Zookal Helps Students During Pandemic by Offering Free 10-Day eBook Pass While Paper Books Ship

With the ongoing pandemic causing immense problems for retailers, suppliers and logistics providers alike, some customers have experienced delays with their ordered items. Online global education technology platform, Zookal, has come up with an innovative way to resolve this for its customers.

Zookal has introduced Asia Pacific’s first “Courtesy eTextbook” service. This service gives University and high school students free access to the eBook version of thousands of textbook titles while the physical book ships to them. The Ed-Tech start-up has partnered with 10+ leading publishers including Cengage Learning to provide this new, revolutionary service to its customers.

Students who buy from Zookal’s online website, will no longer need to wait for it to arrive in the mail before they can start their course work. Once their order is placed, students receive instant access to the Zookal eReader where they can enjoy unlimited reading of the purchased textbook titles for 10 days. 

Zookal’s convenient “study while you wait” feature provides students with a smarter way to buy online and allows them to make the most of their self-study time. The service has become invaluable during the pandemic where supply can be unpredictable and wait times for ordered items hard to predict. The service is also a risk-free way for students to be introduced to the eTextbook format which provides a more sustainable and affordable option for students to access their required content.

“At Cengage we recognise the importance of students having the right content at the right time to maximise their learning and investment in their education. Having ebook access available while awaiting delivery of a print copy is a win for the students particularly in times where mail delivery is really stretched. A very positive initiative from Zookal  to support learners.” Said Paul Petrulis. Vice President: Higher Education at Cengage Learning

“Zookal has always been committed to making education effortless for students, whether that be by providing required course materials offline or homework help to students online. Our free Courtesy eTextbook service is a demonstration of this ongoing commitment and an APAC first that we are sure other ecommerce models can benefit from as a case study on how to serve customers better particularly during this pandemic.” says CEO, Ahmed Haider.

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About Cengage Learning

Cengage is the education and technology company built for learners. The company serves the higher education, K-12, professional, library and workforce training markets worldwide. Cengage creates learning experiences that build confidence and momentum toward the future students want. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA with an office hub in San Francisco. Employees reside in nearly 40 countries with sales in more than 125 countries around the world.

About Zookal

Zookal is a leading education technology platform in Asia Pacific, which aims to make learning effortless for students by providing the services and resources they need in a format they are used to. The platform started with a focus on providing physical textbooks to students to capture first year students and has now incorporated value-added digital services such as homework help making it one of the largest and fastest growing student portals in Asia reaching over 1,000,000 students and 200,000 paying customers. For more information visit https://www.zookal.com/