![]() ![]() ![]() Gray told The Bookseller that the company had been talking to universities about what provisions they wanted for students and had been drawing Samsung into those conversations because the JS Group “believes in the higher education there is a need to develop a better service for students.” He added: “It is important to underline this is not just about the general delivery of digital textbooks, it is about students having a more collaborative device and better services for their time in education.” The new collaboration builds on this by ensuring that students have access to their essential e-books via Kortext and in the future will incorporate software and apps specifically developed to deliver an improved learning experience to students”. John Smith’s chairman and chief executive Peter Gray said: “We enjoy a great relationship with Samsung as a reseller of its market leading tablets, notebooks and smartphones. Samsung is the leading tablet brand sold by John Smith stores and the company has also offered students the ability to buy academic e-textbooks through Kortext on its website since the summer. The partnership is effective immediately and will mean Samsung tablets sold through John Smith's stores will come pre-loaded with a Kortext app for students to read publishers’ content. ![]() The academic bookselling chain will work with the South Korean-based global technology giant and digital textbook delivery platform Kortext in a “collaborative venture” to provide hardware, educational software and digital textbook content to students and universities. John Smith’s has partnered with Samsung and Kortext to bring a new digital service to students and universities. ![]()
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