Access over 500,000 academic books and journals for a monthly fee, read on web, iOS, and Android devices
Perlego is an eBook subscription service launched in 2018 that focuses on providing academic books and journals to university students. It has over 500,000 titles in its catalog from a wide range of academic publishers.
For a monthly subscription fee of around $15, Perlego members can access and read an unlimited number of eBooks using its website or mobile apps for iOS and Android devices. The service is designed specifically for college and university students to have on-demand access to all the books they need for their courses and research.
Some key features of Perlego include: highlights and annotations sync across devices, citations and bibliographies can be exported, books can be downloaded for offline reading, and the entire catalog is searchable by title, author, publisher or keyword. The company also partners directly with over 900 universities to offer discounted memberships to students.
Overall, Perlego aims to provide a Netflix or Spotify-style unlimited access model for access academic books and literature. With its student-centric approach, it offers an affordable alternative to purchasing expensive textbooks.