TextbookX.com Launches Pilot Program to Connect National Marketplace with College Booklists
Business Wire (August 16, 2006)
Akademos, Inc., which operates the popular TextbookX.com marketplace, has announced that it is launching an unprecedented program that will allow students not only to shop from a peer-to-peer national marketplace, but to do so by searching their college course booklists. The TextbookX.com marketplace, with hundreds of thousands of registered users and millions of books in its inventory, provides more than 50% savings on average off textbook list prices; now students at twenty selected universities can save while searching for books by their class or professor.
"The new program brings together, for the first time, the local information that students need to make book purchases accurately and a vast national marketplace of buyers and sellers that will also make these purchases more affordable." said Brian Jacobs, a former professor who founded Akademos.
Given the confusion over the many published editions of a single textbook and identical book titles, students are sometimes bewildered when purchasing their textbooks online. The pilot program websites tackle this problem by giving students an accurate list of required and optional textbooks. "Students no longer need to worry that the discounted books they buy may not correspond to the required textbook," explains Jacobs.
Akademos developed this program to address the problem of escalating textbook costs that has burdened students nationwide. According to a recent report from the Congressional General Accounting Office, textbook prices rose at more than twice the rate of inflation between the mid-1980s and 2004. It is estimated that the average undergraduate now spends more than $800 a year for textbooks.
The pilot program serves students at the following universities:
Auburn University, AL: www.AlabamaTextbooks.com
Boise State University, ID: www.BoiseTextbooks.com
Broward Community College, FL: www.BrowardTextbooks.com
Georgia Southern University, GA: www.SouthernTextbooks.com
Grand Valley State University, MI: www.GVTextbooks.com
Indiana University in Bloomington, IN: www.INTextbooks.com
Indiana University, Purdue University at Indianapolis, IN: www.IndyTextbooks.com
Kennesaw State University, GA: www.KennesawTextbooks.com
New Mexico State University, NM: www.NewMexTextbooks.com
Salt Lake Community College, UT: www.SLCTextbooks.com
University of Iowa, IA: www.IowaTexts.com
University of Minnesota, MN: www.MinnesotaTextbooks.com
University of Missouri at Columbia, MO: www.MissouriTextbooks.com
University of Missouri at Kansas City, MO: www.KCTextbooks.com
University of Montana in Missoula, MT: www.MissoulaTextbooks.com
University of Texas at Austin, TX: www.TexasTexts.com
University of Texas, El Paso, TX www.ElPasoTextbooks.com
University of Utah, UT: www.UtahTextbooks.com
University of Washington, WA: www.WashingtonTextbooks.com
Western Kentucky University, KY: www.WesternTextbooks.com
University names are for identification purposes only; Akademos is not affiliated, associated with, or endorsed by these institutions. Akademos offers revenue sharing opportunities for universities participating in the program. The University of Utah is currently such a participating institution.
Akademos, Inc. is a leading innovator in educational materials distribution. The company offers solutions to educational institutions, faculty, and students that generate revenue for the institutions while markedly reducing course material costs to students.
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