Ingram Content Group Inc., a US-based provider of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced more than a dozen new features and enhancements to its VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform. The updates include software client support in 25 languages, new and improved functionality and performance enhancements, the addition of international resellers, and worldwide support for integration with institutional systems like Blackboard Learn, Moodle, and others.
Through an expanded group of resellers, e-textbooks and comprehensive tools from the Vital Source Bookshelf platform are now available in more than 200 countries and territories including 28 new locations that include India, Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Africa, the Middle East and countries represented by the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Through client updates to Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and cloud readers, the platform has significant accessibility feature updates and improved measurement and outcome support tool options. With the recent changes, the VitalSource Bookshelf platform has additional EPUB3 support and new localisation language support.
In September 2013, Vital Source launched new purchase options with an international expansion of its VitalSource Bookshelf platform with a new digital store in the United Kingdom. The store offers tens of thousands of e-textbooks from leaders in academic publishing.
The VitalSource Bookshelf platform is the most used e-textbook delivery platform in higher education with more than 3.25 million users across 6,000 campuses around the world It uses the latest technology to enhance the learning experience through e-textbooks and digital education. Content from more than 350 of the world’s top academic publishers is available to VitalSource Bookshelf platform users, including those living with disabilities, on a variety of operating systems and devices.
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