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🎉 📚 Brand new on Perlego: we’ve welcomed University of Minnesota Press! Established in 1925, this founder member of the Association of University Presses (AUP) is recognized internationally for a boundary-breaking editorial program in the humanities and social sciences. 📖 Explore the must-read collection on Perlego. Link in comments 👇

 🚀 We’re Hiring: Sales Development Representative (SDR) at Perlego!  Are you ready to grow your career in EdTech sales while making a real impact on global learning? ✨ 📚 🌍 Join Perlego, the digital learning platform revolutionising libraries, and help us achieve our mission to make education more accessible for everyone! 👏 As an SDR at Perlego, you’ll be at the forefront of B2B growth, supporting our Sales & Marketing team to identify prospects, generate and qualify leads, and build relationships with higher education institutions and companies. This is an amazing opportunity to learn, grow and thrive in a fast-paced, purpose-driven company that values curiosity, collaboration, and impact.  👉 What you’ll do:    📲 Prospect, engage and qualify potential B2B clients through cold calling, emailing and outbound sales strategies.  📗 Educate prospects on how Perlego transforms learning and supports global education  🎯 Work closely with B2B sales and marketing teams to drive meaningful opportunities  💡 Build your sales & marketing career with mentorship & growth opportunities   🌎 We are hiring for this role in the US or the UK, and the role will require frequent travel within the US and the UK, including attending events. 👀 Further details and requirements for the role are included in the job post.   🧢 Why Perlego?    📘 Be part of a mission-led EdTech innovator transforming access to knowledge and high-quality academic content worldwide 🌟 Work alongside passionate, high-energy teams in London & beyond 🚀 Develop top-tier sales & marketing skills and fast-track your career  🙌 Culture that celebrates learning, inclusivity and continuous growth

📚 Is upskilling one of your 2026 resolutions? Why not start by reading more business books! For inspiration, Sifted shared what Europe’s VCs and founders are reading, including top picks from our online library. 🔥 Perlego’s 3 most-read books among execs right now:   1️⃣ Never Split the Difference — Christopher Voss & Tahl Raz 2️⃣ Reward Management — Michael Armstrong & Helen Murlis 3️⃣ The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel From negotiation and leadership to money mindset, these are the reads shaping decisions at the top. #Leadership #ReadingGoals #Startups #VC #Resolutions

🎁 That’s a wrap on a bumper year at Perlego! 🎁 Before we turn the page to 2026, here are highlights from our global community’s learning journey over the past 12 months: 🎧 𝟕,𝟏𝟒𝟒,𝟖𝟕𝟏 minutes listened on-the-go with our top feature, Read Aloud.  📚 𝟑𝟐𝟕,𝟎𝟖𝟔 new books added to our library to expand your knowledge. 🔎 𝟔𝟕𝟖,𝟑𝟒𝟒 AI-powered searches supercharging students’ content discovery. Thanks to all the curious readers who helped make this our biggest year yet! Here’s to accessible learning for all in 2026 and beyond. 🚀

The Perlego team whisked up some treats for our Winter Wonderland Bake Off! 👩🍳❄️ From cosy classics to festive showstoppers, the judging was no piece of cake (we even had to add extra criteria for tie-breaks…). ⭐🧁 Round of applause to our Star Baker, Isabel Miller, who was awarded 1st place for her delicious cupcakes. Big congrats to runners up Sabina Hoszkiewicz, ACCA and Almudena García, taking home 2nd and 3rd spots with their creations - including a tasty Christmas tree. Thanks to all our Perlego bakers and judges! 👏

We’re celebrating our biggest year yet for new titles added, with 320k+ extra books to empower learners across the world. 🌍 🎉   More to come in our Perlego Wrapped 2025 round-up next week, watch this space! 🚀

What a week at Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara! 📚 Marcela Acosta Obando wrapped up an energising few days packed with powerful conversations, renewed partnerships, and big leaps forward for expanding access to learning in 2026 and beyond. 🌎 The momentum in the room was undeniable; there was clearly a shared commitment to making Spanish-language content more accessible for students and institutions across the world. ✨ Gracias, FIL Guadalajara for a great week. Onwards!

🏓✨Matt East PFHEA and Camille Fenton organised a great Winter Social at Bounce for the Publisher & Partnerships Teams yesterday. Nothing like a bit of friendly competition, great people, and festive cheer to wrap up an incredible year! 🚀💛Here’s to big ideas, bold moves, and more good vibes in 2026!

📰 Earlier this year, Perlego was featured in The Times Top 100 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies. With The Sunday Times 2026 list on the horizon, Ian McBane from BDO sat down with our Co-Founder & CEO, Gauthier Van Malderen 🎤 Gauthier shares how Perlego began with a simple frustration: spending hundreds on textbooks he’d only use for a few weeks. That pain point sparked our mission to make education truly accessible. He highlights a shift shaping the future of learning: 🔊 “The world is moving away from ownership models towards access models. People want to access their content without owning it.” 🌍 Perlego is proud to lead that shift for academic content. We offer on-demand academic books to 1M+ learners and partner with 450+ universities and organisations worldwide. If you care about EdTech, access models or the future of digital learning, this is a must-read 🌟 #SundayTimes100 #Tech100 #EdTech #Innovation #Leadership #AccessNotOwnership

Last week, Almudena García from our Partner Success team was delighted to visit the Business School at Ravensbourne University London to deliver training for their faculty. 📚 These face-to-face sessions were an opportunity to show educators how to integrate Perlego’s tools into their teaching and make the most of in-built learning features. 🎓 This follows hot on the heels of recent ‘back to school’ campus visits from Almu and Katharine Templeton, signing up students and helping them discover more about our smart online library. It’s always inspiring to see educators and learners embracing digital learning resources - we appreciate Ravensbourne University London for the warm welcome! 💙 It was great to see students being empowered to become the change-makers of tomorrow.