John Smith & Son to Expand E-textbook Program by 90 percent

Greetings,

 

Today, Ingram Digital announced that John Smith & Son, a leading
textbook retailer in the UK, will be significantly expanding its offer
of Ingram-powered e-textbooks. John Smith's decision to enhance its
e-textbook line was based on a highly successful trial conducted at
three universities. Ingram Digital's VitalSource e-book platform, with
such advanced features as highlighting and annotation capabilities, as
well as note sharing and ranking, was well received by participants in
the John Smith Trial. As a result, the retailer is expanding its offer
of VitalSource e-textbooks by 90 percent. For more details, please refer
to the press release below.

 

Should you wish to speak with an Ingram executive regarding this news,
please don't hesitate to contact me. I can also connect you with John
Smith for additional information on their e-textbook pilot program.

 

Best,

 

 

Amanda Denton

Account Executive

Largemouth Communications

(919) 459-6456

[email protected]

 

 

 

                                                      

 


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Mariana McCulley (919) 459-6455                                   April
16, 2008                                            

 

 

Following e-Book Trial Success, UK Bookseller John Smith & Son to Expand
Offer of VitalSource TM -powered Textbooks by 90 Percent

 

Additional VitalSource e-book titles by leading academic

 publishers set to hit John Smith bookstores this fall


London Book Fair - UK bookseller John Smith & Son is poised for a
significant expansion of its digital line. After a successful trial of
VitalSource(tm), the digital textbook platform from Ingram DigitalSM
Educational Solutions, John Smith & Son is preparing to add several more
titles to its electronic offering in time for the fall term.



John Smith & Son's e-book pilot program was launched in collaboration
with three UK higher education institutions including Strathclyde
University in Glasgow, Scotland. Outcomes from the trial revealed an
untapped demand for textbooks that fit today's students' lifestyles
while meeting their academic needs. 

 

"In some instances, the adoption rate of the digital version of a
required textbook was as high as 30 percent of the students enrolled in
the course," commented Alan Leitch, John Smith's marketing director.
"The John Smith experiment demonstrated that students are eager to
embrace e-books that truly contribute to their learning experience."

 

The e-textbooks offered in the John Smith pilot program feature
groundbreaking tools including search, virtual highlighting, annotation
and collaboration through social networking technology. Ingram Digital's
Vitalbook(tm) format (*.vbk) is currently the platform of choice among
leading academic publishers. John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill and Pearson
Education Group are examples of the companies partnering with
VitalSource to launch digital textbooks. 

 

"The John Smith e-book pilot program further demonstrates the relevance
of interactive, electronic textbooks in today's digital world," said
William Chesser, VP and GM for Ingram Digital's Education Solutions.
"Once we were confident that we had the right technology to exceed
students' expectations, we focused on developing relationships with all
of the major academic publishing houses. Today, hundreds of textbook
titles are offered in the Vitalbook format and digital has emerged as a
lucrative strategy for booksellers as well."


 


About Ingram Digital 

Ingram Digital is an Ingram Content company. Together with Ingram Book
Group and Lightning Source Inc., the Ingram Content companies provide a
broad range of physical and digital services to the book industry.
Ingram Digital provides publishers and other content owners with a
comprehensive offering of digital content accession, storage, management
and distribution services. Ingram Digital currently has several solution
platforms - including MyiLibrary and VitalSource Technologies - which
serve the institutional and educational markets respectively. In
addition, Ingram Digital also serves the retailer market with full eBook
and audio downloads as well as various search-and-discovery and
marketing tools such as widgets. For more information, visit
www.ingramdigital.com



About John Smith & Son

John Smith & Son Group Ltd. is a specialist academic bookselling chain.
Formed in Scotland in 1751, it has undergone radical changes recently.
The 21st Century John Smith & Son is a dynamic, modern company, while
still retaining the core values which have made it such a success. Today
John Smith & Son comprises 28 campus bookshops, based in universities
from Glasgow to Sussex and from Cork to Botswana.

 

John Smith provides top quality university bookshops in England,
Scotland, Ireland and Southern Africa. A new campus retailing format,
comprising books together with an extended range of everyday and leisure
goods has also been developed. For more information, visit
www.johnsmith.co.uk
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