Acceptional and Shpoonkle Form Strategic Partnership to Create Student-Focused Resource Solutions for College and Law Students

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) October 24, 2011

Acceptional.com, a company that offers the most comprehensive online resource of college essays written by students accepted into the top U.S. universities, including the Ivy League, Stanford University, and MIT, has formed a strategic partnership with Miami, Florida-based Shpoonkle, an innovative and free web site that not only allows clients to confidentially post a legal case on line and attorneys then will bid for that case, but also offers one of the largest free online collections of high-quality case briefs and outlines for law students. Together the companies leverage technology to offer the most extensive, online resource for college and law students.

We are excited to announce our strategic partnership with Shpoonkle, an innovative leader that shares our vision of a creative, technology-based approach to the challenge of leveling the playing field for students, said Aaron Michel, co-founder, Acceptional.com. Our partnership advances the delivery of resource solutions for students and provides new growth opportunities for Acceptional.com by increasing our current market presence and expanding our demographic reach.

In the last decade, online and social media-based technologies have redefined student life, and access to online assets has become critical for success. The strategic partnership between Acceptional.com and Shpoonkle will provide the innovative, interactive, and collaborative online solutions college and law students need for academic success.

Shpoonkle is dedicated to increasing our collection of free online resources for students and to expanding the services we offer, and our partnership with Acceptional.com will allow us to widen our reach to more students, said Shpoonkle CEO Robert Niznik.

With the help of this partnership, Acceptional will be moving into the legal space over the months ahead, offering affordable sample admissions essays and advice to candidates for law school. Shpoonkle will be expanding its offering of case briefs to students who are just embarking on the law school application process.

Sharing a belief that services to help students need to be effective, accessible, and affordable for all, Acceptional.com and Shpoonkle are partnering to expand and extend the resources they provide. Each company has very different business models but both have similar demographics and goals with students.

The traditional college application process is terribly skewed, high stress and difficult to navigate, and Acceptional.com is facilitating change by making affordable high-quality admissions sample essays and help available to everyone. Similarly, Shpoonkle is creating a new model in the legal marketplace by making justice affordable and by providing free services for law students with high quality case briefs.

About Acceptional.com

Acceptional.com levels the playing field in college admissions by increasing transparency and access to resources that help applicants apply successfully. The company offers access to more than 1,200 essays written by individuals who were accepted into top U.S. universities, including the Ivy League, Stanford University and MIT. Essays can be sorted and viewed by authors' demographic and academic profiles. The company also provides an essay advisory service that gives students feedback, and an interactive Blog, written by students for students, that allows discussion on essay writing advice and other topics related to the college admissions process. Visit http://www.acceptional.com for more information or to browse essays.

About Shpoonkle

The EBay of Legal Services, Shpoonkle is an innovative free web site that allows clients to confidentially post a legal case on line where attorneys then will bid for that case. The client selects one of their bidders to represent that case. The client has the option to pick any of the bidders and can communicate privately with the attorneys. The site is free for both client and attorney. In the United States, the process has saved the average client almost 30% on legal fees while allowing Attorneys a resource to build and/or expand their practice. Shpoonkle has been widely publicized and recognized with over 600 international articles written about the highly productive service as a means to extend advocacy and affordable justice to many consumers. For more information, visit http://www.shpoonkle.com.

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Dial 7 Car & Limousine Service Lets Online Users Create Dial 7's Next Commercial, NYC

Manhattan, NY (PRWEB) October 19, 2011

Aspiring film directors, voiceover actors, and infographic video designers all have a chance to build their portfolio by entering Dial 7s newest social media contest [that allows them to] Create Dial 7s Next Commercial.

Users have the complete autonomy to create a professional, stylish, and informative commercial that will ultimately be used in Dial 7s 2012 social media and mobile ad campaigns.

The rules are simple:

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GIFT BUYING TREND: Old Books Create New Memories this Christmas with the help of a Canadian website

(PRWEB) November 10, 2002

With so many choices in today’s consumer world, giving a unique gift—-even if it’s secondhand-—shows that time and thought have gone into its purchase. This holiday season many shoppers are turning to used and secondhand books.

Parents are buying out-of-print books they read when they were young to share with their own children. Avid readers and bookclub members are giving their friends unique signed first editions of best-selling authors. And spouses are searching for that special book of poetry that they first shared when they were dating in college.

Where to find rare books?

How do shoppers find rare or old books that are often out-of-print? They turn to Abebooks.com, a Canadian Internet site that lists the used, rare and out-of-print books from 10,000 bookstores around the world.

Abebooks began as the secret online source for book collectors searching for rare books but has grown to become a favorite site for groups such as:

·gardening buffs looking for out-of-print gardening classics

·cookbook collectors looking for signed copies of “The Joy of Cooking” and other classics

·avid readers searching for cheap bestsellers

·students looking for secondhand textbooks

I don’t remember the title, but there was a dog named…

Can’t remember the title? Try posting the details you can remember (such as a character’s name) on the Abebooks “BookSleuth” board. Readers from around the world write in to solve your book question. “BookSleuth” is a free service and a fun place to visit—see if you can help “solve” someone else’s puzzle.

Is “used” a bad word?

Some people wonder if it’s okay to give a “used” book at Christmas. Yes, especially when it is a rare signed edition. These gifts are special because they are truly “unique”—no two copies are exactly the same. Prices range from outrageously cheap to outrageously expensive. For example, there are 3956 copies of “Winnie the Pooh” on Abebooks.com. Prices range from a ten-cent copy listed by a bookstore in Hopatcong New Jersey, to a $ 45,000 first edition in its original book jacket offered by a bookstore in Varen, France.

Thoughtful gifts—quick purchases

People don’t have time to browse used bookshops in person but they can browse for used books online. Online shopping lets you shop from home or the office and Abebooks makes it possible to browse the bookshelves of 10,000 bookstores in less than a minute. Once a book is purchased (through secure online credit card processing) the book is mailed from the bookstore to the buyer, or sent directly to the gift-receiver.

Gifts with interesting stories: “I bought it for you in Paris!”

Part of the fun of giving secondhand books relates to the stories and histories that these books carry. When asked where you found such a treasure you can say “In a small bookshop in Paris,” or “Somebody’s garage in New Zealand.” And you won’t be lying! Over two-thirds of Abebooks’ ten thousand booksellers sell books from their home.

Buying a book from a different country adds a nice story to a gift and makes the receiver feel that you searched the globe to find such a one-of-a-kind book. A suitable effort for those one-of-a-kind people on your holiday shopping list this year.

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Background: The Abebooks Story

Abebooks began as the Advanced Book Exchange in 1996 as a mere scribble on a notepad. Keith Waters, then a government web programmer, and his wife Cathy were running a used bookstore in Victoria, BC. Cathy often spoke of how difficult it was to find certain out-of-print titles for her customers. She knew the books were available in bookstores somewhere, but how to find them?

A short time later, during a dull business meeting, Keith began to scratch out a solution, one that combined books, databases and the Internet. He sought the help of a friend and together they came up with Abebooks, a collective of independent booksellers united by the Internet through a massive searchable database.

Abebooks found immediate success and quickly grew from a group of four booksellers to a network of ten-thousand booksellers offering 40 million books.

Today Abebooks is a global company based in Victoria, BC Canada with sites dedicated to book buyers in North America (Abebooks.com), the UK (Abebooks.co.uk), France (Abebooks.fr), and Germany (Abebooks.de) and strategic partnerships with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and eBay/Half.com.

Media Contact:

Marci Crossan [e] mcrossan@abebooks.com [t] 250.412.3258