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What If We Told You We Have A Solution?
What If We Told You We Have A Solution?
Digital textbooks
rental service app
for university
students.
Customer
profile: eco-friendly
portability
easy searching
(Ctrl + F) real-time
access
take notes
interactive high
contents availability do
assignments
affordable
revise for
exams
heavy to
carry expensive
price prepare for
lectures
not available
@library take up space
research
not eco-
cannot copy friendly
cannot
hightlight
Corbett, S. (2017). The business model issues for technology [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from https://blackboard.aut.ac.nz
Market
validation: E-textbook
30%
Printed textbook
38%
Both
32%
Problem:
Price:
$400+ per semester for textbooks (full time students)
$6.99 per week (roughly $200 per annum unlimited textbooks)
Weight:
excess weight
inconvenience
losing your textbooks
Environment:
contribution to the reduction of global warming
digital is the future
giving back
Finance:
Variable Cost/year:
$560,000 licensing, website maintenance, updates
Corbett, S. (2017). The business model issues for technology [PowerPoint slides].
Retrieved from https://blackboard.aut.ac.nz
Myrberg, C and Wiberg, N, Screen vs. paper: what is the difference for reading and
learning?, Insights, 2015, 28(2), 4954; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1629/uksg.236
Kraft, A. (2015, december 14). Books vs. e-books: The science behind the best way to read. CBS
News. Retrieved from CBS News Ltd: http://www.cbsnews.com//kindle-nook-e-reader-
books-the-be/
Caroline Myrberg, N. W. (n.d.). Screen vs. paper: what is the difference for reading and
learning? UKSG Insights.
Kraft, A. (2015, december 14). Books vs. e-books: The science behind the best way to read. CBS
News. Retrieved from CBS News Ltd: http://www.cbsnews.com//kindle-nook-e-reader-
books-the-be/