Gyldendal is the oldest and largest publishing house in Denmark, and the industry leader of Danish-language textbooks. In order to combat the threat posed by increasing piracy and to cater the needs of students, Gyldendal developed Studybox: a subscription based streaming service that provides unlimited access to textbooks.
Synergy-IT was involved in the design and implementation of the backbone of the whole system, dealing with sign-ups, user authentication, products subscriptions, payments, and integration with various existing and in-house systems as well as with a modern front-end (developed by another company). An additional challenge was the time critical nature of the project: the entire Studybox platform was to be designed, developed, and delivered within 7 months.
The highlights of our engineering efforts are as follows:
Studybox provides full access to all the textbooks in Gyldendal's catalogue, providing students with an affordable platform for all their academic literature needs.
For its ingenuity and great value, Studybox was awarded the Digital Value Proposition Silver Award by the Danish Digital Award.
