The company’s mission is to use new media and content distribution models to democratize and advance the development and distribution of educational resources online. Akademos offers students new textbooks, used textbooks and a peer to peer marketplace where students save an average of 60% off the list price of new books. In a few weeks, the company will be announcing new additions to their offerings. The company has created open marketplace technology that makes the online textbook model intuitive for faculty to use, easy for administration to manage, and convenient and profitable for students to buy and sell textbooks online. They a highly efficient distribution process based on direct relationships with distributors and publishers to speed delivery and lower the costs of textbooks and other materials for students. The company hosts a proprietary peer to-peer national marketplace for buying and selling used books online and created “The Want List” feature, which allows individuals and institutions to specify the condition, quantity and price of used books that they want to purchase. Items that match the criteria are bought and shipped automatically. Akademos has successfully blended technology, communication and service to provide:
• Convenience/ ease of use for students, faculty, administrators
• Increased savings
• Buyer security
• Speed of real-time transactions
• Fast, reliable overnight shipments
• Over a million discounted titles ready to ship directly, year-round
• A deep retail supply chain for new and used books, and partnerships with all major vendors
• An integrated peer-to-peer marketplace with features designed specifically for textbooks, offering virtually unlimited used book channel and buyback opportunities
With Akademos, teachers can load their syllabi directly into the system and administrators have control over the layout and structure of their website within the system’s flexible template.
Akademos
Norwalk, CT
CEO: Brian Jacobs
www.akademos.com
Comments