitalSource announced the expansion of its mobile footprint with the addition of an e-textbook app for Android.
March 19, 2012 | 9:00 AM
As more institutions and educators put digital curriculums in place, Roseman University College of Dental Medicine chose VitalSource to enhance the learning experience of their students.
March 13, 2012 | 9:00 AM
The East Carolina School of Dental Medicine has selected VitalSource as a cornerstone of its new e-learning environment for dental students.
February 14, 2012 | 9:00 AM
Ingram’s Vital Source is now providing access to its leading e-textbook platform through Blackboard Learn™, one of the most used learning management systems.
August 17, 2011 | 9:00 AM
VitalSource to provide e-textbook management and distribution for DeVry University, one of North America’s largest higher education institutions for technology, science, business and the arts.
August 12, 2011 | 9:00 AM
VitalSource to partner with Chegg announcing a comprehensive e-textbook program to complement Chegg’s traditional physical textbook rentals.
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VitalSource is pleased to announce the release of its Blackboard Building Block to the Blackboard Learn community. The VitalSource Building Block provides a single sign-on from the Blackboard Learn platform to Bookshelf, the world's most used and preferred e-textbook distribution platform, giving students and educators simplified access to content from leading education publishers.

With new technologies emerging all around us, many publishers are struggling with the question of which technologies to embrace to stay relevant today. Relevance is certainly crucial to growth and survival but so is profitability – it’s important that you make the right decisions based on specific business goals and adapt as readers habits evolve. Hear from VitalSource COO Kent Freeman at Tools of Change 2012, who shares key lessons and insight from the helm of Ingram’s fastest-growing business – lessons that are helping publishers re-invent content and create richer reading experiences that are in demand today.