Your favorite textbooks, now interactive and adaptive

Only books that aren’t open source need a license. These are usually commercial textbooks from our partner publishers. On the bookshelf, licensed books are marked with a icon, and open-source books show a icon. All open-source books on Alps are free to use.

Prices vary by title and are usually at or below the price of the print or e-book edition. You need one license for each student who uses the book. To see the exact price, open the title in the Library and click Purchase License to build a quote for your school. No email or sales call needed.

It’s self-serve. Everything opens as soon as the invoice is issued, and you have 30 days to pay, so your students don’t have to wait for it to clear. (1) Open the title in the Library and click Purchase License to build a quote for your school. (2) Confirm your classes and, for a more accurate price, how many students are in each. (3) Click Get invoice on the quote. (4) Pay by ACH bank transfer (preferred), check, or wire, using the remit details and W-9 on the invoice. Then click Mark paid and add your payment reference.

It depends on the kind of school. In K-12, the school always pays. Alps never bills a K-12 student. In higher education, you choose. The department can buy for the whole class, students can buy their own access, or both. You set this on the quote when you buy. When students pay, each one unlocks access on their Course Access page by redeeming a code from the campus bookstore. The professor doesn’t have to handle any of it.

Yes, as long as the licensed teacher is part of the course section and there are enough licenses for every student enrolled in it. Each student needs their own license, no matter which teacher is teaching them.

Email sales@alps.2sigma.us with the title and quantity, and we’ll send a bulk quote and an invoice. Once it’s paid, you get that many redemption codes to sell like any other access code. Students redeem a code (like 4K2M-99XT-QW7R) on their Course Access page in Alps, and the title unlocks right away. No card needed.

We’d love to help. Introduce us to your publisher by emailing sales@alps.2sigma.us. We’ll work with them to turn their book into an interactive, adaptive edition on Alps.