Chegg’s new e-book reader is practical, comfortable, boring

January 18, 2012 4:30 AM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Chegg’s digital textbook reader is the “nice guy:” comfortable, treats you right, but doesn’t come with many exciting twists.

“[E-readers] are built for reading purposes, not studying purposes,” said Brent Tworetzky, product leader for Chegg, in an interview with VentureBeat. …

Inkling lands $17M, promises more innovative digital textbooks than Amazon

August 4, 2011 6:46 AM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Digital textbook company Inkling announced Wednesday that is has scored $17 million in second-round funding from Tenaya Capital to compete with major competitors entering the space.

Collegians are getting more attention with companies like Chegg and CampusBookRentals, which recently raised …