New York City Partners with Amazon for $30M e-book Contract

The Department of Education is about to approve a $30 million contract with Amazon to create an e-book marketplace for New York City's 1,800 public schools.

The Amazon deal will be one of the D.O.E.'s most expensive contracts and one of the city's few significant deals with a leading technology company. The contract will also create the department's first unified e-book marketplace.