A Look at the Chegg Textbook Solutions App

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share with you some screenshots of the brand new, beautiful Chegg Textbook Solutions app for iPhone. I know many of you use Android phones, so I wanted to still give you the opportunity to check it out and see what all the hard work you've done looks like. 

To say I'm proud is really an understatement. I'm ecstatic at how your work has translated to app form. I hope you all share in the excitement that we have in taking part in the educational revolution! It's such a great time to be involved in education technology. We can now help students all over the globe learn 24 hours a day on their phones and tablets. What a long way we've come. And we're always saying it over here: I just wish I had had this when I was in school! Who knows how much better I would have done. Maybe I'd be an expert organic chemist or a microbiologist right about now if you all had been around to help me back in the day. I'm so appreciative to work with you all on a daily basis.

Without further ado, here is the app:

This is what the opening page looks like. You can use your phone to scan the barcode of your book in a snap. Too cool!

We had a copy of this book laying around, so we scanned it. Voila!

The app directs you on how to buy the book, how to navigate the book, and how to rate it. You can also comment on a step of a solution to say something is incorrect or needs more clarity. Then we look at those comments and address them in-house.

This is what step 1 of this particular solution looks like. You get a free preview or...

You can click on the step and scroll through it with your finger. 

If you have an iPhone, download the app now. For a limited time, the solutions are free, so take some screen shots of your own work and share with friends and family!

New Textbook Policy

As many of you already know, we adopted a new textbook policy for all new projects starting in January 2013. One of the most common questions for brand new authors with us is "How do I get the textbook?" and we've been working out the best possible way to deal with this issue. Since we don't own the textbook material, we can't simply send you an electronic copy. And why don't we just send you a copy from our warehouse? Well, we have to establish some sort of accountability. Otherwise,  people would inevitably change their minds about projects and take the book and disappear, potentially costing us thousands of dollars.

So, after a long meeting, Ryan and I decided the best possible policy is to have everyone rent a textbook or eTextbook only from Chegg. Why Chegg? Because we have a 21-day return policy, so you can give the book a try and return it if you don't hit your first due date-- at zero cost to you and zero cost to us.

It's up to you whether you prefer our eTextbooks (read about our award-winning eReader here) or if you want an old-fashioned print textbook. What's even cooler is that most of our old-fashioned print textbooks come with free 7-day access to the eTextbook, so you'll have no problem getting started immediately and returning the book if it isn't a good fit for you.

We just thought we'd let you know why we decided to change the policy in the spirit of transparency.

I hope everyone is having a great, productive week. We sure are over here!