RPP #185: RedShelf - Interview with Greg Fenton

05/15/20 • -1 min

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Interview with Greg Fenton, CEO & Co-Founder of RedShelf. We discuss the RedShelf e-textbook platform offering more than 1 million digital titles including study tools from most publishers at a significant discount. We discuss:

How Redshelf got started
Greg Fenton, RedShelf CEO
How they compete against Amazon
Free student access because of COVID-19
Which publishers they work with (almost all)
How they deliver publishers' ebook content
Features make e-textbooks better than print (read aloud, flashcards and study guides)
Student's desire for hard copy textbooks
Reading e-textbooks offline
Faculty authors options to self-publish
Business model (student and institutional purchase)
Future directions including "inclusive access"

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Podsafe music selection

Gymnopédie No.1 by Erik Satie

Duration: 31:43

Interview with Greg Fenton, CEO & Co-Founder of RedShelf. We discuss the RedShelf e-textbook platform offering more than 1 million digital titles including study tools from most publishers at a significant discount. We discuss:

How Redshelf got started
Greg Fenton, RedShelf CEO
How they compete against Amazon
Free student access because of COVID-19
Which publishers they work with (almost all)
How they deliver publishers' ebook content
Features make e-textbooks better than print (read aloud, flashcards and study guides)
Student's desire for hard copy textbooks
Reading e-textbooks offline
Faculty authors options to self-publish
Business model (student and institutional purchase)
Future directions including "inclusive access"

Links

Podsafe music selection

Gymnopédie No.1 by Erik Satie

Duration: 31:43

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Josh Kamrath, CEO
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