About Us

CourseSmart LLC is a new venture founded and supported by six higher education textbook publishers. Our mission is to improve teaching and learning by providing instructors and students better exposure and access to digital course materials.

CourseSmart brings together thousands of textbooks across hundreds of courses in an ebook format on a common platform. In doing so we provide a number of unique benefits to instructors, students, partners and institutions.

• For instructors, CourseSmart provides instant access to review and compare textbooks and course materials in their discipline area without the time, cost, and environmental impact of mailing print exam copies.
• For students, CourseSmart provides a reliable cost-saving alternative. Publishers who provide content to CourseSmart establish their own eTextbook prices that are typically well below new or used print prices. Buying eTextbooks guarantees the student a cost savings without having to hope for money back reselling the book at the end of the semester.
• For many students, the value of CourseSmart is in the web functionality. Search, instant access, note taking, and a lighter backpack are some of the benefits of an eTextbook that excite students. For more student comments on the CourseSmart eTextbook, check out "What Students are Saying."
• Partners and institutions that partner with CourseSmart benefit from having a large selection of eTextbooks available in a common format from a single provider. CourseSmart is an ideal partner for those looking to lower the total cost of education and open new opportunities through a more "wired" campus.

About the CourseSmart Beta Release

The Beta release is a fully functional site with thousands of titles. We have launched in Beta in order to get important market feedback we can use to improve our product. CourseSmart's mission is to be a comprehensive marketplace for digital course content. To that end, we will be constantly adding content from a wide range of higher education publishers, including thousands of titles this Fall. If you have suggestions on how we can improve our site or if you would like to request that we add a specific title, please email us at feedback@coursesmart.com.