About Book.ly
Our mission is to make the process of buying books easier, faster, and cheaper.
Book.ly was started in an effort to fight rising textbook prices. In fact, the average college student now spends more than $702 on textbooks every year. With Book.ly, a student can achieve a savings of more than 40%, which translates to an average savings of $281 per user.
Book.ly's Partnership Model
Book.ly is not affiliated with any college or university. Because of this, in order to raise awareness for our service, we like to partner with a local campus organization such as the student government or a prominent club. We work with our local partner to make sure our data are accurate and to promote Book.ly on campus. Book.ly shares 20% of its profits with a charity chosen by the local partner for that semester. In some cases, the partner chooses to use the proceeds for local campus programs or to support their club.
If you run a campus organization or are a student government member who would like to support Book.ly, drop us a line.
Book.ly's Revenue Model
We provide our service for free to all students and the prices we list are the best prices available. We receive a small commission for each book purchased through our site. This commission varies by merchant.
About the founders
Book.ly is operated by brothers Igor Pedan and Roman Pedan. Igor graduated from Brandeis University with an MA in Computer Science. Roman is currently a student at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and School of Engineering and Applied Science. Feel free to contact either Igor or Roman with comments or suggestions about the service, as they are always looking for ways to improve it.
Thank you to Joseph Valle, a graduate of New York University's Class of 2010, for his continuing contributions to book.ly.