Literati is launching Literati School rooms, a brand new e-commerce platform geared toward preschool and elementary faculty lecturers. This new service is an extension of Literati Faculty E book Festivals, a enterprise stemming from the firm’s acquisition of Follett E book Festivals in January 2022.
The platform is being supported by the publication of Literati Journal, a catalog of books, video games, and content material distributed to lecturers 4 instances a yr, which has QR codes that direct readers to the Literati e-commerce web site. Gross sales on the location or ensuing from the journal, which can embody a code linking it to a selected trainer and classroom, will generate 15% in guide credit score for use at Literati’s on-line retailer for classroom purchases. Educators who enroll earlier than the tip of 2023 will obtain $50 in a coupon for guide credit score redeemable with their first classroom order and cargo in 2024.
The Literati Faculty E book Festivals serve faculties in 29 states from 4 distribution heart and have reached greater than 5 million college students. The corporate works with greater than 150 publishing firms in addition to choose impartial authors, resembling Marcus Emerson, creator of the Children YouTuber sequence. Literati is the one severe competitor to Scholastic within the faculty guide truthful enterprise.
“We’re on a mission to ignite a love of studying and a love of life. We try this by serving to youngsters discover nice books—whether or not at residence or faculty,” stated Literati founder and CEO, Jessica Ewing. “By way of the success of our bodily guide festivals throughout the nation, we have witnessed how offering the proper guide to the proper little one is pivotal in nurturing a love for studying and studying. We additionally know that lecturers throughout the nation want help in filling their school rooms with books. I’m excited that Literati can play a job in filling school rooms and houses throughout the nation with much more nice books.”
Literati launched in 2017, providing customized guide subscription bins for households and kids aged 0-14; that enterprise continues as we speak and has 50,000 subscribers. One other Literati enterprise, its branded digital guide golf equipment, closed in December 2022 after some 18 months of operation. The corporate, which relies in Austin, Tex., has raised greater than $52 million in financing.
