Ingram Content Group, a provider of a range of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced that Campus eBookstore, Inc. has selected its VitalSource Bookshelf platform to enhance and expand its e-textbook offering to institutional and retail bookstore customers.
The creation of an e-book-distribution platform at college stores is typically an expensive and complex proposition. Campus eBookstore, Inc. (CEI), a development project owned and operated in Canada and the USA by the Canadian Campus Retail Associates Inc. (CCRA), and the Independent College Bookstore Association Inc. (ICBA), was developed to provide affordable alternatives and complements to traditional course materials. Through its work with Vital Source, CEI will provide a rich digital textbook catalogue to more than 170 independently owned college bookstores in the US and Canada.
Vital Source, one of Ingram's fastest growing businesses, is the preferred and most used e-textbook delivery platform in higher education. With longstanding relationships with more than 200 of the best-known publishers, and with over 2.2 million registered users on 6,000 campuses in 200 countries and territories worldwide, the platform was designed to support learning and built to scale for dramatic growth. Combining the education and technology background of the Vital Source team with the book industry resources and leadership of Ingram, Vital Source is firmly positioned as a market leader in the digital learning space.
