Akademos Partners with Alibris to Expand Its Selection of New and Used Textbooks.

NORWALK, Conn. -- Akademos, a leader in innovative academic bookstores and marketplaces, has joined forces with Alibris, the Internet's premier independent marketplace for book, music, and movie sellers. Their new partnership will provide students at Akademos client schools with far greater opportunities to buy new and used textbooks. The Alibris marketplace integration will take effect in early July, in time for the upcoming back-to-school season.

"This exciting development will provide a significant benefit to the students at our participating institutions," said Akademos CEO Brian Jacobs. "For the first time, students at these schools can access a major international book marketplace through their school's store. Alibris's broad selection from thousands of independent booksellers is a wonderful complement to our own marketplace, where students already save, on average, more than 60% off the list price of their course books."

Akademos operates branded online bookstores for dozens of educational institutions across the United States. It is the only private-label vendor with an integrated peer-to-peer marketplace, allowing students to buy and sell books from one another while using financial aid.

With more than 100 million items, the Alibris marketplace connects people who love books, music, and movies to more than 13,000 independent sellers from 45 countries around the world. The global reach of Alibris extends from its flagship Web site to Alibris U.K. to its partnerships with all major book sites, including Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Half.com, eBay, Chapters.Indigo, Books-A-Million, and Powell's Books.

"We strive to create the most open environment possible, so that our customers will have the greatest number of purchasing choices and most robust course material service available," Jacobs said. "This partnership is a natural extension of that goal. Alibris is a first-rate marketplace that has been partnering with independent booksellers since 1998."

"Alibris is excited to support Akademos' efforts to make new and used textbooks more affordable and available," said Brian Elliott, President and CEO of Alibris. "Now even more college and university students can tap directly into the wide selection and discount textbook prices of our sellers."

About Akademos

Akademos provides online bookstores and marketplaces to educational institutions of all kinds across the US. Our turnkey services eliminate the operational costs of running a bookstore, reduce the costs of books to students, and provide a platform for digital distribution of course materials. Read more about Akademos.

About Alibris

Alibris is the premier online marketplace for independent sellers of new and used books, music, and movies, as well as rare and out-of-print titles. Read more about Alibris.