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Expand your global reach
Connect with students and professionals across 180 countries directly or through our partner universities, faculties, and research labs worldwide. Monetise every engagement and drive new adoptions through our global network.
Monetise every read
We help publishers monetise content no matter whether students read one or ten chapters. On Perlego, we generate sales based on usage, driving incremental sales from your backlist.
Recover lost revenue
Perlego offers students a compelling, legal alternative to piracy and second-hand books. In 2023, we redirected 24.2 million learners from piracy sites to our platform. We help you recapture a major untapped opportunity by offering learners an affordable, more convenient option.
Data that drives decisions
Understand your readers like never before. Track reader locations, study levels, and title performance across digital and audio. These insights help you make smarter, data-driven decisions for your digital strategy.
Partnering for publishers’ success
We connect with readers through our student-focused brand and extensive catalogue. Our corporate partnerships also open doors to lifelong learners and professionals. By intercepting piracy search attempts, we offer readers a legal, affordable alternative with a top-rated experience.
Trusted by over 5000 publishers worldwide
"Perlego has proven to be an exceptional partner, helping us reach a global audience. Their team is highly knowledgeable, service-oriented, and dedicated to our shared goal of providing people around the world with ideas that shape lives and make a real impact."
Crossway Aaron Camp, Vice President of Licensing“We want to ensure our books are available to students in whatever manner they choose, and Perlego has emerged as an innovative, intuitive, go-to model for learners. We are thrilled to offer our books on the platform."
MIT Press Bill Smith, Director Sales and MarketingFrequently asked questions
What is Perlego?
What is Perlego?
Perlego is a digital library platform that provides students and professionals with access to academic and professional content through a subscription.
What are the benefits of partnering with Perlego?
What are the benefits of partnering with Perlego?
Perlego helps publishers to build new audiences, generate recurring uncapped revenue, monetise partial content usage, and recover revenue lost to piracy and secondary sales — all at no cost to the publisher.
How does Perlego help publishers reach a new audience?
How does Perlego help publishers reach a new audience?
Through careful curation, strong SEO, and smart search, Perlego introduces both frontlist and backlist titles to new audiences who may not otherwise access or find your content.
How secure is content on Perlego?
How secure is content on Perlego?
The security of publishers' work is our top priority. Content is streamed digitally on Perlego and encrypted within the platform, avoiding reliance on outdated DRM technologies. Downloads and redistribution are not possible, helping to protect your intellectual property.
How does the revenue model work?
How does the revenue model work?
The Perlego subscriber pays a monthly or annual fee to access our library. Publishers are compensated based on usage. The more your titles are read, the more revenue you earn, with no thresholds or caps.
Does Perlego work with institutions or individual users?
Does Perlego work with institutions or individual users?
Both. Perlego partners with institutions such as universities, private institutions, research labs and corporate partners, and also serves individual learners who sign up independently.
Will Perlego cannibalise our book sales?
Will Perlego cannibalise our book sales?
Our experience and publishers' case studies show that Perlego primarily drives additional, incremental usage and discovery, rather than replacing existing sales. We help to recoup revenue from piracy and second hand book sales through SEO and targeted partnerships, and help to increase adoptions for publishers from our partner institutions globally.
What data and insights do publishers receive?
What data and insights do publishers receive?
Publishers receive regular, transparent reports on usage, reach, and content performance. We can also identify trends and share in depth data around our features such as read aloud, which helps publishers to make better data-driven decisions.
Do publishers retain control over their content?
Do publishers retain control over their content?
Yes. You choose which titles are available and can update content at any time, while retaining full ownership and rights.
What content specifications are required?
What content specifications are required?
We require a PDF or EPUB format, a JPEG cover image and metadata via ONIX or using our standard metadata template.
How do we get started with Perlego?
How do we get started with Perlego?
Simply get in touch via the contact form on this page, and our publisher team will follow up to discuss next steps.