| 词条 | Perlego |
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|name = Perlego |logo = Perlego logo.png |key_people = Gauthier van Malderen, CEO Matthew Davis, CTO |industry = Education |foundation = {{start date and age|2016|}} |hq_location = |hq_location_city = London |hq_location_country = United Kingdom |homepage = {{url|perlego.com}} }} Perlego is an online eTextbook library with unlimited access to over 200,000 academic and professional titles, based in London, United Kingdom. Billed by the media as the [https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/perlego-ed-tech-spotify-for-textbooks-a3931526.html "Spotify for Textbooks"], Perlego offers students and professionals unlimited reading on a subscription model. Perlego's mission is to "make educational material more accessible and affordable for all"[1] and to help publishers recover royalty share lost to online textbook piracy[2]. HistoryFounded in the second half of 2016 by recent university graduates Gauthier Van Malderen and Matthew Davis,[3] Perlego was designed as a solution to the ever-increasing prices of university textbooks.[4][5] Perlego initially raised £850,000 in Seed funding from angel investors, including Simon Franks (co-founder of LoveFilm and Redbus) in 2016.[6][7] It launched the Beta-version of its website in the UK at the start of 2017 with 65,000 titles initially.[8] By July 4, 2017, Perlego had acquired over 200,000 titles on its platform from publishers including Bloomsbury, Oxford University Press, Wiley,[8] and Cengage[9] Perlego closed a Series A funding round of £3,700,000 in September 2018, led by Accelerated Digital Ventures. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/perlego-ed-tech-spotify-for-textbooks-a3931526.html|title=Perlego raises $4.8 million to become the 'Spotify for textbooks'|date=2018-09-10|website=Evening Standard|language=en|access-date=2019-02-18}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2018/09/28/2-big-textbook-subscription-services-are-teaming-up/|title=How 2 Big Textbook Subscription Services Are Teaming Up|last=Rowe|first=Adam|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-02-18}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Un Belge derrière Perlego, le Spotify du livre académique |url=https://www.lecho.be/dossier/startups/un-belge-derriere-perlego-le-spotify-du-livre-academique/9991032.html |website=L'Echo |language=fr |date=12 March 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Perlego's 'Spotify for textbooks' will solve your student textbook woes|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/perlego-ed-tech-spotify-for-textbooks-a3931526.html |website=Evening Standard}} 5. ^{{cite web |last1=Gooding |first1=Matt |title='Netflix for textbooks' could save students cash |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/business/technology/netflix-textbooks-could-save-students-14555427 |website=Cambridge News |date=20 April 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Perlego raises $4.8M for its ‘Spotify for textbooks’ |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/10/perlego/ |website=TechCrunch}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Belg haalt 4,1 miljoen op met ‘Spotify voor cursussen' |url=https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/media-marketing/belg-haalt-4-1-miljoen-op-met-spotify-voor-cursussen/10048227.html |website=De Tijd |language=nl |date=11 September 2018}} 8. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/perlego-joins-bloomsbury-582091| title=Bloomsbury signs up to new 'Spotify for textbooks' |publisher=The Bookseller}} 9. ^{{cite web |last1=Rowe |first1=Adam |title=How 2 Big Textbook Subscription Services Are Teaming Up |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2018/09/28/2-big-textbook-subscription-services-are-teaming-up/#1ddc70da313e |website=Forbes |language=en}} 5 : E-book suppliers|E-book sources|Online companies|Textbook business|Digital libraries |
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