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Cengage Etextbooks to be Available Through Entourage eDGe Dualbook

enTourage Systems, Inc., creator of the dualbook-the enTourage eDGe-announced that Cengage Learning will provide its catalog of digital books to students and educators through the enTourage eDGe platform for the coming fall semester.

The enTourage eDGe ($539) is a hybrid ereader, tablet netbook, notepad, and audio/video recorder and player in one-offering users in learning environments a multi-purpose platform that combines all needed education technologies in one. The enTourage eDGe is built with hinged E-Ink and LCD screens allowing for unique engagement of content, such as attaching relevant web pages or video searched for on the WiFi-enabled LCD screen to relevant etextbook passages on the E-Ink screen, annotating in ebook margins and bookmarking sections to later review and study, or audio record professors' lectures to store for playback later.

With Cengage Learning's selection of content and services, this partnership unites new-age technology and rich content, providing students and educators an opportunity to improve the learning experience. With the enTourage eDGe, students can interact with Cengage Learning material in a way never done before. Cengage Learning's brands include Heinle, Gale, Wadsworth, Delmar, Brooks/Cole and South-Western, among others.

The enTourage eDGe is made up of a 9.7" diagonal epaper screen to read ebooks, take notes, and draw diagrams and a 10.1" LCD screen for surfing the web, editing Microsoft Office documents, and watching videos. It is equipped with a built-in camera, microphones, and speaker for audio and video recording and playback. The enTourage eDGe runs on the Google Android operating system and backs up all content on enTourage Systems' servers. The device folds a full 360 degrees and orients its displays horizontally or vertically, to view as a book, single screen, or prop up laptop style.

Source: enTourage Systems, Inc.