Akademos and UPS to Provide Fast and Secure Book Delivery to College Students on TextbookX.com.NORWALK, Conn. -- Students have learned that they can dramatically cut their textbook textbook Informatics A treatise on a particular subject. See Bible. costs when they buy and sell on a peer-to-peer marketplace like TextbookX.com. Now, with UPS Online(R) Tools, students using TextbookX.com can enjoy those savings with an increased confidence in the shipment and delivery of their books. "Offering UPS solutions helps Akademos bring a new level of shipping efficiency into the marketplace for college textbooks," said Brian Jacobs, President of Akademos, which operates TextbookX.com. "We can now provide students with shipment visibility along with a selection of rates and services so they can make informed decisions. We are also bringing UPS Web-based shipping and label printing directly to our members' desktops." When students buy textbooks on a marketplace, they need to know they will get them on time. "Many textbooks are required reading before exams, and a late or lost book can have a serious impact on a student's coursework coursework Noun work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course Noun 1. coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's ," Jacobs said. "With UPS services, student buyers will be able to determine when a book was shipped and where it is in transit. In addition, student sellers will gain the security of knowing that they will be promptly paid for delivered packages, and pre-addressed and pre-paid shipping labels let them quickly and easily get books in the mail." "Akademos' use of UPS's customer technology solutions exemplifies UPS's e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. strategy: embedding 1. (mathematics) embedding - One instance of some mathematical object contained with in another instance, e.g. a group which is a subgroup. 2. (theory) embedding - (domain theory) A complete partial order F in [X -> Y] is an embedding if easy-to-use, UPS-enabled e-commerce solutions to serve customers at critical points within their business practices," said Bob DeBatto, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for UPS. As a recent GAO report notes, college textbook prices tripled from 1986 to 2004, rising at more than twice the rate of inflation. At four-year public universities, textbooks constitute 26% of tuition For tuition fees in the United Kingdom, see . Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning or by a private tutor usually in the form of one-to-one tuition. and fees. For students and parents concerned about the high costs of textbooks, TextbookX.com provides financial relief by significantly reducing these costs through an integrated marketplace, innovative technology, and UPS solutions. Akademos, Inc. was founded in April 1999 by Brian Jacobs, Ph.D., then a professor at Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. in Ithaca, N.Y. Its mission is to use new distribution models and media to democratize de·moc·ra·tize tr.v. de·moc·ra·tized, de·moc·ra·tiz·ing, de·moc·ra·tiz·es To make democratic. de·moc and enhance opportunities for students in higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. . Akademos provides institutions of higher education with the most innovative outsourced textbook solutions available. |
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