Student takes on multi-billion dollar textbook empire with a new FREE app

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - March 11, 2016 - PRLog -- A university student frustrated by the high price of textbooks, launched a campaign on March 10^th to complete the fundraising necessary to make a solution possible. Grant Kirkey, a business student in his third year at Bowling Green State University in northwest Ohio, has done just that. This student entrepreneur has built a company around a solution he believes will change how students share textbooks and educational materials - Campus Classifieds, the free app connecting students on campus to buy & sell textbooks.

College students buying textbooks have been synonymous with each other for a long time, but recently the increasing cost of these textbooks has become a concern for most students. As a result of this increase, students have begun to eliminate textbook use altogether. This is a concerning situation seeing as foregoing educational materials severely impacts students' performance.

Additionally, the average amount university students spend on higher education textbooks and materials is $1200. *

Major textbook publishers like McGraw-Hill, Pearson & Cengage generate over $4 billion in revenue annually. *

The average cost of living has increased 250% from 1980; textbooks have increased 850%. **

At least 90% of college students own a cellphone, *** or an app-capable mobile device, allowing for simple access to Campus Classifieds on the Google Play & Apple App store.

This mobile app is made possible through the generous donations made through the infamous crowdfunding website, IndieGoGo.

With Campus Classifieds, students are now able to use a platform specifically for connecting each other together to buy & sell textbooks. Campus Classifieds makes this easy with a free, simple, yet effective app.

"Together, we can not only help each other out, but we can also change how textbooks, knowledge and education are shared forever." - Grant Kirkey, President Campus Classifieds.

Visit Campus Classifieds at www.CampusClassifieds.us or visit the campaign at IGG.me/at/campusclassifieds/ (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/campus-classifieds-stu...)

Sources:

* UniversityBusiness.com

** HuffingtonPost.com

*** USNews.com