Even More Digital: Inkling and Google eBookstore

We’re kicking off the new year by announcing two exciting new affiliates in Verba Compare: Inkling and Google eBookstore.

Inkling works with publishers to convert their content into beautiful, media-rich digital textbooks. While Inkling texts are currently only available on iPad, they represent the bleeding edge in digital course materials. As Lara Konick at University of Washington’s University Bookstore told us:

We’ve been watching the innovations that Inkling has brought to course materials this past year, and we are so excited to be offering their content to our students through Verba.

We’re really proud to be the first and easiest way for campus stores to make Inkling available to students. You can check out the full press release here.

The Google eBookstore has the single largest selection of eBooks on the web – over 3 million titles and counting. Google eBooks are device agnostic, which means they can be read on any computer, smart phone, or tablet.

Fully-Managed Retailers

Both Inkling and Google eBookstore come into Verba Compare as fully-managed retailers. This means that Verba clients can activate both retailers with a flip of a switch on their Retailer Settings page:

One-Stop Digital Strategy

As options proliferate, Verba is working hard to make campus stores the hub for digital course materials. Alongside Inkling and Google eBookstore, client stores can also offer eBooks and eChapters from CengageBrain, CourseSmart, Barnes & Noble’s NookStudy, and Textbooks.com.

Brian Fetterman at Forty-Niner Shops, Cal State University Long Beach, says:

Using Verba Compare we’ve been able to add tons of rental digital content without doing tons of extra work. We adopt books into our system just as we always have and Verba Compare does everything for us. It just works.

Any questions about these great new affiliates, or about digital in general? Just ask.