User:Mclaytim/Scholar's Publisher Inc.

Scholar's Publisher Inc. is a private corporation that aims to revolutionize learning by providing affordable access to knowledge through the digital platform. The Vision of Scholar's Publisher is to develop a global portal for the exchange, production and dissemination of knowledge. Scholar’s Publisher intends to create a global community of learners by encouraging scholarship and the pursuit of knowledge through innovative publishing opportunities for original, excellent material, and by providing value-added interactive features that nurture and facilitate the exchange of ideas. The url for the company is scholarspub.com.

The core business of Scholar's Publisher is to publish digital textbooks and other online learning resources at affordable prices. Scholar's Publisher creates peer-reviewed digital textbooks to be accessed over the internet, so the price of books is substantially lower. Books are published at approximately 80% or more below the cost of equivalent books by traditional print publishers like McGraw-Hill http://www.mcgraw-hill.com or Pearson http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/. Students may access books at even further discounts for a period of 150 days. All users can participate in discussion forums (referred to as "Pubs") on their books and/or users may create their own pub forum. There are plans to expand the offerings to host research groups, interactive games, webinars, and videos; and to provide blogging and other social networking features for users. Scholar's Publisher is committed to funding scholarships and research grants as well.

Scholar's Publisher is committed to the principle of access to knowledge (ATK) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A2K. The low costs of the books provides access to quality resources for anyone in the developed world, and Scholar's Publisher advertises that they will provide even greater discounts to the developing world (as well as print access) where it is difficult to access resources. The company plans to partner with government and/or private funding in order to provide digital books and resources that would be free for users as well.