As more students, educators and institutions adopt digital course materials for study, more booksellers, such as Van Schaik Bookstores, South Africa’s leading supplier of academic, trade and reference textbooks, are adding e-textbook solutions to their offerings, using Ingram’s VitalSource® online platform.

In November 2011 Van Schaik Bookstore launched its first short story contest using the MXit platform. The competition was launched to encourage young writers to participate in a literary activity.