An annual summary of the financial year for Studentlitteratur, a company based in Lund in Sweden that publishes educational books and material.
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“Digital solutions strengthen our position
Studentlitteratur is Sweden’s leading publisher of educational literature for univer¬sities and other centres of higher education. We are now firmly consolidating our position on this market. We are also advancing in the market for course material for schools, adult education and professionals. Enhancing printed books with the help of digital solutions is an important factor in our success.
When Studentlitteratur started back in the early 1960s, we wanted to provide students with course books at a reasonable cost. This goal remains just as relevant today regardless of whether we are publishing material aimed at school children, university students, university students or working professionals.
A FRESH APPROACH
Publishing, book distribution and the selling of books are relatively traditional businesses that are not renowned for being particularly innovative. However, as a new force on the market, Studentlitteratur has not been burdened by old-fashioned values and views.
The increasing digitalisation of information in the early 1980s shook up the book and publishing market. However, we were not slow to discover the many opportunities opened up by digitalisation.
AT THE FOREFRONT IN NEW TECHNOLOGY
Our publishing house got off to an early start with computer-aided teaching material for higher education and that’s how we became a leader in the har¬nessing of new technology. As early as the 1970s, we launched multimedia educational programs – long before the word “multimedia” became known in the field of education.
Digitalisation has created new ways for publishers to meet customers’ needs. Via Internet, the course material becomes easily and readily accessible, for example to professionals who want to improve their vocational skills.
A BROAD RANGE OF DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
During 2006, there has been a trend to incorporate digital components into a wide range of our teaching materials and course literature. These components are no longer seen as an extra bonus given out with the printed product but as an integral part of it. The digital material has been very well received by teachers, pupils and students who see this as a worthwhile complement to the printed word… ”
Design by Borstahusen in Sweden.