VitalSource Publisher Solutions · Increase the reach and value of your content and platforms As the world’s #1 digital content platform, VitalSource is a proven innovator and trusted

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VitalSource Publisher SolutionsWe make it easy to increase the value and reach of your content.

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2 VitalSource: Product NameBOOKSHELF | ANALYSE | VITALSOURCE STUDIO | BRIDGE | SAMPLING | MANAGE | FRICTIONLESS | LEARNKIT | COMMUNICATION & TRAINING

“Part of what we love about VitalSource is the business opportunities that come up. We’ll mention an idea, and VitalSource will say ‘Oh, we have a way to do that.”

Valerie Stoehr, West Academic

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Overview & CapabilitiesIncrease the reach and value of your content and platforms

As the world’s #1 digital content platform, VitalSource is a proven innovator and trusted partner for institutions and publishers globally. We improve the learning experience by making it easy to create and deliver effective and affordable content. Our relationships connect your content and platforms to thousands of institutions, campus stores, and partners globally.

Whether you are looking for an easy way to begin authoring innovative digital content, have content that you’d like to deliver securely to distinct customer groups, or are looking for a best in class digital platform, VitalSource has a solution for you.

Data driven insights into how your content is used support teams across your business to make informed, data-driven decisions. Our sampling service helps instructors in over 241 countries discover your content and powerful tools mean you keep control of your content from metadata through to distribution.

WORLD’S #1 DIGITAL CONTENT PLATFORM

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Anytime, anywhere access to materials needed to succeed

Academics and students want quality learning materials that lead to successful learning outcomes. The world’s leading platform for distributing, accessing, consuming and engaging with those materials is Bookshelf® by VitalSource - the eReader that can be accessed online or 100% offline on any device.

Bookshelf features smart study tools to support academic and students in teaching and learning. Easily create highlights and notes that sync automatically across devices. Powerful search within text and across the a user’s complete library facilitates quick discovery of concepts. Shared annotations support a collaborative learning environment for both students and instructors while Review Mode enables a more efficient study experience for students.

Our commitment to accessibility is unrivalled. VitalSource works with publishers, learners of all abilities, and advocacy groups to ensure our platform enhances the learning experience for all students. Dependable and stable, Bookshelf works when students need it with uptime figures of 99.97% for online and 100% for installed native apps.

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“The technology is constantly evolving to meet the study requirements of users and VitalSource has an impressive dedication towards the user experience, especially the accessible functionality, within the platform. The support for EPUB 3 content affords SAGE the opportunity to design immersive and interactive content for our customers and enhance their learning outcomes.”

Huw Alexander, Sage Publishers

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“It is an essential tool for our institutional sales teams in understanding our customers and for our development teams in Editorial seeking to understand how our customers are interacting with our content.”

Huw Alexander, Sage Publishers

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AnalyseUnderstand customer engagement to inform decisions

All stakeholders dedicated to student success should have easy access to student engagement data. It’s a critical piece to addressing strategic challenges around student outcomes. That’s why VitalSource developed industry-leading content analytics tools— to provide the insights publishers and education leaders need to improve learning and student outcomes.

VitalSource engagement data will help teams across your organization make better decisions; from content revision decisions to early alerts of at risk business. Our global reach, thousands of institutional partnerships, and over 15 million unique users provide a wealth of valuable insights.

Use our engagement dashboards, or ingest our data feeds to power your own platforms. It’s your data, let VitalSource help you put it to work.

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Experience the shortest distance to brilliant digital products

Create digital first educational content for a globally connected audience and meet the needs of today’s students.

Create responsive, accessible, and multimedia content, then easily update an edition with new material and republish. Increase your speed to market, reduce costs and breathe new life into backlist products. VitalSource Studio requires no complex markup requirements and no knowledge of HTML. Simple, user-friendly workflows allow you to focus on authoring fully responsive content for desktop and mobile that is both interactive and meets global accessibility standards.

Interested in connecting content with gradebooks, Virtual Learning Environment/Learning Management Systems or an adaptive platform? In need of visual design, training, or project management support? Our Professional Services team is on hand to support you with specific content, design, and pedagogical needs.


“We selected VitalSource Studio because of how straightforward it is. To add an element—be it text, an image, or a rich element such as a questionnaire—you simply click on the appropriate box and enter what you need.”

Pelle Råstock. Aim4Knowledge


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BridgeDeliver your content flexibly and securely

Bridge provides a customisable administrative platform between your digital content and specific audience groups. Now you can choose what you sell, how you sell it, and how your users consume and experience the content.

Rich business rules make the control of access rights easy, and multiple business models are supported. Simply choose which model works best for you with flexible distribution and learner experience options. Change the look and feel of the platform with your own logos, colours and messaging fields, or a localised language interface.

Bridge delivers a strong content experience, too. Go beyond the eTextbook with downloadable and launchable ancillaries in a variety of formats to facilitate micro learning. Give context to material by controlling the order in which it is displayed and learner progression through the content via Learning Paths and Gates.

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SamplingSeamlessly deliver content for instructor review

Put your content in the hands of instructors instantly and securely, and gain insight into the effectiveness of your recommendations. With the world’s leading digital content platform, VitalSource is the only partner that can power your digital sampling needs across the globe. With easy API integrations into your existing CRM system, sampling is automated for your sales teams and data on self-service sampling can also be provided for a holistic view of sampling activity. Once samples are sent, our analytics data can be ingested back into your CRM to help your sales teams understand how faculty interact with digital samples. With over 712,000 unique users in 162 countries, many instructors are already using VitalSource Bookshelf to find the right course content and to teach. Sampling through VitalSource gives your customers the opportunity to explore the robust features of Bookshelf, including note-taking, 100% offline access, Microsoft OneNote integration, and more to engage with your content.


“Historically we’ve sent complimentary copies to faculty for review solely in print format. Now using VitalSource Bookshelf® we have the option of providing complimentary copies digitally, allowing faculty to get faster access to the books, and us to save on costs and efficiency.”

Valerie Stoehr, West Academic


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Manage™ Take control of your content

Publishing is complicated. Business terms differ between distributors, and pricing of books varies around the globe. How do you control who has access to distribute your content or retire old editions in favour of new front list? The Manage suite is a powerful set of applications that give you visibility into this complexity—and the ability to take control of it. Think of it as air traffic control for your digital content delivery. From Manage you can edit content metadata, control who can distribute your titles, set up distributor-specific fulfillment pricing, and monitor all of it. Run reports to view distribution or item sales. Bundle courseware with your textbooks. Manage gives you the fine-grained control you need to understand your digital business and the power you need to run it.

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FrictionlessWe make it easy

Discoverability of content, integration with other systems, and transaction are well known areas of difficulty for publishers and institutions. Access to learning materials should be quick and seamless for students, or there is risk of negative impact on learning outcomes. VitalSource can help publishers remove issues related to reach, access codes, integrations, and billing as well as assisting institutions with courseware. The result? A smooth access experience for students that positively impacts usage and outcomes.

LearnKitIn need of a custom solution?

VitalSource’s LearnKit supports partners in need of a more customised solution. Whether you require a branded application, API or SDK, we can help you accelerate your development and build engaging experiences for end users with accessible and highly developed technology. From storefronts to custom integrations with Virtual Learning Environments/Learning Management Systems or courseware, VitalSource gives you the power to build innovative experiences.



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Communication & TrainingSupporting your success

VitalSource can assist publisher teams to confidently carry digital learning products and services to market through regular communication and training. We run a robust programme of webinars on the full range of our products and services for our publisher partners, share relevant product updates and news in our quarterly newsletters, and can support your sales and marketing teams through the provision of first day of class materials and co-branded marketing collateral.

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