-- Twelve Publishers Now Contributing to the Largest Library of eTextbooks Available -- SAN MATEO, Calif., July 23
SAN MATEO, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- CourseSmart LLC, the nation's largest digital course materials supplier, today announced that it has partnered with Elsevier Science and Technology, F.A. Davis, Jones & Bartlett, SAGE, Sinauer Associates, Taylor & Francis and Wolters Kluwer Health (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) to expand the breadth and specialty of its higher education eTextbooks available to students and instructors across the country. With the addition of these publishers, CourseSmart now offers more than 7,000 eTextbooks, representing most of the higher education textbooks on the market.
Elsevier Science and Technology, F.A. Davis, Jones & Bartlett, SAGE, Sinauer Associates, Taylor & Francis and Wolters Kluwer Health (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) join CourseSmart's already strong base of higher education publishers, which includes Pearson, Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill Education, John Wiley & Sons, and the Bedford Freeman, Worth Publishing Group.
"These partnerships will help us expand the range of core textbook offerings and move forward in our mission of enabling every college student to find their assigned textbooks as eTextbooks," said Sean Devine, chief executive officer of CourseSmart. We will continue to partner with large and small publishers to ensure we meet faculty and student demand for eTextbook versions of the core textbooks that are essential to their teaching and learning success."
Each of CourseSmart's new publishers will supplement its digital library of eTextbooks in the following specialty areas:
- Elsevier Science and Technology: Life and Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Media Technology, Finance, Business and Hospitality
- F.A. Davis: Nursing and Health Professions
- Jones & Bartlett: Biology; Health, Fitness and Wellness; Criminology, Nursing and Computer Science
- SAGE: Education, Psychology, Statistics, Sociology and Criminology
- Sinauer Associates: Biology, Psychology and Neuroscience
- Taylor & Francis: Humanities & Social Sciences, Life Science, Business, Psychology, Mental Health and Computer Science
- Wolters Kluwer Health (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins): Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions
CourseSmart's electronic textbooks are available at an average of 50% less than the print textbooks and enable students to access their textbooks from anywhere, at any time, without purchasing additional hardware or a dedicated reading device. Features like adding notes, highlighting and maintaining print page numbers replicate the important functionality of a print textbook while features like search, and copy/paste leverage the digital format to improve teaching and learning.
In addition to the cost savings and digital benefits students enjoy from CourseSmart's eTextbooks, thousands of faculty members are currently using CourseSmart as a resource and evaluation tool, taking advantage of the time savings and digital efficiencies created by accessing and reviewing textbooks online. Elsevier Science and Technology, F.A. Davis, Jones & Bartlett, SAGE, Sinauer Associates, Taylor & Francis and Wolters Kluwer Health (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) texts will be available to these faculty members to review as eTextbooks as well.
CourseSmart's digital library includes the following eTextbook imprints: the Academic Press, Addison-Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Bedford/St. Martin's, Benjamin Cummings, Brooks/Cole, Butterworth-Heinemann, CL Engineering, CQ Press, CRC Press, Focal Press, Garland Science, Heinle, Longman, Merrill, Morgan Kaufmann, Nelson, Newnes, Pergamon Flexible Learning, Pine Forge Press, Prentice Hall, Psychology Press, Routledge, South Western, W.H. Freeman and Wadsworth.
About CourseSmart LLC
CourseSmart provides eTextbooks and digital course materials that improve the educational process by offering students and instructors a unique combination of the right course material, anywhere, any-time access and a low cost. As the nation's largest digital course materials supplier, CourseSmart has a rapidly growing digital library of more than 7,000 core college textbooks, the same titles produced by major publishers in print and recommended by faculty across North America. The company's eTextbooks can be purchased for an average of 50% less than traditional texts and offer users the ability to print what they need as well as search and copy and paste features which help to streamline students' studies. Additional information can be found on the company's Web site: www.coursesmart.com.
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