Booktopia and VitalSource Launch Digital Textbook Partnership
30 Mars 2023 - 01:00AM
Business Wire
Booktopia customers have access to digital
textbooks for the first time through VitalSource’s best-in-class
technology
Booktopia, Australia’s largest online bookstore, and
VitalSource®, the world’s premier education technology provider,
have announced a partnership to provide Booktopia customers access
to digital textbooks for the first time through Bookshelf®,
VitalSource’s best-in-class eReader platform. University students
purchasing their textbooks through Booktopia can learn more about
this new etext option here.
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Bookshelf by VitalSource’s unmatched reading and studying
experience features a full suite of built-in study tools, including
highlighting, notetaking, flashcards, and Bookshelf CoachMe®, a
free practice feature that provides students with immediate
feedback in a low-stakes, confidence-boosting environment. Learners
have full content controls, with dark mode, margin sizes, and
fonts, including open dyslexic, as well as read aloud and
search.
Booktopia Acting Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Stalley, said:
“VitalSource provides unparalleled resources for students around
the world and has set the bar worldwide for its technology
capabilities. We’re delighted we can bring their platform to the
Australian market, further underlining our long-standing commitment
to being the go-to destination for students with the unrivalled
products and services we provide to support their learning and
development.”
Booktopia’s higher education and vocational textbook selection
includes millions of titles, searchable by subject matter,
university, career path (including medicine, nursing, law, and
education) and now, by format. Regardless of how they are
purchased, etexts download immediately through Bookshelf and are
fully accessible offline.
“We are thrilled to partner with Booktopia at this critical time
to offer more university students access to the learning materials
they need in the most accessible and affordable format,” said Alice
Duijser, International Managing Director, VitalSource. “Having an
etext option with access to Bookshelf’s best-in-class reading and
studying features will positively impact the millions of students
who use Booktopia to purchase their textbooks”
To learn more about VitalSource visit get.vitalsource.com.
To learn more about how to access digital textbooks through
Booktopia, visit https://www.booktopia.com.au.
About VitalSource®
VitalSource Technologies, LLC is the leading education
technology solutions provider committed to helping partners create,
deliver, and distribute affordable, accessible, and impactful
learning experiences worldwide. As a recognized innovator in the
digital course materials market, VitalSource is best known for
partnering with more than 1,000 publishers and resellers to deliver
extraordinary learning experiences to millions of active users
globally. Learn more at https://get.vitalsource.com and follow us
on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
About Booktopia
Booktopia is Australia’s biggest bookstore: listed on the
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:BKG), selling books, ebooks, etexts,
stationery, ereaders and audiobooks, delivering to every corner of
Australia and New Zealand. Booktopia has access to over 6 million
books in its database, offering readers thousands of titles from a
wide variety of international and local publishers. Whether you
like to read physical books, or prefer reading via your computer,
tablet, iPhone, Android smartphone or electronic reading device,
Booktopia has readers covered – both online and offline. To find
reviews, interviews and to browse and shop books online, visit
www.booktopia.com.au.
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