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SparkNotes, originally part of a website called The Spark, is a company started by Sam Yagan, Max Krohn, and Chris Coyne in 1999 that provides free in-depth commentary, analysis and study guides for literature, poetry, history, film and philosophy.

B&N acquired SparkNotes.com in 2001 for a price of $3.55 million.[1]

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SparkNotes also offers content and services related to the SAT, ACT, and AP tests, paraphrases of Shakespeare into modern English, exercises for high school teachers, and a message board.

Its current owner, Barnes & Noble, sells printed versions of the study guides in the United States and Chapters in Canada, in a format similar to that of CliffsNotes.

SparkNotes has moved into educational publishing with books like Poetry Classics and FlashKids, a series of educational books for K-8 students.

Many school teachers have blamed the website as a cheating tool for students, while doing reading assignments or during tests using cellphones with internet access.

  1. ^ http://sec.edgar-online.com/2001/06/18/0000950123-01-503532/Section2.asp

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