Mary Baldwin College to Launch Online Bookstore to Deliver Students Significant Discounts on Course Materials
(PRWEB) May 26, 2015 -- Akademos, Inc., a leading provider of integrated online bookstores and marketplaces for educational institutions, announced today that Mary Baldwin College (http://www.mbc.edu), a private liberal arts college in Staunton Virginia, has joined its rapidly growing list of partner schools. Mary Baldwin joins Roanoke and Bridgewater Colleges as the third Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) member institution in Virginia to adopt the student savings Akademos platform within the last 12 months.
Starting in Fall 2015, Mary Baldwin College students can shop for textbooks and course materials in the money saving format of their choice and place orders anytime, anywhere through the mobile optimized online bookstore and marketplace.
“We are confident that Akademos’ online bookstore platform is the right choice to connect Mary Baldwin students with the course materials they need to thrive academically,” said Crista Cabe, Vice President for Communication, Marketing, and Public Affairs at Mary Baldwin College. “Students will get the right textbooks, at the most competitive prices, and on time.”
Mary Baldwin students will be able to order their course materials through the new school-sanctioned online bookstore and seamlessly choose between New, Used, Marketplace, Rental and eBook options, dramatically expanding their access to lower cost textbooks. At the end of each term students will have the option to sell back their textbooks through the Akademos peer-to-peer marketplace to recoup some of their cost.
“I am pleased to welcome Mary Baldwin College to Akademos and look forward to teaming with students, faculty, and administrators to lower the cost of course materials, enhance textbook adoption efficiencies, and ultimately to achieve our mutual goal of improving learning outcomes for students,” said Chief Executive Officer John Squires. “Our solution will encourage students to use the school-sanctioned bookstore website by offering competitively priced textbooks and a mobile-optimized easy to use shopping experience.”
To learn more about expanding affordable textbook options for students and the Akademos’ virtual bookstore offering, visit http://www.akademos.com. To see how the Akademos solution can work for your institution, register today for a personalized 1:1 consultation.
About Mary Baldwin College
Mary Baldwin empowers leaders to pursue lives of purpose in a changing world. As a distinctive small university committed to its rich heritage as an inclusive, women-centered liberal arts college, Mary Baldwin fulfills its mission by providing undergraduate, graduate, and professional education to a diverse population of women and men. It emphasizes high ethical standards and the development of critical, creative, and reflective reasoning as the foundation for fulfilling, engaged, and meaningful lives.
About Akademos
Akademos offers virtual bookstore services, eLearning solutions, and an innovative textbook marketplace to schools. Its comprehensive supply-chain solution and commitment to responsive personal service make Akademos a leader in providing affordable textbooks and digital learning tools for schools. Students can choose from new, used, rental, and eBook options while schools can reduce costs and increase operating efficiency. Faculty can search, discover, and adopt new texts using the Akademos Textbook Adoption Tool at http://www.adoption.akademos.com. Akademos delivers the right course materials, at affordable prices, on time. Learn more about Akademos' direct-to-students ecommerce platform at http://www.textbookx.com and its offerings to partner schools at http://www.akademos.com.
Tara Honyotski, Akademos, http://www.akademos.com, +1 (203) 866-0190 Ext: 37, [email protected]
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