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JourneyEd Adds 6,000 eStores in 2006JourneyEd has created more than 10,000 individually tailored, private label eStores for educational institutions, college bookstores, student associations and software/hardware companies, including more than 6,000 eStores created in 2006. Here students can log on and receive tremendously discounted pricing on software they use everyday in their classes and in their lives. Education-only eStores are becoming the iTunes of software purchasing for students, faculty and staff of schools, colleges and universities around the world. Where pirated music was once a foregone conclusion, iTunes established a price point (99 cents) that made individuals recognize that it was no longer worth the problems and potential legal hassles to download music illegally. Similarly, academic eStores offering software at vastly discounted prices for students faculty and staff of educational institutions at all levels, have broken that barrier. Why would an individual want to use a bootlegged copy of Microsoft Office when they can buy it for as little as $79 through a college or K-12 school district eStore? For the price of a textbook, students buying the legitimate version have a stable copy of the software that will work or it will be replaced, and they receive full technical support as well. Among the 250 software vendors available at JourneyEd.com are Microsoft, Adobe, Quark, Corel and Autodesk. Digital River Education Services Inc. developed JourneyEd.com in 1996 after recognizing that the Internet was creating direct sales channels that would change the traditional supply chain. JourneyEd took advantage of the Internet by not only creating its own web site, but by also creating, developing and operating individually tailored, private label eStores for educational institutions, college bookstores, student associations and software/hardware companies. |