FlatWorld
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| Formerly | Flat World Knowledge |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Education |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Alastair Adam, Co-CEO; John Eielson, Co-CEO |
| Products | Textbooks |
| Website | catalog |
FlatWorld is a publisher of college-level textbooks and educational supplements.[1] The company was founded in 2007 as Flat World Knowledge by Eric Frank and Jeff Shelstad.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]In 2007, Flat World Knowledge was founded by Jeff Shelstad and Eric Frank in Nyack, New York.[3] By August 2009, Flat World textbooks had been adopted at 400 colleges for use by 40,000 students.[4][5] In 2010, Flat World Knowledge moved from Nyack to Irvington, New York.[6] It had been adopted by more than 1,300 educators as of that year.[7]
The company received $8 million in funding from investors in 2010.[8][9][10] In January 2011, the company received an additional $15 million in funding from investors.[11][12]
The company originally offered every textbook published free using online delivery under the open content paradigm,[13] but in November 2012, the company announced that it would no longer offer free access to textbooks.[14]
In late 2016, Flat World Knowledge was acquired by Alastair Adam and John Eielson and rebranded as FlatWorld.[15]
See also
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- ^ Purkiss, Alan. "Bertelsmann Puts Cash Into College Textbook Publisher, FT Says." Bloomberg. January 20, 2011.
- ^ Edgecliffe-Johnson, Andrew. "Bertelsmann Backs Open Textbook Publisher." Financial Times. January 20, 2011.
- ^ Wong, Chin. "Textbooks for free."[dead link] Manila Standard Today. September 28, 2010.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Digital Textbook Sales in U.S. Higher Education — A Five-Year Projection by Rob Reynolds. ("Factors within the Publishing and Education Markets Affecting the Sales of Digital Textbooks" section and trend charts) Explana. 2010.
- "A Cover to Cover Solution: How Open Textbooks are the Path to Textbook Affordability." Original research report by Nicole Allen of The Student PIRGs.
- Creative Commons Talks With Student PIRGs’ Nicole Allen: "Open Education and Policy." October 14, 2010.
- "Get Rid of Print and Go Digital" by Anya Kamenetz in the New York Times. August 16, 2010.
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- Book publishing companies based in New York (state)
- Textbook publishing companies
- Open content
- Academic publishing companies
- Publishing companies of the United States
- Electronic publishing
- Creative Commons-licensed works
- Publishing companies established in 2007
- American companies established in 2007
- 2007 establishments in New York (state)
- Open educational resources
- Open access publishers