#EndBookHate with Plush Textbook Toys

Goal: $10,000
Funding Period: Until Sept. 25
Creator: David Miller
In an effort to combat the thousands of book haters across the country, toy inventor, David Miller created SlugBooks, a plush textbook cover adding a fun and creative twist to your basic study routine!

SlugBooks, created by a four-member team based in Northern California, is a book price comparison engine helping college students fight high-priced books since 2008. Offered in three different characters; chemistry, film, or psychology, the textbook plushies are an exciting way for student’s to mix up their old stack of hardbacks.

Looking for more SlugBook fun? follow the adventures of these huggable study buddies on twitter by retweeting the hashtag “EndBookHate.”

Kickstarter pledges range from $5 to $1,000 and prizes include a #EndBookHate bumper sticker, paper book cover, five assorted SlugBook paper book covers, various textbook plushies, and a customizable book cover created just for you! Click here to support SlugBooks!

About the author

Tatyana Bellamy-Walker

Tatyana Bellamy Walker is an editorial intern for Adventure Publishing Group and assists the editors with the leading trade book magazines, The Toy Book and The Licensing Book and online at toybook.com and licensingbook.com. As a student journalist for the New York Amsterdam News and Teen Voices with Women's eNews, she enjoys giving a voice to minorities in mainstream media. Next year, she will be the assistant news editor of her college newspaper The Oswegonian. You can follow her on Twitter at @bell_tati.