Students can now purchase chapters

I ndia’s first and largest store for interactive education eBooks, Attano, has released ChapterBuy. This software allows student to buy individual chapters from a large set of titles by leading publishers across fields like Engineering, Medicine, Science and Commerce. Students have the opportunity to choose from thousands of chapters from various reference books instead of buying the entire book at www.attano.com. Students whose curriculum requires purchase of multiple books just for a single chapter in them will be the ones who will be benefitted by ChapterBuy.

The cost of chapters ranges from Rs 3 and can be downloaded onto almost all the leading platforms like Android, iPad and Windows devices Once downloaded and bought, the content can be accessed offline too giving it portability and ease of access. The cost of each chapter is 15% of the cost of the book, if needed in future; the entire book can be purchased by paying the difference amount. Soumya Banerjee, CEO, Attano, affirms, “This is a culmination of everything we’ve learnt from our unique position as India’s #1 educational eBook store, feedback from customers, students, publishers, and observations of key trends and buying patterns. We hope to arm the current generation by making good study material easily accessible and highly affordable. We hope to re- peat history; repeat what sachets did for shampoo sales, iTunes did for music sales, while helping content owners fight piracy.”

Attano has teamed up with trusted publishing giants like Pearson Education, Sheth Publishers, and Laxmi Publications to offer the ChapterBuy proposition to students and publishers alike. “Selling by chapters has tremendous potential for students and for publishers. It means that we will now be able to reach a vast bank of students with high-quality educational content, which is exactly tailored to their educational curriculum and needs.” said K. Srinivas - Vice President, Higher Education, Pearson Education.

“ChapterBuy is going to change the way students buy and read educational textbooks in India. Previously buying multiple reference books for every subject was an expensive proposition. Now with ChapterBuy, students can choose as many chapters as they like from any particular title. Selling by chapter is a natural extension of the eBook partnership we share with Attano,” said Deepak Sheth, Director, Sheth Publishers Pvt Ltd. Attano’s technology has created a whole new category centred on choice while unlocking value for the entire ecosystem.

An app for your safety

A novel new smartphone app has been developed by a Kiwi entrepreneur to monitor user’s outdoor activities and ensure that people get home safe. ‘Get Home Safe’ app is aimed at the general public to monitor daily activities like walking home from school; mountain biking or doing unsupervised work.As soon as the app is installed on a smartphone, the users can register their itinerary for the day. The smartphone app records GPS location data and uses check in prompts to monitor user’s movements. If the user does not stop or the go in the planned direction, an alarm is raised in the apps servers, therefore users of the app need not worry about a working cell phone or network coverage. The app has been designed to be simple, quick, private and is free to use. The app reassures people that their actions are being privately monitored when performing tasks involving risk. The app is extremely helpful in boating, kayaking, tramping, fishing or even skiing.