Klebanoff expects the distribution and promotion of Rosetta Books to pump up sales of print editions. We're small, flexible and highly promotable. The e-books, which will be available for the spring semester, will focus on the subjects of business and psychology. WizeUp offers digital versions of textbooks enhanced with hyperlinks and search, notetaking and highlighting capabilities. Students can access the WizeUp textbooks online via a password-protected Web site and can download the textbooks to their personal computers.
Students can also access online updates to the textbooks.
WizeUp titles are also designed to be integrated with distance-learning course management applications such as WebCT or Blackboard. More than 10 million of these devices have been sold. Some handheld devices license Palm's operating system, the Palm OS, while other firms use Microsoft's Pocket PC OS, an extension of the Windows CE operating system. Sites such as MemoWare and DDH Software sprang up to serve the content needs of the growing handheld device community. And Froehler told PW that the Web site provides extensive information and links for PDAs and e-book software.