Contenidos

1. Introducción

2. Relación de startups

3. Desglose por especialización

4. ¿Qué entendemos por startups en el mundo del libro?

5. El verdadero valor de la disrupción y la innovación en el mundo del libro

6. El coste de la innovación

7. Oportunidades para las startups en la industria del libro, y viceversa

8. Doce apuntes sobre las startups en el mundo del libro

9. Sobre el proceso de elaboración del estudio, información sobre Dosdoce.com y créditos

10. Directorio Global de Startups del mundo del libro

1. Introducción

Las startups hoy nos resultan a todos familiares, sobre todo a la hora de hablar de emprendimiento y tecnología en cualquier ámbito empresarial.

Aunque es un término que desde hace tres o cuatro años se emplea con mayor frecuencia, en realidad es algo de que algunos –entre ellos nosotros en Dosdoce– hemos venido hablando desde hace años al compartir y analizar la relación de las nuevas tecnologías con, en nuestro caso, el sector cultural y ahora en concreto con el sector editorial y en el mundo del libro, en general.

Detectar, conocer y compartir nuevas empresas (startups) que han irrumpido o pueden irrumpir en el mundo del libro ha sido y es una de nuestras labores. Algunas de ellas no se han creado directamente con la intención de ser herramientas o empresas tecnológicas pensadas para mejorar al sector o ayudarlo en esta transición digital –más bien ya inmersos en la digitalización–; no obstante, también las hemos dado a conocer en nuestro blog (hoy ‘tendencias’), en diversos estudios, informes y conferencias.

Esa una de las particularidades de la digitalización: saber aplicar lo que puede ser útil en nuestro sector mirando lo que se hace en y para otros sectores. A veces, incluso, mirando a startups que no han sido creadas, en principio, para un sector concreto (como las apps de mensajería que han acabado siendo una herramienta fundamental para el marketing online, por ejemplo).

Ante tal disparidad de nuevas empresas e iniciativas que en algún momento se propusieron innovar en algún aspecto, y con el propósito de profundizar en la nueva relación entre estas startups y el sector editorial, en 2013 publicamos un informe –‘Cómo colaborar con Startups’– cuyo objetivo era convertirse en un documento de debate y reflexión sobre cómo mejorar las relaciones entre las startups tecnológicas y las empresas del mundo del libro (editoriales, librerías, bibliotecas, etc.) con el fin de establecer conjuntamente áreas de colaboración estratégica.

En aquel informe quedaba claro que el futuro del sector editorial pasaba por el entendimiento y la colaboración entre las editoriales y las startups, es decir, entre la parte más tradicional del sector y las empresas ‘nativas digitales’ con el fin de aprovechar mejor las oportunidades de negocio que ofrece Internet. La principal ventaja competitiva en la era digital es la creación de economías de escala a través de la agregación de tecnologías, contenidos y servicios. Por tanto, estas alianzas se han demostrado necesarias –si no imprescindibles– para el crecimiento del sector.

Tras este estudio, Thad McIlroy –involucrado desde finales de los 90 en el trabajo de empresas tecnológicas aplicadas al mundo del libro, tanto como inversor como consultor–, sacaba a finales de 2016 el informe ‘An Authoritative Look at Book Publishing Startups In the United States’, donde se da una relación actual de cerca de 900 startups en relación al mundo del libro y que se comenzó a compilar a principios de 2012.

La lista actualizada que aporta Thad y que acompaña a este documento ahora también actualizada por nosotros) nace conjuntamente con una lista que Michael Bashkar ya había comenzado, de modo que en ese momento ambos estaban en la misma labor recopilatoria. Por tanto se puede decir que la lista de este último es el punto de partida. La primera versión de Mcllroy vio la luz en 2014 e incluía ya 600 startups, frente a la versión definitiva sobre la que hemos trabajado nosotros y que, como hemos adelantado, ya alcanzaba casi las 900 compañías tecnológicas.

El informe de Thad ofrece una detallada cartografía de las startups cuyo enfoque o modelo de negocio se dirige al sector editorial de Estados Unidos; es decir, la gran mayoría de las startups de la lista de McIlroy están afincadas en Estados Unidos, si bien se incluyen algunas startups internacionales que circunscriben a los Estados Unidos como un mercado objetivo principal. Según el propio Thad, el origen de tal compilación no fue otro que, tras preguntarse el estado de la estas empresas tecnológicas en el sector, pronto quiso profundizar y saber cuántas existían y de qué tipo.

En Dosdoce hemos querido darle un enfoque más global (fijándonos sobre todo en el espectro español y latinoamericano, sumando también algunas iniciativas europeas que nos parecen destacables), y quizá un punto más tecnológico a la hora de establecer la relación de startups (de 900 han pasado a 1.130 startups). Una revisión con la esperanza de que otras consultoras o entidades de diferentes países continúen la labor de completarla en la medida de lo posible.

Con la perspectiva de estos años, todos podemos reconocer cuánto ha cambiado la escena. Con esta instantánea general de esta lista se ha querido estimular nuevas ideas, retomar el debate e incluso a conseguir una mayor voluntad de inversión. Recordemos que en nuestro estudio ‘Cómo colaborar con startups’, una de las conclusiones era que las empresas de capital riesgo señalaban que las startups del sector cultural no generaban grandes operaciones de salida, como en otros sectores (muchas veces por desconocimiento del propio sector), si bien los propios emprendedores y responsables de startups veían ya entonces un mayor potencial en esta industria. No obstante, a día de hoy podemos ver que, en general, las empresas del ámbito cultural aún están lejos de situarse en los primeros puestos de los sectores donde más invierte el capital riesgo.

2. Relación de startups

El núcleo del informe es una hoja Excel que incluye unas 1.130 empresas, en su mayoría fundadas desde que Amazon lanzó el Kindle en 1997, como hemos adelantado. Dicha hoja de cálculo enumera no sólo el nombre de las startups, también se señala:

Breve descripción de la empresa

Tipo de producto o servicio que ofrece

Financiación

Estado actual del negocio

País de origen

Otros datos igualmente importantes que aporta el informe y que definen el alcance de la industria del libro son:

Total de fondos recaudados por todas las startups

Promedio de fondos de financiación por empresa

Media de inversión por empresa

Porcentaje de startups con fondos declarados

Porcentaje de startups ya no están operativas

Porcentaje de salidas / adquisiciones / fusiones / pivotaciones

Número de Startups con oferta pública de venta (OPV)

Estos datos intentan ofrecer la medida de cuán significativa es la actividad de las startups en la industria del libro en todos sus aspectos. La tabla Excel da la medida de tal actividad y del creciente alcance que está teniendo la entrada de startups en el sector.

3. Desglose por especialización

En cuanto al modo de categorizar las startups detectadas, este es el desglose por especialización, de mayor a menor:

Herramientas y servicios: 340

Contenido original: 166

Venta al por menor (retail): 106

Social: 84

Descubrimiento: 91

Educación: 66

Infantil: 59

eReaders: 52

Marketing: 53

Libros de texto: 32

Gratuidad: 31

Audio: 23

Suscripción: 19

Otros: 9

Total: 1.131

Estas categorías podrían ser mucho más específicas, pero se ha preferido acotarlas a las mencionadas en la hoja de cálculo que acompaña para hacerlo más sencillo. Por ejemplo, la categoría “herramientas y servicios” acoge desde startups de conversión de PDF a ePub, hasta plataformas para publicar en la nube y autoedición. Es decir, herramientas y servicios que sirven a distribuidores, minoristas, autores y lectores.

La referencia a las categorías “social” o “descubrimiento” se basa sobre todo en las que da la propia descripción de cada empresa. Mucha gente parece tener dudas a la hora de decidir qué libro leer, pero esto ha comenzado a dejar de ser un problema con la ayuda de alguna de estas startups enfocadas a diferentes maneras de descubrir nuevas lecturas.

4. ¿Qué entendemos por startups en el mundo del libro?

Dado que este breve informe, guía y listado se refiere a las startups, conviene señalar a qué nos estamos refiriendo al hablar de statups para libros o en el mundo del libro en este caso. Una startup, en términos muy generales, es un nuevo negocio emergente, una compañía que está arrancando.

En nuestro caso, más concretamente, nos referiríamos a un nuevo tipo de negocio, una compañía que aporta un enfoque algo diferente y novedoso; es decir, asociado a la innovación, también con un importante componente tecnológico en su ADN, y sujetas a capital riesgo, con necesidad de inversión para arrancar o terminar una fase de desarrollo beta, al menos.

Las aceleradoras o incubadoras son términos asociados a las startups: espacios y programas donde se les da el empuje necesario a estas empresas emergentes. Pearson en el sector editorial/educativo, o el New York Times en el de las publicaciones crearon sus propios espacios que actúan como incubadoras para ayudar a startups en sus respectivos sectores.

Las startups en el sector son tan diversas como diversos son el tipo editoriales existentes. Sin embargo, llama la atención que muchas de las últimas startups no están ya tanto enfocadas la parte comercial de las editoriales, para el marketing o la promoción de libros, así como para editoriales infantiles, que hay muchas y muy variadas –como la mayoría de proyectos que comenzamos a detectar en un principio–, sino que se dirigen a los autores independientes y a la autoedición (que en la tabla están en la categoría genérica de ‘herramientas y servicios’), y no tanto a las editoriales, insistimos. Tantas que ya representan casi mayoría dentro de la categoría ‘herramientas y servicios’.

Para el listado se ha considerado startups a compañías que se crearon desde 1997 en adelante, ya que hay compañías que por aquel entonces supusieron un importante elemento disruptivo o al menos ‘influenciador’ en el sector. Decidir qué compañías se pueden considerar startups en relación al mundo del libro no siempre es fácil, sobre todo en los primeros años, como señala McIlroy.

Las de los últimos años, las que han sido desarrolladas claramente para dar servicio o apoyo a editoriales y otros eslabones del sector, son más fáciles de detectar. En muchos casos porque ellas mismas han nacido con voluntad de pertenecer a este sector, y no tanto por haber sido adoptadas o adaptadas al mercado del mundo de los libros, como hemos comentado en el comienzo.

En el caso concreto de la edición educativa y/o académica existen diferentes niveles de innovación, desde las más tradicionales hasta las que comienzan a introducir diferentes modelos de negocio para monetizar los contenidos, si bien son las menos.

En el caso de la categoría de ‘edición infantil’ sí se han incluido aquellas compañías que han desarrollado su modelo con la intención de repensar la creación de los libros impresos para niños o que han creado proyectos e ideas diferentes (educación, entretenimiento, interactividad) en formatos digitales. Es decir, las que han aportado algo más que un sencilla digitalización de contenidos. No obstante, hay que señalar que en ocasiones la frontera entre ‘educación’ e ‘infantil’ como categorías es muy estrecha.

Las apps móviles también hacen su aparición, si bien es cierto que el enorme impulso y actividad que pudimos ver en este campo hace unos años se ha visto frenado en estos últimos tiempos, si bien sigue habiendo iniciativas nuevas y valiosas para la lectura en dispositivos móviles. Muchas de ellas, precisamente, en el ámbito de la edición infantil y educativa para los primeros años de formación de los niños.

5. El verdadero valor de la disrupción y la innovación en el mundo del libro

Si miramos los antecedentes de las startups relacionadas con el sector, no tenemos que mirar más que al mismo Internet, luego a Apple o Facebook para ver que han sido tan disruptivos en este sector como en muchos otros.

Para pensar en las primeras startups en el mundo del libro hay que pensar en un elemento que haya sido realmente disruptivo en él, es decir, el elemento que ha transformado totalmente un sector tan tradicional como el editorial, que llevaba siglos sin apenas sufrir un cambio significativo, salvo quizá la entrada de la informática e Internet. Pero esto, insistimos, afectó a todos los sectores, y no al editorial en particular. El elemento eminentemente disruptor del mundo del libro ha sido sin duda Amazon.

Cuando Amazon dejó de ser sólo un tienda al por menor de libros, en principio de segunda mano, para poner su mirada y esfuerzos en el formato digital en relación directa al Kindle, fue el momento en el que legitimaron la posibilidad de la disrupción total en el sector editorial. Ha demostrado que podía hacerlo, y ha abierto la puerta para que otros aceleren la transformación del sector. Las reacciones a la defensiva de la parte tradicional del negocio (dejando ahora al margen las lógicas querellas sobre precios y presiones abusivas del ahora gigante global) parecían demostrar que Amazon tenía razón en cuanto a su potencial disruptor. Para bien o para mal, pero ya está hecho y ha sido un punto de inflexión definitivo para todo el sector.

El impulso final en toda esta transformación del sector ha sido sin duda –y así lo hemos señalado en diversas ocasiones a través de las Tendencias en Dosdoce– el crecimiento del móvil desde el lanzamiento del primer iPhone en 2007, pocos meses antes del Kindle. El iPhone condujo al iPad que a su vez condujo a otra serie de tabletas diferentes. Ahora la lectura digital está disponible en una amplia gama de dispositivos, siendo el móvil la que más crece como herramienta de lectura general, y fundamental en los países en desarrollo, según la propia UNESCO.

6. El coste de la innovación

Muchas de las startups que hace años vimos crecer hoy ya no existen. Otras han pivotado y se han reconvertido. Las tasas de “fracaso” en las startups son altas, del mismo modo que hay muchas editoriales nuevas que no llegan a cumplir los 5 años de actividad. La idea de “fracaso” es relativa (por eso la entrecomillamos), dado que muchas empresas que no terminan de germinar son el germen de otras que sí funcionan. La experiencia adquirida hace que cada paso o fase construyan proyectos más sólidos, en ocasiones pasando de los contenidos a los servicios, o del B2C al B2B, o viceversa.

También depende de qué determine lo que es y no es una startup. Si su propia fundación o registro, o un mínimo de financiación que abale su estatus. Como señala Thad, en CB Insights han prestado mucha atención a estas cuestiones y señalan que las razones de las caídas de las startups son sorprendentemente difíciles de identificar en un principio. Muchas startups están paradas, o incluso muertas, pero siguen pululando, con un nivel de actividad a medio gas. En CB Insights encontraron que el 55% de las startups fallidas llegaron a recaudar 1 millón de dólares, o algo menos. El 71% de las desaparecidas duró menos de dos años después de su última ronda de financiación. Lo mismo que duran algunas editoriales, y sin tanta financiación externa.

El análisis de ‘empresas fallidas’ en el informe de CB Insights encontraron que la principal razón para el “fracaso” fue la falta de una necesidad real para su producto en el mercado (42%) seguido por la falta de inversión (29%). En términos generales, la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de Estados Unidos mostró que la mayoría de las empresas que caen lo hacen en los dos primeros años (34%). Después de 4 años, el 56% acaba cayendo.

7. Oportunidades para las startups en la industria del libro, y viceversa

Como hemos señalado en diversas ocasiones al hablar de innovación y modelos de negocio, no hay una solución segura o única para todos los casos. Lo que sí que es más evidente es que la principal ventaja competitiva en la era digital es la creación de economías de escala a través de la agregación de tecnologías, contenidos y servicios. Y esto también incluye al mundo del libro.

La irrupción no parece un motivo muy probable para que una startup quiera entrar en la industria del libro, o al menos en la edición comercial, pero sí lo puede ser la innovación. Desde los comienzos de la transformación digital hasta estos momentos siguen surgiendo nuevas empresas y proyectos que asumen el reto de reinventar la forma del libro narrativo (apps, libros enriquecidos, multimedia, libro-juegos, transmedia, etc.), la mayoría de momento con relativo éxito en comparación con las formas tradicionales de edición impresa.

La autoedición parece representar la nueva alternativa, casi cerca de la disrupción, si bien el prestigio de la edición profesional (tradicional) sigue teniendo su atractivo para muchos autores nobeles.

¿Qué hay de interrupción en lo que se denomina indistintamente autoedición o auto-publicación? Según Data Guy se trata de un negocio de 500 millones de dólares, que en sí mismo no es una gran oportunidad agregada. Como distribuidores, Amazon y sus competidores retienen alrededor de un tercio de estos ingresos. Plataformas de servicios de publicación como Smashwords y Draft2Digital pueden alcanzar cerca del 10%. De modo que las primeras empresas con enfoque en la autoedición están tratando de obtener un recorte de 300 millones de dólares de ingresos netos. Author Earnings señala algunos datos interesantes.

Algo menos de 10.000 autores (9.900) ganan $ 10,000 o más por año a través de Amazon.com

La mitad de estos ganan más $ 25,000 por año

1.000 autores independientes que debutaron en los últimos 3 años ganaron más de $ 25,000 por año.

Si tomamos los 10.000 dólares en ganancias como un umbral para que un autor independiente esté interesado en los servicios de estas startups, el mercado objetivo es considerablemente pequeño. Pero las aspiraciones son lo que son, y sin duda muchos autores con perspectivas de ventas más modestas pagan por estos para tratar de elevar su posición. Cuántos y cuánto es la pregunta.

Cuando se piensa en irrupción, la competencia y oportunidad Thad sugiere mirar a Netflix y a su CEO Reed Hastings señalando algunos aspectos sobre la competencia:

“Si se piensa en sus últimos 30 días y analiza las tardes en las que no vio Netflix, se puede comprender la amplitud de nuestra competencia. Ya sea que se haya jugado con videojuegos, se haya navegado por la web, se haya visto un DVD, televisión o navegado por YouTube, leído un libro, una retransmisión por Hulu o Amazon, o incluso contenido pirateado, puede ver el mercado para el tiempo de ocio y descanso es enorme, y no somos más que un pequeño bote en un vasto mar.”

8. Doce apuntes sobre las startups en el mundo del libro

La industria editorial no está se está muriendo, se está transformando. Aparte de la llegada de los libros digitales, ha habido poca disrupción (que no es necesaria) pero sí ha habido innovación (si bien aunque se puede pensar en las “superlibrerías” como una innovación, estas no se originaron en la industria del libro). Otra cosa es que la innovación ha venido en la mayoría de los casos de fuera del sector del libro. Por eso son tan importantes las alianzas con startups, así como la atención a incubadoras o hackathons que puedan ayudar al mundo del libro desenvolverse mejor en un entorno cada vez más digital, aún cuando hablemos de libros de papel y librerías físicas.

El gran cambio en la edición es el crecimiento de la auto-publicación (principalmente de libros digitales). Un informe de 2015, elaborado por la consultora Nielsen, revela que los libros autoeditados representaron el 12% del total de ventas en Reino Unido, mientras que en Estados Unidos, según los propios editores, la autoedición se incrementó un 58% con respecto del año anterior. El negocio de la autoedición representa ahora unos 500 millones de dólares en gastos de consumo; la gran mayoría de esos ebooks son de ficción. Con las ventas de libros de comercio de los Estados Unidos (en todas las materias) de aproximadamente 6.700 millones de dólares en 2015, la autoedición tiene una cuota de mercado del 7,5%. Se puede estimar que hay más de 500.000 autores activos auto-publicados en Estados Unidos (muchos ganan sólo unos pocos dólares al año).

En España, uno de cada cuatro ebooks vendidos es un libro autoeditado, según el informe Global Ebook. Aquí se mantiene el poder de Amazon, ya que entre el 40% y 45% de las ventas digitales de las editoriales independientes españolas y latinoamericanas tiene lugar en esta plataforma. Este es el mercado que la mayoría de las startups están persiguiendo ahora, junto al Big Data aplicado al sector.

Como es de suponer –y aunque la lista no es definitiva dado que esperamos que otros países aporten startups propias de su mercado que seguro conocen mejor–, el país que más startups aporta al mundo del libro es Estados Unidos con un 53,46%. Le siguen el Reino Unido (12,13%), Francia (5,3%), España (4,40%), Canadá (3,86%), Alemania (3,50%) e India (1,98%). No obstante, como se descubre en el libro Startup Nation, una de las características de las startups es que pueden surgir en países mucho más pequeños, de economía más débil, aportando un mayor índice de competitividad a la economía de la innovación en un país. A medida que la lista crezca con iniciativas de otros países, es posible que veamos algunas sorpresas más.

Los “emprendedores” de las startups parecen tener poca experiencia dentro del ámbito editorial para llevar sus esfuerzos al máximo. En nuestro informe de 2013 apenas el 4 % de las startups participantes ofrecían soluciones tecnológicas para atender otros procesos esenciales en el sector, como la gestión de derechos de autor, la edición interna de manuscritos, etc. Esto está suponiendo un amplio abanico de oportunidades de negocio que no están siendo atendidas por las actuales iniciativas digitales. La comunicación y la colaboración directa entre el mundo del libro y las startups (insistimos que promover por parte del sector las mencionadas incubadoras o los hackatons es una manera de comenzar) son una de las claves del buen éxito de estas startups y valor seguro para las editoriales.

Muy pocas startups (15%) tienen alguna inversión declarada. Las empresas en su mayoría usan recursos propios. Según nuestro informe de 2013 sobre la relación del sector con las startups, un 68% de los emprendedores señalaba que muchos inversores desconocían las singularidades del sector cultural y que este desconocimiento generaba muchos prejuicios y malentendidos. Asimismo, un 54% de los emprendedores admitía que la mala imagen que tiene el sector por su escasa inversión en innovación en los últimos años posiblemente sea una de las causas por las que no atraiga a más inversores.

Muchas de estas startups del ámbito del libro no son sólo pequeñas: son minúsculas. En muchos casos no hay startup, por así decir, sólo un sitio web y buenas intenciones. La comercialización y promoción es mínima. Estas empresas deberían hacer una pausa y reimaginar cómo su empresa tendría que operar si tuvieran que obtener ganancias a través de un negocio alojado online o bajo un modelo plataforma. ¿Y si tuvieran que generar 25,000 euros en un solo año sin un sitio web? ¿Cómo identificarían a sus audiencias en el sector? ¿Cuál sería la propuesta de venta? ¿Qué haría que un cliente pagara por su producto o servicio? En la actualidad, la mentalidad común es “si lo construimos o desarrollamos, vendrán”, sin más, como si fuera así de sencillo. Una estrategia que suele ser errónea.

La innovación es muy diferente a la disrupción. No es que muchas de las startups piensen que están siendo disruptivas en el negocio editorial, pero varias hacen afirmaciones tales como que vienen a revolucionar el papel del lector, el papel del agente o el equilibrio de poder entre escritores y minoristas. Como dice Elizabeth Spiers, demasiadas startups “piensan que las empresas establecidas están usando modelos fallidos porque son idiotas y no porque los problemas no se resuelven fácilmente”. Muchas de estas startups están tratando de solucionar un problema que de hecho no existe. Los libros son una tecnología depurada. Funcionan. Los autores autopublicados posiblemente tienen acceso a todos los servicios que necesitan entre los programas Kindle de Amazon y algunas de las firmas de servicios de autoedición más grandes como la mencionada Smashwords o similares. Innovar para no destruir.

Un buen “pequeño negocio” puede ser algo muy diferente de una oportunidad de capital riesgo. Es otra trampa de la mentalidad de las startups. Si muchas de estas empresas se vieran a sí mismas como empresas comprometidas a largo plazo en lugar de pequeñas compañías que le van a dar su gran lección al mundo del libro o que pronto podrán ser adquiridas por otras más grandes, quizá serían capaces de durar un poco más.

Wattpad es una de las compañías que ha sido el faro o guía para muchas startups en el sector del libro, y con todo, diez años después de su lanzamiento hay poco cambio discernible que se pueda atribuir a su influencia, si bien un grupo de otras startups similares también animan a los escritores a escribir fragmentos cortos de ficción a diario o más o menos frecuentemente. Es decir, muchas startups han crecido a la sombra de startups anteriores sin realmente innovar mucho más que su modelo a seguir.

La edición de libros nunca ha sido una industria tecnológica. De hecho, históricamente tiene aversión a la tecnología. Este es un desafío para las startups que están dirigidas a las empresas editoriales existentes. A pesar de de todo, en esta nueva era tecnológica y de participación, todas las editoriales deberían establecer algún tipo de alianza estratégicas para poder afrontar los retos de la era digital si se quiere participar de ella. Además, las editoriales también deberían recordar que se trataría de sentir la alianza en los dos sentidos y dar a conocer tales alianzas, las razones y qué va a suponer para el consumidor final. Las editoriales son las que ya tienen las audiencias, no las startups, por tanto son las que pueden llegar a un público mucho mayor. Siendo como es el editorial la punta de lanza de todo el sector cultural, al él le corresponde la responsabilidad mayor de dar una imagen pública de trasformación y evolución.

Los audiolibros, después de la autoedición, están siendo el nuevo gran dorado del sector editorial. En la actualidad la oferta de audiolibros en español supera los 3.000 títulos aproximadamente, frente al apenas millar de hace sólo unos años. Las cifras sobre este mercado en EE.UU. muestran que en 2015 se descargaron 3,88 millones, lo que supuso una cifra de 205,8 millones de dólares, según la Asociación de Editores Americanos. La Asociación de Editores de Audiolibros también refrenda esos datos, con un aumento de ventas del 24%, y con 9.630 títulos más con respecto al año anterior.

Las startups, como las editoriales, deben de pensar en los nuevos modelos de negocio que ofrece Internet a la hora de determinar el valor que su compañía puede ofrecer a las editoriales.

9. Sobre el proceso de elaboración del estudio, información sobre
Dosdoce.com y créditos

En la elaboración del estudio han participado Kershama St. Luce, José Antonio Vázquez y Javier Celaya de Dosdoce.com

Este estudio nace de la iniciativa de Thad McIlroy –involucrado desde finales de los 90 en el trabajo de empresas tecnológicas aplicadas al mundo del libro, tanto como inversor como consultor–, que publicó a finales de 2016 el informe ‘An Authoritative Look at Book Publishing Startups In the United States’, donde se da una relación actual de cerca de 900 startups en relación al mundo del libro y que se comenzó a compilar a principios de 2012. La lista actualizada que aporta Thad y que acompaña a este documento ahora también actualizada por nosotros) nace de una lista que Michael Bashkar ya había elaborado, de modo que en ese momento ambos estaban en la misma labor recopilatoria.

En Dosdoce hemos querido darle un enfoque más global (fijándonos sobre todo en el espectro español y latinoamericano, sumando también algunas iniciativas europeas que nos parecen destacables), y quizá un punto más tecnológico a la hora de establecer la relación de startups (de 900 han pasado a 1.130 startups). Una revisión con la esperanza de que otras consultoras o entidades de diferentes países continúen la labor de completarla en la medida de lo posible.

El diseño y conversión a formato digital ha sido realizada por Emiliano Molina.

ISBN: 978-84-946045-9-1

Se permite la copia y distribución de este estudio por cualquier medio, siempre que mantenga el reconocimiento de sus autores, no se haga uso comercial de la obra y no se realice ninguna modificación de ella.

Sobre Dosdoce.com

Dosdoce.com es un portal que analiza el uso de las nuevas tecnologías en el mundo del libro. Desde sus inicios en 2004, el objetivo de Dosdoce.com ha sido animar a editoriales, librerías, bibliotecas, museos, fundaciones, etc., a utilizar todo tipo de tecnologías y a entender mejor las implicaciones y beneficios derivados de su uso en sus entidades.

A lo largo de estos años, Dosdoce.com ha elaborado más de 50 estudios e informes sobre el uso de las nuevas tecnologías en diferentes ámbitos del sector cultural. En noviembre de 2005 su primer estudio: El papel de la comunicación en la promoción del libro. En 2006 dos nuevos estudios: El uso de las tecnologías Web 2.0 en entidades culturales y Los retos de las editoriales independientes. En octubre de 2007 el estudio Tendencias Web 2.0 en el sector editorial. En octubre de 2008, conjuntamente con la red social Ediciona, publicaron el estudio La digitalización del libro en España . En 2009 publicaron tres estudios: La visibilidad de las ciudades en la Web 2.0 (a principios de año), Visibilidad de los museos en la Web 2.0 (en octubre ) y Digitalización del libro y uso de las redes sociales (en noviembre). En 2010 publicaron el estudio Las galerías de arte en la web 2.0 y la Chuleta de las redes sociales, que ya ha superado las 20.000 descargas. Se inició el año 2011 con la publicación de la segunda edición del estudio Las galerías de arte en la web 2.0, y a mitad de año el estudio Fútbol 2.0, que analiza de qué manera los clubes de fútbol están incorporando las tecnologías 2.0 en sus estrategias de comunicación y en la promoción de sus equipos, jugadores, eventos, etc. Y terminaron el año 2011 con la publicación en septiembre del estudio Industria editorial 2.0, en noviembre, el estudio Conexiones entre museos en las redes sociales, de la infografía Derechos de los usuarios en la nube y de las versiones en catalán, inglés y portugués de la Chuleta de las redes sociales.

Comenzaron el año 2012 publicando la Cronología de la edición digital (1912-2012), la publicación de las versiones en catalán y euskera de la infografía Derechos de los usuarios en la nube y de los resultados de la encuesta Anatomía del perfil del editor digital. En septiembre de ese mismo año publicaron el estudio El directivo y las redes sociales, en colaboración con la Fundación CEDE y el Grupo BPMO.

Dosdoce.com inició el año 2013 dando a conocer un nuevo estudio, Cómo colaborar con startups, que reflexiona sobre cómo mejorar las relaciones entre las empresas que conforman el mundo del libro (editoriales, librerías, bibliotecas, etc.) y las famosas startups (empresas tecnológicas de reciente creación). En mayo de este mismo año sacaron un nuevo estudio: Los museos en la era digital. El equipo de Dosdoce.com finalizó el año con Global Ebook, un estudio que analiza la rápida evolución de los libros electrónicos en los mercados de Estados Unidos y Reino Unido, así como detalles pormenorizados de los mercados del libro digital que paulatinamente cobran forma en Europa, Brasil, China, India, Rusia y el mundo árabe.

En 2014, Dosdoce.com publicó 6 nuevos estudios. Inició el año publicando el estudio Apps educativas, que analiza el enorme crecimiento de estas herramientas como nuevas vías de acceso al conocimiento. Posteriormente publicó la Chuleta digital para las bibliotecas, una infografía que pretende convertirse en una guía de referencia para los profesionales del mundo del libro que quieran conocer las aplicaciones que ofrece la nueva generación de tecnologías en los distintos ámbitos de las bibliotecas.

En colaboración con Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) publicó en abril de 2014 el primer Anuario AC/E de cultura digital, que tiene como objetivo convertirse en un documento anual de referencia que analice la evolución de las tendencias digitales en el mundo de la cultura, y que cada año pondrá el foco en un sector determinado. El anuario está estructurado en dos partes principales: la primera aporta un análisis de las tendencias digitales en el mundo de la cultura a través de nueve ensayos transversales que tocan todos los sectores culturales, realizados por especialistas en la materia. La segunda consiste en un estudio de casos de buenas prácticas, nacionales e internacionales, que detectan y exponen el impacto que están teniendo las nuevas tecnologías sobre un sector cultural específico; en el caso de esta primera edición, versó sobre las artes escénicas e hizo hincapié en ejemplos de casos de éxito.

En colaboración con Biografías Personales, Dosdoce.com publicó en junio de 2014 un estudio sobre el impacto de la autoedición en el sector editorial. El estudio Autores independientes: la irrupción de la revolución indie tiene como objetivo aportar a los profesionales del mundo del libro –ya sean editores, agentes, autores, libreros o bibliotecarios– un amplio análisis sobre el impacto de la autoedición en el sector editorial, para que cada uno de ellos pueda determinar sus oportunidades de negocio y los beneficios derivados de esta actividad.

En colaboración con Publishing Perspectives y Actualidad Editorial publicaron en septiembre la segunda edición de la Guía de autores de la Feria del Libro de Frankfurt con todo tipo de claves, sugerencias y recomendaciones para ayudar a los autores a sacar el máximo rendimiento a su visita a Frankfurt.

Por último, terminaron el año 2014 elaborando para CEDRO el estudio Nuevos modelos de negocio en la era digital, con motivo del lanzamiento de su plataforma conlicencia.com, que permite a los usuarios acceder a más de 6 millones de obras en español.

En 2015, Dosdoce.com publicó 5 nuevos estudios e infografías. Inició el año publicando la infografía Aspectos clave a tener en cuenta en el préstamo digital, una infografía que pretende convertirse en una guía de referencia para los profesionales de las bibliotecas que quieran conocer las 12 claves para poner en marcha con éxito un proyecto de préstamo digital para bibliotecas públicas, municipales o escolares.

En colaboración con Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) publicaron en marzo de 2015 el segundo Anuario AC/E de cultura digital, que tiene como objetivo convertirse en un documento anual de referencia que analice la evolución de las tendencias digitales en el mundo de la cultura. Este año el anuario ha centrado sus esfuerzos en analizar el impacto de las nuevas tecnologías en el mundo de los museos.

En colaboración con Bookwire, la plataforma líder de distribución de ebooks de editoriales independientes y especializadas, publicó en abril de 2015 el informe Evolución y Tendencias de los mercados digitales en Latinoamérica. Este documento ofrece una serie de cifras y perspectivas claves para ayudar a los profesionales del sector editorial de todo el mundo a entender la transformación que está teniendo lugar en los mercados en idioma español y portugués, así como las oportunidades de negocio derivadas de dicha transformación.

Dosdoce.com publicó en septiembre de 2015, en colaboración con Biografías Personales, la segunda actualización del estudio Autores indies. El auge de la autoedición. Esta publicación tiene como objetivo aportar a los profesionales del mundo del libro –ya sean editores, agentes, autores, libreros o bibliotecarios– un amplio análisis sobre el impacto de la autoedición en el sector editorial, para que cada uno de ellos pueda determinar sus oportunidades de negocio y los beneficios derivados de esta actividad.

En septiembre de 2015, también se publicó la Guía de modelos de compra de licencias de ebooks, un documento que pretende convertirse en una guía de referencia para los profesionales de las bibliotecas que quieran conocer las singularidades y aspectos clave a tener en cuenta de los diferentes modelos de adquisición de contenidos digitales. Elaboraron la segunda edición del estudio La evolución de los nuevos modelos de negocio en la era digital, con el patrocinio de CEDRO que tiene como objetivo compartir con los profesionales del mundo del libro –ya sean editores, agentes, autores, libreros o bibliotecarios– un análisis amplio y actualizado sobre los modelos de negocio existentes en Internet, para que puedan determinar las oportunidades de negocio y los beneficios derivados de cada uno de ellos.

En 2016 publicó las infografías “12 aspectos clave en la edición digital”; “Cómo enriquecer la visita física a las bibliotecas con tecnología” y “Cómo encuentran los lectores su próxima lectura”. También colaboró con Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) en la elaboración de la tercera edición del Anuario AC/E 2016: Cultura Inteligente, así como en la segunda edición del informe “Evolución y tendencias digitales en Latinoamerica” en colaboración con Bookwire.

A lo largo del año también publicamos los informes Digital Trends in the Spanish Markets El informe “Global Ebook” de Rüdiger Wischenbart, traducido y adaptado al español por Biografías Personales y Dosdoce.com.

Por tercer año consecutivo, Dosdoce con el patrocinio y colaboración de CEDRO, ha realizado una actualización del estado y consolidación de los modelos de negocio en la era digital dentro del mundo del libro.

Iniciamos el año 2017 con la publicación de la infografía “Evolución de los audiolibros en español” y posteriormente publicamos el estudio “Exporta tus libros sin vender los derechos de traducción”. Próximamente publicaremos también la tercera edición del informe “Evolución y tendencias digitales en Latinoamerica” en colaboración con Bookwire.

Más información contactar con:

Javier Celaya
jcelaya@dosdoce.com
www.dosdoce.com

10. Directorio Global de Startups del mundo del libro

Listado original de Thad McIlroy de The Future of Publishing. Actualizado por Dosdoce.com
Mayo 2017

N°

Name

$$ raised

Status

Description/Mission Statement

Classification

Country

1

0s&1s

Digital literature that is independent, pro-author, green & ambitious

Original Content

United States

2

123 Library

Online ebook reader and publishing platform

Original Content

United Kingdom

3

1440 Innovation

30k

Ingram’s publishing startup accelerator

Investment

United States

4

20Lines

Aquired by HarperCollins Italia Feb 2016

Stories of 240 lines, perfect every time you have 5 spare minutes

Original Content

Italy

5

24symbols

$2.94M

In May 2013, Zed took a 32% stake

Subscription service

Subscription

Spain

6

29th Street Publishing

Cloud-hosted publishing tools: all you need to produce an app

Tools & Services

United States

7

3DPageFlip Software Co.

Create 3D page flip magazines

Tools & Services

China

8

52 Novels

Produces ebook design and production services for independent authors and publishers’

Tools & Services

United States

9

ABCtales

A place for writers to share, discuss and develop their work

Original Content

United Kingdom

10

aBook

Product of isle-audio

An audbile reading experience’

Audio

Germany

11

Above The Treeline

Administrative tools platform that facillitates transactions between publishers, retailers and libraries

Tools & Services

United States

12

AcademicPub

Owned by, see SharedBook Inc.

Custom course material

Education

United States

13

Accel.io

Name change to Guides.co

Accel.io Publishes Guides for Everything

Original Content

Canada

14

ACX

Owned by Amazon

Turn your book into an audiobook

Audio

United States

15

Adaptive Studios

Premium content across emerging & traditional distribution platforms

Original Content

United States

16

Addictive Pages

Website gone

Diital publisher that releases books in television serial format

Original Content

France

17

Adobe Systems Inc.

Multimedia software developer

Original Content

United States

18

AdrènaLivre

Interactive reading apps

eReader

France

19

Advance Editions

Bold new approach to publishing, drawing on reader engagement worldwide

Original Content

United Kingdom

20

Aer.io/Aerbook

Acquired by Ingram Dec, 2015

Create a digital book storefront

Retail

United States

21

Afictionado

404: Page not found

A pay-monthly ebook library

Subscription

United Kingdom

22

Alexi

Personal recommendations from notable writers

Discovery

United Kingdom

23

All Romance eBooks

closed December 2016

A distribution site for electronic romance

Original Content

United States

24

Alta Editions

$19k

Funding via Kickstarter

A library of exceptional cookbooks

Original Content

United States

25

Amazon.com

Online bookselling

Retail

United States

26

Amazon Kindle ecosphere

Reach millions of readers worldwide and keep control of your work

Retail

United States

27

Amphio

former Touchpress team

Creating products at the intersection of software development and media production

Tools & Services

United Kinggdom

28

aNobii

?

Acquired by Mondadori March, 2014

Social network allowing readers to find & share books with others

Social

Italy

29

Anoda Publishing

mybestseller.com company

Online self-publishing platform and distributor

Tools & Services

The Netherlands

30

Anthologize

A free, open-source, WordPress-based platform for publishing

Tools & Services

United States

31

Anvil Academic

Last Tweet 14 Apr 2015

Scholarly publisher of digital research in the humanities

Original Content

United States

32

Any New Books?

Last blog entry, May 15, 2011

A free new book notification service

Free

Canada

33

Apabi Reader

Apabi Reader for iOS supports CEBX, EPUB, PDF, and TXT file formats

eReader

China

34

Appstafarian

Marvin and Gerty ereading apps

eReader

Malta

35

Apple - iBooks

An ebook application by Apple for iOS and OS X

Retail

United States

36

Aquafadas

$1.77M

Acquired by Kobo; no price given

Software to create interactive content

Tools & Services

France

37

Arcade Sunshine

Digital publishing and production company

Tools & Services

United States

38

Archicol

Provides editing and ebook production services for publishers

Tools & Services

France

39

Archive of Our Own

A nonprofit central hosting place for fanworks

Social

United States

40

ArrobaBooks

Digital imprint of Grupo Planeta

Reading club’ and eBook retailer

Discovery

Spain

41

Árvore

Online library aimed at teachers and students

Education

Brazil

42

Assignmint

Last tweet Jan 2015

Essential software for writers

Tools & Services

United States

43

Astor & Blue Editions

An innovative “Digital First” publisher

Original Content

United States

44

Atavist

$3.43M

Make a story, design it your way, share it

Tools & Services

United States

45

Atavist Books

Closed October, 2014

A multiplatform book company

Original Content

United States

46

AtContent

Last tweet March 2015

Cross-blogging and content distribution platform

Original Content

United States

47

Antigo

Funded by Publit and Axiell

Bridging the gap in e-lending between publishers and libraries

Tools & Services

Sweden

48

Audible (Amazon)

Acquired by Amazon in 2008 for $300 million

A seller and producer of spoken audio entertainment

Audio

United States

49

Audiobooks.com

Acquired by RB Media April 2017. (Owned by Simply Audiobooks)

App-based streaming and download service for audiobooks

Audio

Canada

50

AudiobooksNow

The premier service for downloading and streaming audiobooks

Audio

United States

51

Audioteka

Buy the audiobook and listen in the mobile app’

Audio

Spain

52

Audvisor

Library of short clips giving business advice

Audio

United Kingdom

53

Autharium

Site gone

Discovering great writers and publishing their work

Discovery

United Kingdom

54

Autography

Last tweet Feb 2016

Patented technology for autographing ebooks and other digital media

Tools & Services

United States

55

Authonomy

Closed by HarperCollins 2015

An online community for aspiring writers

Social

United Kingdom

56

Authorbee

Social media filter that creates stories from tweets

Discovery

United States

57

Authorea

$2.11M

Write and manage your research documents in one place, for free

Education

United States

58

Authorgraph

Last blog entry 2013

Signed e-books. Personalized digital inscriptions

Tools & Services

United States

59

AuthorHouse

Part of Author Solutions

Leading provider of supported self-publishing services

Tools & Services

United States

60

Authorlink

Online news, information, and marketing service

Tools & Services

United States

61

Authorly

$640k

Last tweet August 2014

A digital publishing platform for creating storybook apps

Tools & Services

United States

62

Author Marketing Club

Authors working together to help each other learn how to promote their books

Marketing

United States

63

Author Marketing Institute

Advance the practice of author marketing for writers of any kind

Marketing

United States

64

AuthorPad

Ingram-funded

Our main thrust is in digital distribution of books (Zimbabwe)

Retail

Zimbabwe

65

AuthorPortal

Record storage for authors and publishers

Tools & Services

United States

66

Authorship.me

Ingram-funded

The science behind the art of writing

Tools & Services

Brazil

67

AUTHORS.me

Ingram grant

Get your manuscript discovered by the right agent or publisher

Tools & Services

United States

68

Author Solutions

Acquired by Penguin in 2011; Sold to Najafi Co., Jan 2016

Self publishing services

Tools & Services

United States

69

Baen Free Library

A number of its free Baen in electronic format

Free

United States

70

Bajalibros

Launched by Grupo VI-DA in 2011

Latin American online ebookseller and reading app

Retail

Argentina

71

Baobab

$40k

No activity since 2013

Netflix for books and toys

Subscription

United States

72

Bardowl

Closed Jan 2015

iPhone app offering unlimited audiobook streaming

Audio

United Kingdom

73

Bargain Booksy

Deals on Bestselling Ebooks

Free

United States

74

Batch

Administrative tools platform that facillitates transactions between booksellers and their suppliers

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

75

Barnes & Noble NOOK

?

Microsoft invested $600M in 5/12; withdrew

Hardware backed with content

eReader

United States

76

Beacon Reader

Crowdfunding app for news sources

Subscription

United States

77

Bebookness

Online self-publishing platform and distributor

Tools & Services

Spain

78

Bedford Square Books

Make available to readers books we love that have gone out of print

Original Content

United Kingdom

79

Bedtime VR Stories

Powered by Samsung / Unit 9

VR stories for parents and children to enjoy

Children’s

United Kingdom

80

BeeLine Reader

Faster reading with color

eReader

United States

81

Beemgee

Outlining tool for authors

Tools & Services

Germany

82

Bee The Books

Website gone

Bringing young children and books together in a real fun way

Children’s

Ireland

83

Beneath the Ink

Last tweet Nov 2015

Provides intuitive, digital content creation for both web and ebook publishing

Tools & Services

United States

84

Benchprep

$7.8M

An adaptive learning platform

Education

United States

85

Beneylu Quest

Subscription service where kids receiver installments of a story each month

Children’s

France

86

Berkeley Electronic Press

Delivers scholarly communications and publishing services for academic institutions

Tools & Services

France

87

BestSeller Book Club

As of June 16 “relaunching soon”

Unclear what it actually does

Subscription

88

Betterbook

Acquired by Inkling Sept. 2013

Original, how-to ebooks designed exclusively for touchscreen devices

Original Content

United States

89

Better World Books

$4.5M

A social enterprise that collects and sells books online to fund global literacy initiatives

Education

United States

90

Beyond Books

$10k

Kickstarter funding

An immersive storytelling app

Tools & Services

United States

91

Bibblio

$42k

Provides tools to let users discover content

Discovery

United Kingdom

92

Biblioboard

Community engagement tools for libraries

Social

United States

93

Bibliocloud

Publishing management system software

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

94

Bibliocrunch

THE place for authors to meet vetted professionals and work together to create better books

Tools & Services

United States

95

Bibliogo

The science & technology RSS reader

eReader

United States

96

BiblioLabs

See Biblioboard

Curates and publishes historical materials in digital formats

Original Content

United States

97

BiblioMeta

SaaS API metadata platform for the book publishing industry

Tools & Services

United States

98

Bibliomotion

Acquired by Taylor & Francis in 2016

A next-generation publisher

Original Content

United States/United Kingdom

99

BiblioNasium

Kids connect with friends, parents and teachers to share and recommend their favorite books

Children’s

United States

100

Bibliotech

Website active, no social media updates since February 2017

Textbook subscription service

Textbooks

United Kingdom

101

Bibliotechnia

*lanzamiento 2007

Comprises of digital books from different libraries, accessible to their users

Free

Mexico

102

bibliotheca

From 3M

The global leader of self-service solutions for libraries

Tools & Services

US, Germany

103

Bidi

Launched by Grupo VI-DA in 2014

Digital library for educational institutions

Tools & Services

Argentina

104

Big Bang Press

$53,890k

Raised from a $40k target Kickstarter campaign

Publisher for the fan writing community

Original Content

United Kingdom

105

Big Boost Media

Website down

A media consultancy with expertise across digital and traditional marketing channels

Tools & Services

United States

106

Bigwords

Compare textbook prices from all the best online stores at once

Textbooks

United States

107

Bindworx

This site can’t be reached

You can buy the content you want, when you want, in the format you want

Free

United Kingdom

108

Bilbary

Closed April, 2014

International e-bookstore and rentals

Education

Luxembourg

109

Bilibok

Customizable children’s books

Children’s

France

110

Bitlit

See Shelfie

Obtain ebooks of print books you own

Discovery

Canada

111

BitTorrent Bundle

The best way for people to connect is directly: over the movies, music and stories they love

Social

United States

112

BizBookLab

No web site

Identifies, develops, and launches business books around the world

Original Content

United States

113

Blablalivre

Last facebook post Oct 2016

Book reviews in 140 characters

Original Content

France

114

Blackbird Digital Books

(Site gone), Website and Facebook now active

(Blackbird Digital Books is run on the principles of the Diamond Cutter Sutra) Digital publishing platform

Original Content

United Kingdom

115

Blasty

Monitor Google for illegal copies of your content

Tools & Services

United States

116

Blavox

Self-publishing online platform for audibooks

Tools & Services

Spain

117

Blendle

A radical experiment with micropayments in journalism

Tools & Services

The Netherlands

118

blinkbox

Acquired by TalkTalk on January 8, 2015

Entertainment streaming service

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

119

Blinkist

Read the most important insights from non-fiction books in 15 minutes.

Original Content

Germany

120

Blinu

Product of Inarsoft

Allows publishers to monitize their books through ecommerce tools

Tools & Services

Spain

121

Blio

Customer support discontinued 2014

Books, eBooks, gifts and more - all at great prices

Free

United States

122

Blloon

Closed October 2015

E-book Subscription Service

Subscription

United Kingdom

123

Bluefire Reader

Brandable, white label ereading apps for iOS, Android and Windows

eReader

United States

124

BlueGriffon

A WYSIWYG content editor for the World Wide Web

Tools & Services

France

125

Blue Plantet Tales

Interactive storybook app

Children’s

Spain

126

Blurb

$19.05M

Self-publishing platform for illustrated books

Tools & Services

United States

127

Bondfire Books

Website inactive

An epublisher publishing fiction and nonfiction

Original Content

United States

128

BONZOI

$189k

Last blog entry Oct 2014

Collaborative book publishing & e-commerce platform

Tools & Services

United States

129

Bookarang

Book recommendations based on algorythms

Discovery

Netherlands

130

BookArmy

Shut by HarperCollins UK in 2010

Social networking and book recommendation tool

Social

United States

131

Bookateria

Online Book Discovery Platform from Publishers Lunch and Random House Launch

Discovery

United States

132

BookBaby

AVL Digital family of media businesses

We make it easy to publish your book worldwide

Tools & Services

United States

133

Bookbeat

Launched by Bonnier in 2015

Audiobook retailer

Audio

Sweden

134

Bookbites

Developed with support of Ministry of Children, Education and Equality, The Ministry of Finance and The Association of Local Governments, Denmark.

Digital school library and reading app

Children’s

Denmark

135

Bookboard

The Bookboard service has been shutdown

Encourage children to develop a lifelong love for reading

Children’s

United States

136

BookBoon

Publishing free quality textbooks written by professors

Free

Denmark

137

BookBox

Last news release March 2012

“AniBooks” to support emergent literacy and language skills

Children’s

India

138

BookBoxClub

Physical book subscription box

Subscription

United Kingdom

139

Bookbridgr

Online resource for book-loving bloggers

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

140

BookBub

$10.8M

Discover free and discounted bestselling ebooks

Free

United States

141

Book Buyback

$1M

Maintenance enabled at: 2013-03-23

Buy and sell used textbooks with free shipping

Textbooks

United States

142

Bookbyte

Rent, buy, and sell used textbooks

Textbooks

United States

143

BookCities

Last tweet Oct 2013

Find good reads for your travels

Discovery

United States

144

Book Country

Launched and owned by Penguin

Social networks for books

Social

United States

145

Bookcoverpedia

Platform for premade book covers

Tools & Services

Croatia

146

Book Creator

The digital notebook for the 21st Century classroom.’

Education

United Kingdom

147

Book Depository

Aquired by amazon.com in 2011

Online bookseller of physical books, offers free shipping worldwide all year round

Retail

United Kingdom

148

Book Engine

Product of Mint Digital

Publishes metadata from a publisher’s website onto all their social media accounts

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

149

BookFinder

Acquired by AbeBooks (11/1/05)

Search website that helps readers buy books online

Discovery

United States

150

BookFrenzy Studios

The first video and email marketing agency specifically for authors

Tools & Services

United States

151

BookFuel

Publish now and pay over time with our guided self-publishing options

Tools & Services

United States

152

BookFusion

Read, share, organize, bookmark and sync all your books

Social

Jamaica

153

BookGarage

Self-publishing services and tools for professionals

Tools & Services

Switzerland

154

BookGenie451

Last tweet Oct 2014

Connecting students with relevant content

Education

United States

155

Book Genome Project

see BookLamp

A tool and a resource for finding books

Discovery

United States

156

BookGig

owned by HarperCollins

Listings of author events in the UK

Discovery

United Kingdom

157

BookGlutton

Closed 2013

People can read & discuss books in the cloud

Social

United States

158

BookGorilla

Daily email with the best deals on the best Kindle ebooks

Free

United States

159

Bookhuddle

Out of business

Allow people to discover, organize, and share book information

Social

United States

160

BookieJar

Last tweet June 2014

Social reading platform offers reader-writer connection

Social

United States

161

Bookigee

$638k

Website shut

Applications & analytics to drive a new book publishing ecosystem

Tools & Services

United States

162

Book in a Box

Authors can outsource the entire writing and publishing process

Tools & Services

United States

163

Bookindy

Get local bookshop prices when you browse Amazon

Retail

United States

164

Bookish

Sold to Zola, then to NetGalley

Gives readers expert book recommendations

Discovery

United States

165

Bookish

Physical book subscription box

Subscription

Spain

166

BookJetty

This site can’t be reached

Catalog your books

Discovery

Singapore

167

Bookarma

Social pay-it-forward platform to reach new readers

Social

United States

168

Bookabook

Crowdfunding Italian publisher

Italy

169

BookLamp

$110k

Acquired by Apple July, 2014 for “between $10M to $15M”

Deep metadata book analysis

Tools & Services

United States

170

Bookle

A Mac app designed to let you read your EPUBs on an iMac screen

eReader

United States

171

Bookle.in

India’s first online bookstore exclusively for children’s books

Children’s

India

172

Bookle.org

Search books in the Italian language

Discovery

Italy

173

BookLinker

One link for your book that works for all Amazon stores

Tools & Services

United States

174

BookLikes

$150k

Blog platform designed for book lovers

Social

Poland

175

Booklive

“This domain is for sale”

In-Flight eBook Service

Retail

Japan

176

BookLogix

We’re not a service provider—we’re a publisher

Original Content

United States

177

Booklr

Launched 2010, acquired by ‘Vook’/’Pronoun’ in 2014. Website no longer up

Data & analytics for publishers

Tools & Services

United States

178

BookMachine

The place to meet the people who make publishing happen

Social

United Kingdom

179

Book Marks

Part of Literary Hub

The Rotten Tomatoes for books

Discovery

United States

180

Book Marq

This site can’t be reached

Social book discovery app

Discovery

United States

181

Bookmate

$6.5M

Social reading service and digital library

Social

Russia

182

Bookmetrix

Product of Springer Link

Complies statistics on books and readers

Tools & Services

Germany

183

BookMob

Acquired by Textbook Rental Canada

Canada’s textbook rental destination

Textbooks

Canada

184

BookMooch

Trade your books with other people

Social

United States

185

BookMovement

Book recommendations for book clubs, delivered via email and the web

Discovery

United States

186

Book of Cooks

Website gone

Connecting culinary professionals with foodies

Original Content

United States

187

Bookollective

One-stop agency for authors, publishers and industry professionals

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

188

Bookopolis

A safe online community for young readers to share favorite books and discover new ones

Children’s

United States

189

BookOS

Out of business

The largest ebook library in the world

Retail

190

Bookrature

$60k

Ebook publishing and distribution platform

Tools & Services

India

191

Bookoture

Digital publishing platform

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

192

BookOutlet

Online bookseller of deeply discounted physical books (excess stock and slightly damaged books from publishers)

Retail

United States

193

BookOven

Last tweet Aug 2012

Text, reading, & writing in the digital age

Tools & Services

Canada

194

Bookperk

Launched by HarperCollins in 2011

Reading app that offers daily deals on HarperCollins’ book catalogue

Dicovery

United States

195

Book Planner

Last tweet June 2016

A book project manager for self-published authors

Tools & Services

United States

196

BookPrep-HP

Last FB post April 2012

Allows book publishers to bring back all their out of print books

Tools & Services

Uited States

197

BookPulse

Last tweet July 2105

A self-service tool for creating online and mobile presence

Tools & Services

Israel

198

BookRenter

Rebranded as Rafter

An online textbook rental site

Textbooks

United States

199

Bookrepublic

Online bookstore and distribution platform specialising in ebooks

Retail

Italy

200

BookRiff

Out of business

Lets readers mix and match licensed content

Original Content

Canada

201

Book Riot

Books and reading -- just as diverse as books and readers are

Discovery

United States

202

BookRix

Last blog entry Sept. 2013

Self-publishing company and online publishing platform for eBooks

Tools & Services

Germany

203

Bookry

Last blog entry Oct 2014

Create interactive widgets for your Multi-Touch books

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

204

Books24x7

A database of e-books in the fields of computing, business, and IT

Education

United States

205

Books4You

Choose what to read based on summaries not cover art

Discovery

Brazil

206

BooksBarter

Site still “Coming Soon”

Buy, sell and rent old books

Retail

India

207

BookScout

“This domain is for sale”

Look up book prices at sites such as Amazon.com, using cell phone or PDA

Retail

United States

208

BookScouter

Sell your textbooks for the most money

Textbooks

United States

209

Bookscreening

Domain for sale

A hub for watching previews of upcoming book releases

Discovery

United States

210

Bookseer

Out of business

Recommends books based on the last one you read

Discovery

United Kingdom

211

BookSellBuy

Free online classified ads for used books

Retail

India

212

Bookselves

App enabling meeting and exchange books in-person

Social

United States

213

Booksfree

Booksfree.com is the oldest online book rental service

Free

United States

214

BooksfreeSwap

A simpler way to swap books and audiobooks online

Social

United States

215

Books From Scratch

Last tweet Oct 2015

A virtual community of writers and readers

Social

United States

216

BooksGoSocial

Social media marketing for authors

Tools & Services

Ireland

217

Bookshorts

see MovingStories.TV

Makes short films inspired by the written word

Tools & Services

Canada

218

BookShots

Pulse-pounding thrillers under $5 and 150 pages or less

Original Content

United States

219

BookShout

$9M

Ingram funded

Reading app plus bulk sales

Retail

United States

220

BooksonBoard

Closed April 2013

The largest independent online retailer of eBooks

Retail

United States

221

Bookspan

Our book clubs serve readers with particular interests

Retail

United States

222

Bookstackk

Create and follow personal book collections

Social

United States

223

Books That Work

Out of business

Software guidebooks for home-oriented projects

Original Content

United States

224

Bookstore AR

Augmented reality bookstore app

Retail

United Kingdom

225

BookTrack

$5M July 2015 from Coent Venture Partners and Sparkbox Ventures

Create a soundtrack for your reading experience

Audio

New Zeland

226

Books You Touch

Website appears inactive @ 2012

We create interactive e-books

Tools & Services

India

227

Bookstream

Closed Jan 2009

Independent wholesaler for independent booksellers

Retail

United States

228

Booksurge

Acquired by Amazon 2005

A pioneer in inventory-free book publishing

Tools & Services

United States

229

Booksquare

App that facilitates exchange of physical books with readers near you

Discovery

France

230

Bookswarm

Website developer for authors, publishers and booksellers

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

231

Booktango

Last tweet 9 Sep 2015

The best royalties, widest distribution, and easiest, fastest...

Tools & Services

United States

232

Bookthisbook

Online book rental platform

Retail

United States

233

BookThug

Publishing the future of literature

Original Content

Canada

234

Bookticker

Promotes Ebook Deals and Discovery

Free

United States

235

Booktiq

Website gone

Book publishing services

Tools & Services

United States

236

BookTrack

$10M

Add movie-style soundtracks to e-books

Tools & Services

New Zeland

237

Book Trailers for All

Site for sale

The go-to place for children’s and YA book trailers

Children’s

United States

238

BookTrakr

See your sales for Amazon, Apple, etc. every day in one place

Tools & Services

239

BookTrix

Last blog entry June 2015

Creative Publishing & Marketing Services

Tools & Services

United States

240

Booktrope

$1.7M

Closed May 2016

Publishing platform and marketing engine for books of all kinds

Tools & Services

United States

241

Booktype

Sourcefabric product

Create beautiful books for print and digital distribution

Tools & Services

Czeh Republic

242

Booku

Closed June, 2013

Book customization service

Tools & Services

United States

243

Bookumenta

Site not available

Tools to tell cinematic, human stories in a digital space

Tools & Services

244

Bookup.co

“is a totally awesome idea still being worked on”

Unknown

?

Canada

245

BookVerdict

Expert reviews of print and media

Discovery

United States

246

Bookvia

from Datalogics

EPUB and PDF reading app with Sony DADC DRM

eReader

United States

247

BookVibe

BookVibe shut down Feb. 2016

Turns Twitter Data into Book Discovery Tool

Discovery

United States

248

Book Weather

Book recommendation app

Discovery

France

249

Bookwire

Book price comparison service

Discovery

United States

250

Bookwire.de

Leading ebook and audiobook distribution platform in Europe and Latin America

Tools & Services

Germany

251

Bookwitty

Bringing books, ideas, and people together

Social

Canada

252

BookWorks

Help authors Prepare, Publish and Promote their books

Tools & Services

United States

253

Bookworm

Closed 2012

A service provider for all the readers, authors and students

Social

Pakistan

254

BookXtra

Last blog entry Sept., 2011

Allows authors and publishers to add accompaniments to a book

Tools & Services

Ireland

255

Booklr

$500k

Acquired by Pronoun

Data & analytics for publishers

Tools & Services

United States

256

Boomtrain

$13.97M

AI platform ensures that the most relevant stories reach your users

Tools & Services

United States

257

BoomWriter Media

Allows K-12 Teachers to develop & enhance students’ writing

Children’s

United States

258

Booqla

Create ebooks without having to download a program or buy a license

Tools & Services

Sweden

259

Boosh

No web presence

Mobile-based ‘reader’ deletes the e-book once it is read, allowing it to be shared

eReader

United Kingdom

260

BooXtream

Ebook watermarking and distribution platform

eReader

The Netherlands

261

Borne Digital

$20k

Kickstarter funded

Books that ‘grow’ in difficulty as kids become better readers

Children’s

United States

262

Bonte Books

Last tweet 24 Sep 2010

Brilliantly Bound Photo Books

Tools & Services

United States

263

Boxfiction

Website not found. Last facebook post 2012

Stories published in episodic format

Original Content

United Kingdom

264

Brain Hive

Last press release June, 2014

eBooks on demand for K-12 libraries

Children’s

United States

265

Brave New Books

Online self-publishing platform and distributor

Tools & Services

The Netherlands

266

BTwinBooks

Links the paper book to its digital copy

Tools & Services

Spain

267

Bublish

Publishing & marketing platform

Tools & Services

United States

268

Bubo

We make beautiful books with music

Tools & Services

Switzerland

269

Bubok

Self-publishing online platform

Tools & Services

Spain

270

bukbro

Last tweet Jan 2015

Online hangout for both readers and writers

Social

United Kingdom

271

Bukfaze

This site can’t be reached

A digital library for ebooks that lets authors get the attention they deserve

Discovery

Philippines

272

Bukium (formerly Liibook)

Digital publishing services for authors

Tools & Services

Argentina

273

Bumba Editorial

*Launch date unknown

Publisher of interactive ebooks for children

Children’s

Mexico

274

Buried Books

The best deals on print & ebooks for individual readers

Retail

Unted States/Canada

275

Buy1Page

This site can’t be reached

Buy individual pages of non-fiction books

Retail

United Kingdom

276

Buzztrace

Ingram funded

Online software that helps authors build their brand

Tools & Services

United States

277

byeink

Last blog entry 2014

Your first online ebook editor

Tools & Services

Spain

278

Byliner

$1M

Acquired by ‘Vook’/’Pronoun September, 2014

Publishes original fiction and non-fiction e-shorts

Original Content

United States

279

Calaméo

Publishing Platform for Documents and Magazines

Tools & Services

France

280

Calibre

The one stop solution for all your e-book needs

eReader

United States

281

Callaway Digital Arts

$6M

Publishes lifestyle and children’s apps

Children’s

United States

282

Callisto Media

Utilizes algorithms to mine big data for topics of consumer interest

Tools & Services

United States

283

Call Me Ishmael

Leave me a message about a book you love

Social

United States

284

CampusBookRentals

See Sidewalk

Rent your textbooks and enjoy free shipping BOTH ways

Textbooks

United States

285

Canelo

Dedicated to finding exciting fiction and non-fiction for release as ebooks, apps and on the web

Original Content

United Kingdom

286

Capstone Digital

An ebook collection designed for the unique needs of school libraries

Children’s

United States

287

Capti Narrator

Listen to everything you want to read

Audio

United States

288

La Cartuchera

Publishing poems in a video game format

Children’s

Spain

289

Cathysbook

Last tweet Sept. 2014

Follow Cathy’s mysterious adventures through clues left in her journal

Children’s

United States

290

Chafie

Website gone

Invest in an author from the ground up.

Tools & Services

United States

291

Chameleon

Last tweet May 2015

A next-generation, 21st century publishing company

Original Content

United States

292

Chegg

Nov. 2013 IPO; trading at 35% of IPO price

Search free scholarships, browse course reviews, get 24/7 study help and rent textbooks

Textbooks

Untied States

293

Chinese Cubes

Last tweet 24 Dec 2014

ChineseCUBES is committed to teaching you Chinese

Education

Republic of China, Taiwan

294

Christian Manuscript Submissions

An online manuscript submission service

Tools & Services

United States

295

CINE-BOOKS

Relaunch (Last tweet May 2015)

We want to change book publishing forever

Original Content

Ukraine

296

Circular Software

Specializing in software for publishers

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

297

Citia

$2.8M

Mobile-first multi-channel publishing platform with social built-in

Tools & Services

United States

298

CityShelf

Find what’s in stock at your neighborhood bookstores

Retail

United States

299

Clippings.me

Formerly Cuttings.me

Free portfolio tool for journalists, bloggers and writers

Tools & Services

Singapore

300

Code Meet Print

We help storytellers build digital products and sustainable businesses

Tools & Services

United States

301

Collibris

Subscription service for physical books, social media app for readers and online literary magazine

Social

France

302

Coliloquy

Launched 2011, acquired by ‘Vook’/’Pronoun’ 2014

Helping authors to think about how digital technologies could enable them to write

Tools & Services

United States

303

Collate It

This site can’t be reached

Designed to make the book proofing process easier

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

304

Collca

Last tweet July 214

Publishes bite size ebooks on many subjects

Original Content

United Kingdom

305

College Book Renter

$10M

This site can’t be reached

Allowing students to rent, buy and sell their college textbooks online

Textbooks

United States

306

ComicBlitz

Netflix for comic books’

eReader

United States

307

Comic Book Trailers

Videos used to promote comic books

Marketing

United States

308

Comixology

$2.85M

Acquired by Amazon 2014; price undisclosed

Cloud-based digital comics platform

Retail

United States

309

Commentpress

Website gone

Allows readers to comment in the margins of an online text

Tools & Services

United States

310

CompletelyNovel

Publishing platform to help indie authors publish & sell beautiful print books

Retail

United Kingdom

311

Conlicencia.com

Online platform that allwos you to seek permission & and obtain rights to photocopy and digitalize already published content

Tools & Services

Spain

312

Constellation

A complete digital solution for independent publishers

Tools & Services

United States

313

Contentment

Last tweet Feb 2016

Beautifully simple mobile publishing

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

314

ContentOro

$450k

Selling book content to websites

Retail

United States

315

Cookbook Cafe

Anyone can publish, market and sell their own cookbook

Tools & Services

United States

316

Cookstr

Acquired by Macmillan, Jan, 2014; no price given

The world’s best collection of cookbook recipes available online

Original Content

United States

317

Copia

Abandoned hardware

Ereaders and tablets

eReader

United States

318

Copia Class

A socially-driven digital content platform for education

Education

United States

319

Courseload

$1.64M

Purchased by Unizin July 2015

Provides textbooks and other resources in digital form

Education

United States

320

CourseSmart

Sold to Ingram

A provider of eTextbooks and digital course materials

Education

United States

321

CourseYard

$220k

Product: Autoria

Web-based platform for authoring, publishing and distribution of interactive materials

Tools & Services

Germany

322

CoverCake

Last tweet Jan 2016

Focused on title discovery and analytics that can track book trends

Discovery

United States

323

Coverlist

See ReadThisNext

A book discovery site that replicates a book list experience

Discovery

United States

324

Crave

App for reading romance novels paired with videos, graphics, and real-time text messaging

eReader

United States

325

Cream eBooks

This site can’t be reached

Publish and sell your digital books

Tools & Services

Spain

326

Credo Reference

An information skills solutions provider serving educational institutions worldwide

Education

United States/United Kingdom

327

Crocodoc

Acquired by Box, May, 2013

The best way to display documents in web and mobile apps

eReader

United States

328

CrossBooks

Closed April 2015

A Christian self-publishing operation

Tools & Services

United States

329

CrowdBooks

Crowdfunding platform for authors

Tools & Services

Italy

330

Crowd Books

Publishing platform specialized in producing illustrated books

Tools & Services

331

Crowded Fiction

What if ebooks and fiction were more like video games?

eReader

United States

332

Crowdscribd

Crowdfunding platform for authors

Marketing

United States

333

CrowdtheBook

Website gone. last tweet Nov 2014

Crowdfunding publisher of indie titles

Original Content

United States

334

Cursor/Red Lemonade

Last activity on site fall 2014

A social platform that powers independent publishers

Social

United States

335

Custos Media Technologies

$684k

Turning the downloaders against the uploaders to fight piracy

Tools & Services

South Africa

336

Cylapp

Last tweet Jan 2015

Publisher of interactive eBooks

Original Content

France

337

Daily Lit/Plympton

Acquired by Plympton 02-2013

Lets you read literary classics and great new fiction in short installments

Original Content

United States

338

Daisy Labs

Enterprise-class monetization & engagement solutions for content

Retail

United States

339

DeantaGlobal

Speicalizes in digital professional, academic, STM and legal publishing

Tools & Services

Ireland

340

Deca

Award-winning journalists bringing deeply reported stories to digital formats

Original Content

United States

341

Deedjo

Platform that amalgamates social media posts, articles etc made by and about your favourite authors

Original Content

France

342

DeepShelf

Website gone

Read short stories directly from leading authors for $1 each

Original Content

Israel

343

De Marque

A leader in the field of digital book distribution

Retail

Canada

344

Demibooks

$533k

Bought by Educational Development, 09-15

iPad-based app development platform

Tools & Services

United States

345

Democrasoft

Out of business

Cloud-based software that enables online collaboration

Tools & Services

United States

346

Describli

Helping Readers and Writers Connect

Social

United States

347

desLibris

A delivery platform for books from and about Canada

Retail

Canada

348

Diesel Ebooks

Closed 2014

Indie e-book retailer

Retail

United States

349

Diesel Digital

Resumption of Diesel Ebooks

Build a branded, custom built, ebook store

Retail

United States

350

DigiBooks4All

The white-label e-bookstore Infrastructure provider

Retail

Greece

351

DigiBook

Last news 2011

Software to create a digital photo album

Tools & Services

Japan

352

Digimarc

IPO 1999

Protecting, deterring piracy and asserting ownership of digital content

Tools & Services

United States

353

Digital BookTalk.net

Site appears inactive; no twitter handle

Creating a community of avid readers, one video at a time

Discovery

United States

354

Digitalee

Book loaning service for libraries and private publishers

Free

Mexico

355

Digitalia

*Founded in 2007

Digital library

Education

United States

356

Direct Textbook

A textbook search and price comparison service

Textbooks

United States

357

Discover My Books

Website gone

Social media marketing and commerce for authors

Marketing

358

Distee

Last tweet March 2015

Distribute your ebooks in just 3 clicks

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

359

Diversion Books

Indie publisher, combining trad. experience with new digital strategies

Tools & Services

United States

360

Docmine

A creative studio taking factual storytelling to the digital age

Original Content

Germany

361

Dog Ear Publishing

Helping you create, write and publish the book of your dreams

Tools & Services

United States

362

DOGObooks

(Website Gone) Website now active

Platform for book review by and for kids

Children’s

United States

363

Domino Project

Last tweet 15 Sep 2015

A publishing experiment from Seth Godin

Original Content

United States

364

Dosdoce.com

Analyses and publishes reports on trends in the cultural sector

Original Content

Spain

365

dotbooks GmbH

eBook publisher

Original Content

Germany

366

dotdotdot

No longer on iTunes

Reading app

eReader

Germany

367

dotEPUB

Download any webpage as an e-book

eReader

Spain

368

Draft

Easy version control and collaboration to improve your writing

Tools & Services

United States

369

Draft2Digital

Distribution to retailers for self-published authors

Retail

United States

370

DraftQuest

Online creative writing tool

Tools & Services

France

371

Duotrope

A subscription-based service for writers

Subscription

United States

372

E-junkie Shopping Cart

Sell digital downloads with our simple shopping cart

Retail

United States

373

E-Libro

eReader platform for books from different academic disciplines

eReader

United States

374

E-Reads

Acquired by Open Road 2014

Independent e-book publisher

Original Content

United States

375

Eat Your Books

A community of cookbook lovers

Social

United States

376

eBook-lr

Website gone

offers eBook publishing software to publishers

Tools & Services

France

377

eBook Architects

Provides ebook formating consultancy services

Tools & Services

United States

378

eBook Discovery

The best Free and Bargain ebook deals

Free

United States

379

EBookFling

“This site can’t be reached”

Kindle and Nook e-book swapping & lending service

Social

United States

380

Ebook Glue

$20k

Run by Arizona State University students

Turn your documents, blog posts, and web pages into digital books

Tools & Services

United States

381

Ebook Head

Domain available for sale

Find new ebooks

Discovery

Spain

382

eBookIt

Ebook conversion, distribution & promotion

Tools & Services

United States

383

Ebook Library (EBL)

Ebook aggregator, serving academic and research libraries

Retail

Australia

384

eBookopoly

Last tweet July 2012

Professional ebook formatting and conversions for new authors

Tools & Services

United States

385

eBookPie

$50k

Became Slicebooks

Ebook store platform enables publishers and authors to resell whole ebooks

Retail

United States

386

eBookPlus

Last tweet Feb. 2013

Connects Readers, Publishers and Authors with advertisers

Marketing

United States

387

eBooksAreForever

Last tweet Sept. 2015

Makes it easy for libraries to permanently own ebooks

Education

United States

388

eBooks.com

Delivering digital books in multiple formats

Tools & Services

Australia

389

eBooks2go

Ebook publiaher and distributor

Tools & Services

United States

390

eBooks in Motion

$700k

Automated M-Learning Production Technology

Tools & Services

United States

391

Ebook Solutions

We are a team that are passionate about helping authors

Tools & Services

United States

392

Ebook-Solutions

Providers of quality, inexpensive. downloadable eBooks

Original Content

United States

393

eBook Systems

“This site can’t be reached”

Ebook maker program

Tools & Services

Singapore

394

eBook Technologies

Acquired by Google, 1-2011, no price given

Technologies that enable automated publishing and control over content distribution.

Tools & Services

United States

395

ebookwise

Closed 2011

Ebookwise-1150 e-reader

eReader

United States

396

ebrary

Sold to ProQuest 2011

Supply libraries and patrons with academic and professional ebooks

Retail

United States

397

Ebrolis

Retailer of discounted eBooks

Retail

Puerto Rico

398

eCampus

Textbooks Easy. Fast. Cheap!

Textbooks

United States

399

Ediciones de la U

Digital publisher specialising in professional training and education tools

Education

Colombia

400

EditGiant

Order low-cost editing services online

Tools & Services

United States

401

Editia

A digital first publishing business

Original Content

Australia

402

EDIT INTERNATIONAL

Site hacked, shut down

A publishing services solutions company

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

403

EditionGuard

Ebook retail platform with secure and robust DRM

Retail

United States

404

Edition One Books

Specialized in creating high-quality custom books for art and design professionals

Tools & Services

United States

405

Editions at Play

A sprawling Library of Possibilities from Visual Editions and Google’s Creative Lab

Original Content

United Kingdom

406

Editorial Ink

Mexico’s first 100% digital publishing house’.

Original Content

Mexico

407

Editorially

Last tweet July 2014

Collaborative writing platform

Original Content

United States

408

Editorial Pipoca

Publisher of interactive ebooks for children

Children’s

Brazil

409

EduPub

mybestseller.com company

Self-publishing platform aimed at teachers

Tools & Services

The Netherlands

410

eLaunchBook

Product of eTechs & Compagnie. Last facebook post 2013

Platform that allows author to manage marketing of their work on social media

Marketing

France

411

Electric Book Works

New and better ways to publish in emerging markets

Tools & Services

South Africa

412

Electric Yarn

A next generation content studio

Original Content

United States

413

Eleven

Sign up for early access

You read for free and the authors get paid (via ads)

Free

United States

414

El Placer de la Lectura

Online reading community

Social

Spain

415

Emanata

Website gone

Discover interesting short visual stories and comics on mobile devices.

Original Content

United States

416

Emma Books

Digital publisher of romance novels

Original Content

Italy

417

Enskri

Powering white label personalization for digital gifting

Retail

United States

418

Epic

$1.4M

A new world of reading for kids 12 and under

Children’s

United States

419

Enthrill Distribution

Firebrand acquired IP Jan/17

Providing content delivery & fulfillment solutions to the publishing industry

Retail

Canada

420

Entitle (formerly eReatah)

$5.3M

Closed July, 2015

Money-saving e-book subscription service

Subscription

United States

421

Entrelectores

Social media platform for readers

Social

Spain

422

ePlatform

eBook lending system empowering schools and libraries across the world

Free

New Zealand

423

epubBooks

Read the best free ebooks on any device

Free

United Kingdom

424

ePubDirect (now Vearsa)

See Vearsa

International ebook distribution

Retail

Ireland

425

epubli

We offer print as well as ebook publishing and distribution

Retail

Germany

426

ePubNow

Last tweet Nov 2014

eBooks Production Platform

Tools & Services

India

427

eReader

Acquired by Motricity Sept., 2003

Ebook retailer

Retail

United States

428

eReaderIQ

dropped from Amazon affiliate program June-16

A price tracking service for Kindle books

Free

United States

429

Ereading.com

Failed to launch in 2015

Online bookstore with 22 million new and used books

Retail

United States

430

ereads

Acquired by Open Road Media, 2014

Ebook publisher

Original Content

United States

431

eRead Technologies

Site gone

See Ereading.com

?

United States

432

eReatah

Now named Entitle

Ebook Subscription Service

Subscription

United States

433

Erudition Digital

Beautifully crafted digital reads

Original Content

United Kingdom

434

Espresso

Books printed in minutes at point of sale

Tools & Services

United States

435

eStories

A premium audiobook service at low prices, offers 80K titles

Audio

United States

436

eThéâtre

Product of eTechs & Compagnie. Last facebook post 2013

App that has the full text of classic plays and helps users memorise lines.

Free

France

437

Ether Books

A mobile social reading platform, connecting writers and readers

Social

United Kingdom

438

Eucalyptus

No longer on iOS app store

20,000 free classic English-language books in the palm of your hand

Free

United States

439

Europa Apps

Last facebook post Feb 2015

Digital children’s publisher

Children’s

France

440

Evershelf

App to help you to organize your books

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

441

Evident Point

Provider of professional digital publishing solutions worldwide

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

442

eWowBooks

This site can’t be reached

We create & convert great books into interactive stories

Original Content

United Kingdom

443

Exact Editions

Books in a new digital format specifically for the institutional market

Original Content

United Kingdom

444

Exciting Press

Exciting. Digital. Literature.

Original Content

United States

445

Expanded Books

This site can’t be reached

Brings you exclusive trailers & interviews with bestselling authors

Marketing

United States

446

Express Reads

Last tweet Aug 2015

Allows you to rent, subscribe or purchase ebooks

Subscription

United Kingdom

447

Exprima Media

Now Neologic

Effective and engaging educational apps

Education

United States

448

Fable Learning (formerly StarWalk Kids Media)

Closing down June 2017, division of Isabella Products

eBooks and edtech tools to schools, libraries, and families

Education

United States

449

FACARDE

Publishing Augmented Experiences

Original Content

Australia

450

Fanfiction.net

Automated fan fiction archive site

Social

United States

451

FanStory

Feedback For Your Writing

Social

United States

452

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

A film and an app about a character who loves books

Children’s

United States

453

FarFaria

Ebook subscription service for children

Subscription

United States

454

FastPencil

Courier sold back to owner

Turn notes & notebooks into novels & ebooks

Tools & Services

United States

455

Feedbooks

Ebook retailer, connected to an ecosystem of social networks

Retail

France

456

Fiberead

We Get Indie Authors Published in Foreign Marketplaces

Tools & Services

China

457

FictFact

Last blog entry Dec 2014

A tracking site focused on book series

Marketing

United States

458

FictionBrigade

Kickstarter-funded, now defunct

Online literary magazine that publishes flash fiction

Original Content

United States

459

FictionDB

Providing the best possible fiction reference information

Discovery

United States

460

FictionPress

See FanFiction.Net

A showcase of fiction writing and poetry

Discovery

United States

461

Fictionwise

Acquired by Barnes & Noble 2009

Was one of the largest electronic book sellers in North America

Retail

United States

462

Fidus Writer

The all in one solution for collaborative academic writing

Tools & Services

Chile/Germay

463

Figment

A community to share writing

Social

United States

464

Figshare

Cloud solutions for researches and publishers

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

465

Find My Audience

$2.2M

Data-driven audience discovery and social engagement dashboard

Social

United States

466

Findings

This site can’t be reached

Collect, share, discuss and discover highlights from ebooks

Social

United States

467

Fingerprint

$20M

A mobile education/entertainment platform for kids

Children’s

United States

468

Finitiv

Last blog entry Nov 2014

Collections-based ebooks subscription offerings

Subscription

United States

469

Firebrand

Metadata and other data services to publishers

Tools & Services

United States

470

FirstyFish

Last tweet 2011

The UK’s independent eBookstore

Retail

United Kingdom

471

Flatbooks

Last tweet December, 2013

Great instructional ebooks for a range of interests

Original Content

United States/New Zealand

472

FlatLeaf

Closed 2012

Ebook subscription service

Subscription

United States

473

Flat World Education

$35.7M

Open access textbooks

Education

United States

474

Flexedo

Funding from Oséo

Last tweet 2014. Website only displays contact info.

Works with publishers to digitize their books ans distruite to online retailers

Tools & Services

France

475

Flipintu

Mobile publishing platform for books, eBooks, articles and reviews

Tools & Services

Germany

476

FlipViewer Xpress

Software designed to deliver content in an online page-turning format (FlipBooks)

Tools & Services

Singapore

477

Flooved

$600k

Last tweet Nov 2013

A huge online library of quality open access content

Original Content

United Kingdom

478

Folium Partners

$300k

Enhanced media book app creation and distribution

Tools & Services

United States

479

Folklor

Social media app for fans to dicover and discuss movies, tv shows, video games, Youtube videos and books

Social

France

480

Freebooksy

See also Written Word Media

We post a free ebook at least once a day

Free

United States

481

Freedfiction

Website and social media accounts deleted

Digital inteeractive novels for young adults

Children’s

United Kingdom

482

Freeenters

Ingram funded

Students: Stop Printing Paper. Start Printing Money.

Education

United States

483

FreeTextbooks.com

$120k

Our student influencers buy, rent, and sell textbooks among their peers

Textbooks

United States

484

Fublish

Product of MobileVeda

MObile publishing platform for books, magazines and journals

Tools & Services

India

485

The Fussy Librarian

Emails you with the ebooks matching your unique interests

Discovery

United States

486

Futureproofs

Address the proofing problems you experience every day

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

487

Ganxy

Promote and sell your ebooks and digital content

Marketing

United States

488

Gatekeeper Press

Full-service self publishing platform for ebooks and print

Tools & Services

United States

489

Gazette

“Gazette’s last issue was sent on April 25, 2014”

Subscribing to web sites should be easy

Subscription

United States

490

Gerty

App to read your books and record great memories

Discovery

Malta

491

getAbstract

2- to 5-page summaries of the world’s best business books

Original Content

Switzerland

492

Ghost

A publishing platform for professional bloggers

Tools & Services

Singapore

493

Ginkgotree

$3.43M

All your course materials together at last

Education

United States

494

GitBook

100k

The simplest way to turn an idea into a book

Tools & Services

France

495

Glasstree

Owned by Lulu.com

Self-publishing dedicated to the academic community

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

496

Glipho

An awesome website used to live here

Share your stories, read new ones

Social

United Kingdom

497

Globe

Free ebook app

Free

Canada

498

Glose

A social reading platform

Social

France

499

Glossi.com

This site can’t be reached

Publishing platform for digital magazines

Tools & Services

United States

500

Goodreads

$2.75M

Sold to Amazon.com for $150 Million

Lets users track and rate books and network with other readers

Social

United States

501

Google Books

Search the full text of books

Discovery

United States

502

Google Play

Google ebookstore (and other content)

Retail

United States

503

Graphicly

$10M

Acquired by Blurb on May 27, 2014

Workflow integration, self-publishing, digital distribution and promotion for digital content

Tools & Services

United States

504

GreenIvory

Last tweet 2014

Get a beautiful digital replica of a publication in a matter of minutes

Retail

United States

505

Greenleaf

Dedicated to Independent Authors and Small Presses

Social

United States

506

Grammata

eReader manufacutrer

eReader

Spain

507

Grandes Libros

Launched by Grupo VI-DA in 2016

Spanish reader community social app

Social

Argentina

508

GRIDS Interactive

Web site gone

Bringing original ideas and stories to life

Original Content

United States

509

Guides.co

$500k

Formerly Accel.io

Container: “an e-book, a blog, and a website all mashed into one.”

Tools & Services

Canada

510

Gumroad

An all-in-one solution to sell your work and grow your audience

Tools & Services

United States

511

Gutenberg Technology

Several ebook products

A solution for multi-device digital publishing of interactive book apps

Tools & Services

France

512

Gutenberg-e

Distinguished scholarship delivered with creative use of digital technology

Discovery

United States

513

H20

No news past product announcement

Adaptable Digital Textbooks

Education

United States

514

Hachette Digital

HarperCollins imprint

Hachette Digital is the imprint responsible for publishing in electronic formats

Original Content

United States

515

Happy About

A quick2publish book publisher

Tools & Services

United States

516

HarperStudio

HarperCollins imprint. Closed spring 2010

HarperStudio was a laboratory for some of publishing’s newest ideas

Discovery

United States

517

The Hawaii Project

A personalized book discovery engine

Discovery

United States

518

Head and The Hand Press

Create innovative relationships between authors and the work they produce

Social

United States

519

Helicon Books

We accelerate and promote the innovative EPUB3 technology

Tools & Services

Israel

520

Hello Me, It’s You

Published a book of submissions in 2016

Website that publishes letters written by 17-24 year olds with mental health issues adressed to their 16 year old selves

Original Content

United Kingdom

521

Higosoft PDF to EPUB Converter

Last tweet Dec 2011

PDF to EPUB converter

Tools & Services

China

522

Hiptype

Closed Jan 2014

Provides analytics and advertising capabilities to eBook platforms

Tools & Services

United States

523

Holocene

No trace online

The Holocene is a digital micro-magazine for do-it-yourselfers

Original Content

Canada

524

Hooked

$1.9M

From Telepathic

Lets you read amazing chat stories FREE

Original Content

United States

525

Hoopla

Instantly borrow free eBooks and more with your library card

Free

United States

526

HRxpress

Online self-publishing platform aimed at HR professionals

Tools & Services

The Netherlands

527

Humble Bundle

Pay what you want, DRM-free , multi-format, support charity

Retail

United States

528

Hummingbird

Now you can sell e-books, anywhere, anytime. For free.

Retail

United States

529

Hurix Systems

$5.1M

Leading digital content solutions provider to global educational publishers

Education

India

530

Hybrid Publishing Lab

New concepts and technologies with a focus on the humanities

Tools & Services

Germany

531

Hyperink

Last tweet Apr 2013

Great ebooks from top experts and bloggers

Original Content

United States

532

Hypothes.is

An open platform for discussion on the web

Social

United States

533

iAmplify

$6M

Simple web-based tools to publish paid audio and video content

Audio

United States

534

iAuthor

An interactive book discovery and promotion platform

Discovery

United Kingdom

535

Ibiidi

Aspiring to be the leading online bookseller in the world

Retail

United Kingdom

536

iClassics

An interactive, illustrated, digital library

Original Content

Spain

537

iDoLVine

Last tweet Oct 2011

Autograph and live face-to-face online experience

Marketing

United States/Canada

538

iDreamBooks

Still in business

We are like Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic of the book world

Marketing

United States

539

iFactory

Interactive solutions for higher education, not-for-profit, and healthcare

Tools & Services

United States

540

iFlipd

$810k

Rent e-books, share them with others, and get rewarded in the process

Retail

United States

541

iKnowabc

Product of Take Pride Learning

Interactive children’s ebooks and apps for K-12 students and teachers

Education

United States

542

InBooks

Error establishing a database connection

A community-oriented discovery/ecommerce platform for books and other media

Discovery

United States

543

Indie Libros

Launched by Grupo VI-DA in 2015

Self-publishing platform for authors specializing in epub format

Tools & Services

Argentina

544

Indiegogo

The Largest Global Crowdfunding & Fundraising Site Online

Marketing

United States

545

IndieReader

Helping authors with editing, cover design, and formatting

Tools & Services

United States

546

IndieWrites

Community for professional authors and passionate readers

Social

United States

547

Infinity Publishing

The easiest and most comprehensive self-publishing experience

Tools & Services

United States

548

Ingram Spark

Product of Ingram Content Group

All-in-one self-publishing platform

Tools & Services

United States

549

Inkbok

Last tweet Apr 2014

Read unlimited books and more

Subscription

United States

550

Inkitt

Undisclosed financing

Read and fall in love with novels before they go mainstream

Discovery

Germany

551

Inklewriter

Helps writers tell interactive tales with the minimum of fuss

Original Content

United Kingdom

552

Inkling

$55.1M

Connecting company’s audiences with the knowledge they need

Original Content

United States

553

Ink Monster

Publishers of books, creators of worlds and kickers of ass

Original Content

United States

554

InkPraise

Last tweet Jan 2013

Designed to mass market the highest quality literature

Marketing

United States

555

Inkshares

Publishing books selected by readers

Original Content

United States

556

Inkspired

A tool for emerging writers to crowd fund amazing serial stories

Marketing

Ecuador

557

Inktera

Last tweet Mar 2015

Find and purchase today’s most popular ebook titles wherever/whenever you want

Retail

United States

558

Inkubate

Data analytics platform designed to identify successful content

Tools & Services

United States

559

inReads

Last tweet Jun 2013

An online community dedicated to the changing face of reading

Social

United States

560

INscribe Digital

Bought by IPG-July/16

Ebook and print distribution

Retail

United States

561

Intellogo

Brings Machine Learning to Book Recommendations

Discovery

Canada

562

instaFreebie

A project of Libboo, Inc.

Simple ebook giveaways that you control

Free

United States

563

Instaread

$1.66M

Key messages of any book in minutes

Original Content

United States

564

Internet Brands

Publishes Nolo Press and Fodor’s online and in print

Original Content

United States

565

Interweave

Publisher of high quality art and craft books

Original Content

United States

566

Intuary

Last tweet Jul 2011

See FarFaria

?

United States

567

iPress

Create & publish content of all kinds

Original Content

France

568

iPublishCentral

from Impelsys

The world’s most comprehensive read to learn platform

Retail

United States/India

569

iShook

Ebooks with social media all in one (app)

Social

United States

570

iShop Mixup Educación

Online retailer of academic ebooks

Education

Mexico

571

issuu

$20.25M

Find and share the magazines, catalogs and publications

Discovery

United States

572

iUniverse

Part of Author Solutions

Paid publishing services

Tools & Services

United States

573

Jellybooks

A free, publisher-sponsored, service for exploring and sharing books

Discovery

United Kingdom

574

JibJab E-Book Platform

See StoryBots

Photos of family members integrated into videos to dance and sing

Tools & Services

United States

575

Join Book Club

See Novellic

Find a book, join a club, make friends

Social

United Kingdom

576

Joliprint

Closed 1-4-2013

A web and mobile app that saves web pages as PDF for reading later

Tools & Services

France

577

Joosr

No social media posts since December 2016

Non-fiction book summary app

Original Content

United Kingdom

578

Jottify

This site can’t be reached

An award-winning online community for writers

Social

United Kingdom

579

Jouve

Cross-media solutions for designing, showcasing & distributing content

Retail

France

580

Juggernaut Books

Indian ebook publisher

Discovery

India

581

JukePop

Books are released bit-by-bit, collecting votes, earning rewards

Original Content

United States

582

Kadaxis

Create better connections between readers and books

Social

United States

583

Kbuuk

Last blog entry Dec 2014

Free ebook publishing for enterprising independent authors

Tools & Services

United States

584

Kickstarter

World’s largest funding platform for creative projects

Marketing

United States

585

KiteReaders

$50k

Interactive multimedia ebooks and apps for kids, ages 3-8

Children’s

United States

586

KiwiTech

$4.7M

A mobile application development firm

Tools & Services

India/United States

587

Kladdebuchverlag

Crowdfunding publisher

Tools & Services

Germany

588

Kno

$75M

Acquired by Intel 2013

Hardware and software offering digital textbooks

Education

United States

589

Knowledge Unlatched

A sustainable open future for specialist scholarly books

Education

United Kingdom

590

Kobo

$79M

Acquired by Rakuten for $315M

Ebook reader and bookstore

Retail

Canada

591

Komilibro

Book recommendation app

Discovery

Spain

592

Koobsy

Indie Titles Recommended by Indie Authors

Discovery

United Kingdom

593

Koober

App that provides book summeries that can be read in 20 minutes or less

Discovery

France

594

Kortext

Digital textbook retailer

Textbooks

United Kinggdom

595

KwikStori

Product of eTechs & Compagnie

Digital publisher of photo and art books

Original Content

France

596

L’Apprimerie

eBook publisher of children’s lit and YA fiction

Original Content

France

597

LAD Custom Publishing

The leading course pack company in the United States

Education

United States

598

La Kube

Curated physical book subscription box

Subscription

France

599

La Lectora Futura

Online book community for authors, booksellers and publishing professionals

Social

Mexico

600

Last Seen Online

A real-time story told through a messenger app

Original Content

United Kingdom

601

Leafless

$345k

Helps readers with great taste find writers with great work

Discovery

United States

602

LeafLit

Enriching reading with images, illustrations, Wiki, media, and more

Tools & Services

United States

603

Leamos

Launched by Grupo VI-DA in 2015

Ebook subscription service & social media platform

Social

Argentina

604

Learn Forward

Making the Digital Classroom Work

Education

United States

605

Leanpub

Publish Early, Publish Often

Tools & Services

Canada

606

Lebrary.com

Website gone

Portal for Aspiring Writers to get their work published

Tools & Services

607

Lektu

Platform for finding ebooks, audiobooks etc without DRM coding

Discovery

Spain

608

Leiturinha

Subscription service for children’s physical books and bonues digital content

Children’s

Brazil

609

Lelivro

Last tweet Sept. 2015

Helps authors sell their e-books directly to their readers

Retail

United States

610

Lesdedicaces

Search engine aimed at booksellers, authors and publishers

Discovery

France

611

LexParadigm

This site can’t be reached

Enterprise content management systems for the publishing industry

Tools & Services

United States

612

Libboo

see instaFreebie

Reward your fans by giving them free copies of your books

Free

United States

613

Libelista

Online retailer with stock from independent bookstores

Retail

Spain

614

Libertrary (Booktrope)

see Booktrope

A free “book reading” site

Free

United States

615

Libib

A home library cataloging app

Tools & Services

United States

616

Libranda

Spanish language ebook marketing and distribution

Tools & Services

Spain

617

Library for All

$100k

Kickstarter-funded

A digital library platform for developing countries

Education

United States

618

Library Ideas

Online presence uncertain

Provide turnkey digital solutions to libraries around the world

Education

United States

619

Library Thing

also TinyCat

A personal online book catalog and discovery tool

Tools & Services

United States

620

LibreDigital

Innovative technologies for digital publishing

Tools & Services

United States

621

Librero Gutenberg

Social media platform for readers

Social

Mexico

622

Librify

?

Ingram invested 2014; bought by Scribd June 2015

Share your reading experience with friends

Social

United States

623

Librinova

Self-publishing platform and distributor

Tools & Services

France

624

Librios

Information management platform designed for companies in the arts

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

625

LibriVox

Audiobooks that are free and in the public domain in the USA

Audio

United States/Canada

626

Libro.fm

The go-to digital audiobook site for indie bookstore customers

Audio

United States

627

Librotea

Product of El País

Online reading community where readers can curate personal libraries

Social

Spain

628

LightLibrary

Last tweet May 2013

Provide discounted digital versions of your hard copy books

Retail

United States

629

Liibook

$70.05k

A peer-to-peer publishing network

Tools & Services

Argentina

630

LiquidBlox

Create modern digital publications

Tools & Services

Finland

631

liquidbooks

Website gone

A series of open experimental digital ‘books’

Original Content

India

632

LiquidText

Improves the way you read, annotate, and research on the iPad

Tools & Services

United States

633

Litcoin

Domain for sale

See also “Litcoins” at Reader’s Legacy

?

United States

634

Literary Hub

A place for writers, readers et al to congregate and celebrate literary culture

Social

United States

635

Literrater

Last tweet 24 Dec 2014

Social network for writers and readers

Social

United States

636

LitFire

We make book publishing fast, convenient, and easy

Tools & Services

United States

637

Lithomobilus

Last blog post Oct 2015

A new kind of e-book platform that enables new narrative forms

Original Content

United States

638

LitPick

A free online reading and writing program

Discovery

United States

639

Litsy

A place to discover and share your favorite books

Discovery

United States

640

Literaudio

Company that converts printed books into audiobooks

Audio

Spain

641

Little Smart Planet

Reading apps for kids

Children’s

Spain

642

Live Ink

Unique, brain-friendly formatting for more efficient reading

Tools & Services

United States

643

Livrada

$1.41M

Bulk e-book distribution service provider

Retail

United States

644

Livre-mois

Subscription service for phyical books

Subscription

France

645

Log.Os

Digital universal library, marketplace and social network in one’

Social

Germany

646

Lost My Name

$13M

Layoffs in 7/16

Tech+Storytelling+Personalisation

Children’s

United Kingdom

647

Loud Crow

Last tweet Sept. 2015

Award-winning interactive children’s content

Children’s

Canada

648

Love to Learn

from Pearson; website gone

Online learning for adults on a variety of leisure-related topics

Original Content

United Kingdom

649

L-Pub

Developers of new eBook format L-Book, an improvement on the .ePub

Tools & Services

Germany

650

LuaBook

Physical and digital interactive children’s books

Children’s

Colombia

651

Ludibuk

...Digital library experience for K-12 Spanish readers’

Education

Chile

652

Lulu.com

Create, publish and sell your book for free

Tools & Services

United States

653

Luminary Digital Media

Research-based mobile learning experiences

Education

United States

654

Luzme

Luzme watches the prices so you don’t have to

Free

United States

655

MacGuffin

Launched by Comma Press

Self-publishin platform for short stories and poetry in text and audio and text formats

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

656

Madefire

$9.92M

A revolutionary comic book reading experience for mobile

Original Content

United States

657

Made in Me

Design, build and publish award-winning content

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

658

MAADMAGZ

Magazine self-publishing platform

Tools & Services

France

659

Magcloud

A content publishing web service

Tools & Services

United States

660

Magellan Books

THE no-cost, royalty-paying, publishing solution

Tools & Services

Australia

661

MagicBlox

A huge online children’s book library

Children’s

United States

662

MangoReader

Turn reading into your child’s favorite activity

Children’s

India

663

Mantano Reader

Best-in-class EPUB and PDF ebook reader

eReader

France

664

Manuscritics

Online manuscript focusgroup

Tools & Services

Spain

665

Marquee

$120K

A professional, easy to use, multimedia storytelling platform

Tools & Services

United States

666

Marvin

from Appstafarian

An ebook reader for people who are passionate about their books

eReader

Malta

667

MAZ

Allows content creators to be wherever users are

Discovery

United States

668

mBook

Browser based textbooks

Education

Germany

669

Medallion Media Group

Dynamic multimedia entertainment

Original Content

United States

670

Media Cooler Innovations

This site can’t be reached

Powering your content marketplace

Retail

Canada

671

MediaLibraryOnLine (MLOL)

Network of digital public libraries

Discovery

Italy

672

Mediander

Make general interest knowledge discovery entertaining and rewarding

Original Content

United States

673

MediaNet

Now focused on music

Develops digital advertising products for publishers & advertisers

Marketing

United States

674

Medium

A place to read, write, and interact with the stories that matter

Social

United States

675

MeetBlio

Redirects to Blio

Don’t just read books. Experience them.

Tools & Services

United States

676

MemoryStoria

Memoir publishing platform

Tools & Services

United States

677

Meograph

$270k

Website gone

Trio app mixes videos, pictures and songs into personal mashup creations

Tools & Services

United States

678

Metabook

Digital publishing platform

Tools & Services

United States

679

MetaComet

Royalty Management Solution

Tools & Services

United States

680

Metaforic

Digital reading platform providing literature in Spanish. For kids from 6 to 18

Discovery

Spain

681

Metalalia Media

see Beyond Books

Metalalia Media is home to Beyond Books

Original Content

United States

682

Métrica Freestyle

Poetry publishing app

Tools & Services

Mexico

683

Metrodigi

$3.92M

End-to-end interactive publishing platform

Tools & Services

United States

684

Mill City Press

Customized book publishing services

Tools & Services

United States

685

MindTheBook

Last blog entry 2012

We define books with questions they answer

Original Content

686

Mobifusion

$3.7M

Apps and messaging bots

Tools & Services

United States

687

MobileReference

Last blog entry June 2012

Offering a vast range of eBooks

Retail

United States

688

MobNotate

Last tweet Apr 2013

Creates links from one book to another

Discovery

United States

689

Mofibo

$2.37M

Acquired by Storytel for US$14.8 million

Subscription service for ebooks and audio books

Subscription

Denmark

690

Moglue

$1.2M

Create interactive stories without programming knowledge

Tools & Services

South Korea

691

Momentum

Last tweet Feb 22

Allows publishers to create, manage, and measure social campaigns

Tools & Services

United States

692

Movellas

Community for writers to publish their work and engage readers

Social

Untied Kingdom

693

MovingStories.TV

This site can’t be reached

The broadcaster (TV and Internet) for BookShorts productions

Marketing

Canada

694

Musebooks

$400k

Webstore for lovers of art books

Retail

Belgium

695

Mybestseller

$1.1m

A state-of-the-art self-publishing platform

Tools & Services

The Netherlands

696

MyEbookFactory

No longer available as such

Turn print into e-books for every device (from Gutenberg Technology)

Tools & Services

France

697

My Independent Bookshop

Launch cancelled by PRH

Online community for readers to recommend books to eachother

Discovery

United Kingdom

698

My Kingdom Books

Last social media: January 2017

Creates augmented reality, personalised children’s books

Children’s

United Kingdom

699

Mylibreto

Online marketing tool for books

Marketing

Spain

700

My Poolitzer

Scouting platform for authors and publishers

Discovery

Germany

701

My Social Book

Capture your life from Facebook & Instagram and turn it into a Keepsake Book

Tools & Services

Belgium

702

My Story Book

You can become an author and illustrator of your own storybook

Tools & Services

703

MyTabletBooks

Website gone

eBookstore delivering illustrated eBooks directly from the publisher

Retail

United States

704

Narratores

Audiobook app

Audio

Spain

705

NCVRS

“Website Expired” app Still available for download

Tinder for books

Discovery

United States

706

Neoglyphic Entertainment

“Neoverse” platform

Platform to create new experiences around traditional storytelling

Tools & Services

United States

707

Neologic

Guides clients to their digital destinies

Marketing

United States

708

Neon Play

Hachette UK acquired June, 2016

We’re lighting up global App Stores with some mighty fine mobile games

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

709

NetGalley

Publishers galleys in digital formats

Tools & Services

United States

710

NetMinds

Closed Jan 2014

Helps authors to collaborate with editors, designers, publicists and other publishing professionals

Tools & Services

United States

711

New Fiction

Twitter account “has been suspended”

A modern version of the radio drama called iSoaps

Original Content

United States

712

Next Big Book

Last tweet 15 Jan 2015

Analytics and Insights for the Book Publishing Industry

Marketing

United States

713

nimbooks

All your eBooks under the same roof

Retail

Spain

714

Ninestars

Website gone

Smart digital content for media, publishing and media monitoring companies

Original Content

India

715

Nomad Editions

Closed Sept. 2012

Digital magazines for mobile platforms

Tools & Services

United States

716

Novel Effect

Real time movie-style soundtracks and sound effects for children’s books

Children’s

United States

717

Novelistik

Tools to publish, read, and engage in a community

Social

Mexico

718

Novellic

App to create, join, and manage book clubs

Social

United Kingdom

719

NovelRank

Enables authors to track their book sales and sales rank on Amazon

Marketing

United States

720

Novelry

Last tweet 12 Jul 2014

Discover new books, new authors and new subjects

Discovery

United States

721

Novelspot

If books were people, they’d mingle at Novelspot

Social

United States

722

Noveltunity

Last tweet Feb 2016

First ebook club that exclusively features new or undiscovered writers

Retail

United States

723

Novlr

Novel writing. Simply. (software)

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

724

Now and Then Reader

Publishes original nonfiction books and essays

Original Content

United States

725

Nubico

Book subscription service

Subscription

Spain

726

Nubleer

Readinsg app for news, books and magazine

Discovery

Mexico

727

Nu-book

Last news March 2015

Integrated digital platform for your mobile documents

Tools & Services

Canada

728

Nudge

For your next read, we’d like to guide you with a gentle nudge

Discovery

United Kingdom

729

Numalire

Digitization and distribution of library texts not already available in digital format

Tools & Services

France

730

Nuvem de Libros

Digital library available on web and app platforms

Education

Brazil

731

Oceanhouse

400 children’s books and personal development apps

Children’s

United States

732

OchoGallo

Interactive reading apps for children

Children’s

Mexico

733

Odilo

$4.23M

Digital content lending for libraries

Education

Spain

734

Odyl

Last Facebook post Oct 2013

Facebook app designed to connect authors with their readers

Social

United States

735

OmniLit

Closed December 2016

Retailer of all types of fiction and non-fiction in a variety of ebook formats

Retail

United States

736

One Grand

A bookstore where celebrated minds share the 10 books they would take...

Discovery

United States

737

OnePape

Website “Getting A Face Lift”

Reinventing the Novel

Original Content

Canada

738

One Third Books

Language learning through children’s stories

Children’s

United Kingdom

739

oolipo

Fiction reimagined for mobile

Original Content

Germany

740

Ooovre

Closed.(Kickstarter funding unsuccessful; last tweet Nov, 2015)

Helps people buy books online from local booksellers

Retail

United Kingdom

741

On Demand Books

See Espresso

Books printed in minutes on site

Tools & Services

United States

742

OnlyIndie

Website gone

Sell Your Book for $0 and a Penny More

Marketing

United States

743

OnSwipe

$13.3M

Acquired by Beanstock Media Aug., 2014

A platform for insanely easy mobile publishing

Tools & Services

United States

744

Oodlebooks

An online shop that represents the authors and their books

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

745

Oodles Books

Free Self-Publishing Platform

Retail

India

746

Open Air

$970k

Webstie Gone. Last tweet Oct 2013

Free Self-Publishing Platform

Tools & Services

United States

747

Open Bookmarks

Inkling acquired Open Air’s two brands

A project to make social reading easy, personal, and open

Social

United States

748

OpenBooks

Readers decide how much they want to pay

Retail

United States

749

OpenPage

From Excelsoft

EPUB reader and digital book ecosystem for students

Education

India

750

Open Road Integrated Media

$29M

Publisher + Services to Meet the Needs of Authors, Educators, and Librarians

Education

Unitd States

751

OptiQly

Undisclosed VC funding

Optimize the display/sales of books at online retailers

Retail

Unitd States

752

Opuss

App: The best way to read, write and share beautiful words

eReader

United Kingdom

753

Orbile

Online bookseller for kobo

Retail

Mexico

754

OR Books

OR Books is a new type of publishing company

Original Content

United Kingdom

755

Orson & Co

Last tweet December 2016

eLume: an exceptional reading experience for iOS devices

eReader

United Kingdom

756

Ouilire

Platform where readers can switch between books in both text and audio format

eReader

France

757

Outlit

Read and discover

Discovery

United States

758

Out of Print

Literary apparel and accessory company that loves celebrating great stories

Marketing

United States

759

OverDrive

Acquired by Rakuten for $410 million

Access to eBooks, audiobooks and videos from public libraries

Education

United States

760

Overleaf

The online platform for scientific writing

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

761

Owl Field

3D Audio Storytelling

Audio

Canada

762

Ownshelf

Last tweet Jun 2015

Share and download free eBooks with friends

Free

United States

763

Oyster

$17M

Closed 2016

Ebook subscription service

Subscription

United States

764

Packback Books

$2.5M

$5 Digital Textbook Rentals On-Demand

Textbooks

United States

765

Padify

now Contentment.io

Beautifully simple mobile publishing

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

766

Page Foundry

See Inktera

Mobile ebook store apps for Android

eReader

United States

767

PageKicker

$83k

Last tweet Aug 2015

Push a button, build a book

Tools & Services

United States

768

Pagemesh

Social writing platform

Social

United States/Canada

769

Palatium Books

Subscription service featuring books from ‘indie authors’

Subscription

Denmark

770

Palmetto Publishing Group

A full-service self-publishing company

Tools & Services

United States

771

Panarea Digital

An education technology start-up creating innovative mobile tools

Education

United States

772

Pandamian

Last tweet 25 Oct 2012

The easiest way to publish a book online

Tools & Services

Singapore

773

Papego

App to bridge print book and mobile reading

eReader

Germany

774

PaperC

Digital textbook retailer

Textbooks

Germany

775

PaperHive

The coworking hub for researchers

Education

Germany

776

Paperight

Closed end of March 2015

The world’s largest network of print-on-demand bookstores

Retail

South Africa

777

Paperless Publishing

Last blog entry Feb. 2012

A full service book to ebook conversion and publishing house

Tools & Services

United States

778

Papertrell

Owned by Trellisys.net

(Create amazing content. Publish to any device) Digital self-publishing platform

Original Content

India

779

Pappus

Website gone

Multifunctional eTool for publishers and authors

Tools & Services

United States

780

Parramón Ediciones

Prined fiction and non fiction books for kids and teens with interactive online components

Children’s

Spain

781

Pars.ly

$6.03M

Provide clear audience insights through an intuitive analytics platform

Marketing

United States

782

Pasa la Página

Magazine reading app

eReader

Colombia

783

Passage

Not on iOS app store

Passage app provides hyperlocal literary serendipity

Marketing

Belgium

784

Patreon

Crowd funding service for artists

Investment

United States

785

PBLSHN

Last tweet July 2015

A patent-pending method to revolutionize publishing

Tools & Services

United States

786

peecho

Print on Demand for Books, Magazines and Creative Work

Tools & Services

The Netherlands

787

Pentian

Crowdfunding platform for books

Marketing

Spain

788

PeraPera

From the makers of Bookmarq

Source crowdfunding for texts you want to read from different countries

Subscription

United States

789

Picaboo

Create beautiful photo books and more

Tools & Services

United States

790

Pigeonhole

Book club and social media app

Discovery

United Kingdom

791

PinchZoom

Last tweet Sep 2013

We create amazing mobile experiences that people love

eReader

United States

792

Piracy Trace

Ingram grant

Automated platform that searches the web for copies of an author’s work

Tools & Services

United States

793

Pirpl

Page not found’ Last tweet Feb 2015

eBook subscription service

Subscription

France

794

PitchLab

Wordrates company

Fcilitates book pitches between author and publisher

Tools & Services

United States

795

Pixel Craft Books

Turning digital books into meaningful experiences

Original Content

Germany

796

Pixel of Ink

Active. (Closed June 2016)

Free & Bargain Kindle Books

Free

United States

797

Playster

Unlimited movies, music, books and games into one subscription

Subscription

United States

798

PlayTales

Last tweet May 2015

Where kids read and play

Children’s

Spain

799

Pleens

Last tweet Dec 2015

Forget timelines, it’s time to map yourself

Original Content

Italy

800

Plympton

(Acquired Daily Lit)

A literary studio

Original Content

United States

801

Pobble (formerly LendMeYourLiteracy)

Online classroom wall for teachers and students

Education

United Kingdom

802

Poetica

Technology & personnel acquired by Condé Nast

Google Docs-style collaboration inside your WordPress

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

803

Poets & Writers Local

App for sharing & receiving information on literary events near you

Discovery

United States

804

Polis Book

Digitial publishing house

Tools & Services

United States

805

Pottermore

The digital heart of the Wizarding World

Original Content

United Kingdom

806

Pratilipi

Possibly India’s fastest growing self-publishing and reading platform

Tools & Services

India

807

Premier Digital Publishing

List acquired by Open Road June 2014

A full-service e-publishing venture; 300 titles

Original Content

United States

808

PressBooks

Online ebook formatting platform

Tools & Services

Canada

809

Press’ Innov

Offering IT services to publishing and media companies

Tools & Services

France

810

Prismatic

$15M

Closed Dec 2015

News reading app

eReader

United States

811

Project Gutenberg

A volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works

Original Content

United States

812

Prolifiko (formerly Write-Track)

Productivity tools for writers

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

813

Pronoun (formerly Vook)

$11.25M

Acquired by Macmillan, May, 2016

Publishing for authors

Tools & Services

United States

814

PRSS

Acquired by Apple September, 2014

Create iPad magazines using tools that don’t require any knowledge of code

Tools & Services

The Netherlands

815

Pubcoder

$1M

App to create interactive, multi-device ebooks

Tools & Services

Italy

816

PubEasy

A business-to-business service between booksellers, publishers, distributors, and wholesalers

Retail

United States

817

Pubfront

Builds white label online bookstores for publishers

Retail

Denmark

818

PubLaunch

Crowdfunding for books, publishing services, and more. Beta site now open

Tools & Services

Canada

819

Publerati

Literary fiction publisher releasing titles through all major ebook resellers

Original Content

United States

820

Publification

$170k

Last tweet Nov 2015

Enables users to create, promote, and sell cloud-based e-books

Marketing

United Kingdom

821

PublishDrive

Powerful publishing platform to increase your ebook sales

Tools & Services

Switzerland

822

Publish Green

Providing a full range of eBook formatting, editing, and marketing services

Tools & Services

United States

823

Publishing Data Networks

Analyzing Your Ebook Sales Trends And Market Data

Marketing

Germany

824

Publishizer

Matches writers with publishers during pre-orders campaigns

Marketing

India/United States

825

Publishroom

Digital self-publishing platform

Tools & Services

France

826

PublishSoSimply

Ingram funded

A digital publishing platform where you can create beautiful, interactive web publications

Tools & Services

Poland

827

Publit

Gives you everything you need to publish and sell books in every format, everywhere

Marketing

Sweden

828

Publiwide

Specialist software solutions for publishers

Tools & Services

Switzerland

829

PubMatch

Last tweet June 2015

Global Rights Network

Tools & Services

United States

830

Pubslush

Closed August 2015

Book crowdfunder

Marketing

United States

831

Pubsoft

Last blog entry January 2015

Our intuitive and easy-to-use system helps you build your platform

Marketing

United States

832

Pugpig

The ‘lightest, fastest, most flexible publishing platform on the planet’

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

833

Purple Motion

Efficiently publish engaging content to all digital channels

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

834

Push Pop Press

Acquired by Facebook Aug. 2011

The Next Generation of Digital Books

Original Content

United States

835

Qbend

Technology for content repurposing

Tools & Services

United States

836

Qlovi

Last tweet Mar 2015

Personalized reading & writing

Discovery

United States

837

Quelibroleo

Social media site for readers

Social

Spain

838

Quelle Histoire

Mobile app that teaches history to kids through storytelling

Children’s

France

839

Quietly

Funding received; amount not disclosed

We help brands and publishers create amazing content

Marketing

Canada

840

Quillr

Interactive Stories

Original Content

Canada

841

Quillsong

Last tweet Sept. 2015

Helps authors organize and build worlds and characters

Tools & Services

United States

842

Quotle

Use your phone’s camera to capture pieces of text from books you read

Tools & Services

France

843

Radish

$3m

A new app for serialised fiction

Original Content

South Korea

844

Radius Book Group

Full-service publishing solutions for independent authors

Tools & Services

United States

845

Rafter

$86M

Closed Oct 2015

Education technology and course materials management

Education

United States

846

Ratings Catcher

Monitors and collects book reviews from all over the web

Marketing

United States

847

Reabble

A web-based RSS reader optimized for Amazon Kindle’s built-in web browser

eReader

China

848

Read

The Ultimate EPUB Reader

eReader

France

849

Readability

Turns any web page into a clean view for reading now or later

eReader

United States

850

Read How You Want

Last tweet Nov 2013

Conversion technology reformats existing books into high quality, alternative formats

Tools & Services

Australia

851

ReadBooks (MobiLire)

Last tweet Apr 2010; website dormant

A team of experts specialized in publishing and selling eBooks

Marketing

France

852

ReadCube Web Reader

Free reference & citation manager for article PDFs

Education

United States

853

Readership

Website gone

A digital book publisher controlled by readers

Original Content

United Kingdom

854

Reader’s Legacy

The World’s Largest Book Club!

Retail

United States

855

Readerstage

Publish, share, discover and read

Discovery

Finland

856

readfy

$115k

Read digital content in a multi-dimensional social environment

Social

Germany

857

Reading Room

$2.75M

Now bookstr

Connects books with people

Social

United States

858

Reading Trails

$5k

No web presence

Book recommendation social network

Social

United States/Belgium

859

Read It Forward

A digital community from Crown Publishing made of more than 385,00 Readers

Social

United States

860

Readin.gs

Website appears inactive; no Twitter presence

A hand-selected book delivered once a month

Retail

United States

861

Readio

eReader created specifically for small mobile phone screens

eReader

Germany

862

Readlists

Shut down July 2016. From Readability team.

Collect any set of links and bundle them into an e-book

Original Content

United States

863

Readly

All your favorites magazines for a fixed price of $9.99 per month

Retail

Sweden

864

Readmill

Closed; team hired by Dropbox March, 2014

ebook reading app for iOS and Android

eReader

Germany

865

ReadMyStori

Brings you great e-books from around the world.

Retail

India

866

Readom

Last tweet Jun 2012

Change the way how people consume quality media articles

eReader

Finland

867

Read Petite

Coming soon

A rich reading experience for time-poor readers

eReader

United Kingdom

868

ReadSocial

Last tweet Sep 2014

ReadSocial works inside books & magazines, connects people across reading apps

eReader

United States

869

ReadThisNext

$25k

A social community for people who like books

Social

United States

870

Readups

Last tweet Jan 2014

Site where people meet up inside ebooks

Social

United States

871

ReadWave

$465k

Closed Dec 2015

Digital publishing platform

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

872

Readz

$12.3M

The Content Creation Platform

Tools & Services

United States

873

READZINC

We make reading a virtual reality experience

Discovery

United States

874

Really Blue Books

Website gone

Australia’s first independent digital-only trade publisher

Original Content

Australia

875

RedDoor Publishing

Bridges the gap between traditional publishing and self-publishing

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

876

ReDigi

$2.27M

Last tweet April 2016

Buy and sell everything digital

Retail

United States

877

Red Lemonade

Website gone. Last tweet 2014

Site where authors post manuscript and receive feedback from readers

Tools & Services

United States

878

RedLink

Provides business intelligence for academic publishers

Marketing

United States

879

RedShelf

$7m

Save up to 60% when you shop eTextbooks

Textbooks

United States

880

Red Staple

Website closed

Provides authors, musicians and film makers an easy way to distribute digitally

Retail

United States

881

Reedsy

$610k

Reported as seeking €500,000 (€30,000 seed round)

Connects authors with the world’s best editors, designers and marketers

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

882

RefMe

Aquired by Chegg in January 2017

Generates citations for academic papers

Education

United Kingdom

883

ReKiosk

Last post Dec. 2013

User-curated storefronts where anyone can sell books and other digital files

Retail

United States

884

RePubIT

Last tweet Oct 2015

Next-generation social & mobile learning

Social

United States

885

Rethink Books

see Bookshout

see Bookshout

?

United States

886

Revizzit

Create digital products that get better over time

Tools & Services

United States

887

Rhino Single Notes

“Quick read” digital books about music and pop culture

Original Content

United States

888

Riffle

Last tweet Sept 2012

(Just good books and the readers who love them) Twitter and Facebook Currently active

Original Content

United States

889

Rightsdesk

Digital platform for selling book rights

Tools & Services

Switzerland

890

RocAutores

Product of Roca Editorial

Online self-publishing platform

Tools & Services

Spain

891

ROOK

Last tweet Nov 2015

Read e-books for free at the airport

Free

United Kindom

892

Rooster

Last blog entry July, 2014

A mobile reading service for iPhone

eReader

United States

893

Rosetta Books

The leading independent eBook publisher

Original Content

United States

894

Roterbooks

Online service that allows authors to have their books edited and converted into digital formats

Tools & Services

Spain

895

Ruckus Media

$3.5M

Sold to KiwiTech in November 2013

Developer of applications that entertain toddlers to teens

Children’s

United States

896

Safari Books Online

Unlimited access to 200,000 hours of business, tech, & design training

Education

United States

897

sBooks

Website gone

An open web-based e-book platform for sociable and collaborative reading

Social

United States

898

Sanspapier.com

51k

Website gone

Search engine and bbookstore

Retail

France

899

Scholastica

$510k

Smart software to power your peer-reviewed journal

Tools & Services

United States

900

SciFlow

Collaborative writing and publishing platform for authors of scientific texts

Original Content

Germany

901

Screwpulp

Screwpulp is now Leafless

Screwpulp is now Leafless

Tools & Services

United States

902

Scribando

Last tweet Oct 2014

Provide authors with the best resources on successful book publishing

Marketing

United States

903

Scribble Press

$1.15M

Acquired by Fingerprint Jan, 2015

iPad app lets kids publish physical books

Tools & Services

United States

904

Scribd

$48M

A digital library & ebook subscription service

Subscription

United States

905

Scribe

“We are no longer offering Scribe”

Content marketing software

Marketing

United States

906

SeeBook

Customizable gift cards holding ebook downloads

Retail

Spain

907

Self Publishing, Inc.

Publishing service for the self-publisher

Tools & Services

United States

908

Self Publishing School

Training for self-published authors

Tools & Services

United States

909

Semi-Linear

Corporate parent of CITIA

Corporate parent of CITIA

?

United States

910

Senserial

Last tweet Apr 2015

A new way of reading ebooks as a series

eReader

Germany

911

Sequencity

Product of Actialuna

App for buying and reader comics

eReader

France

912

Sequential

Digital Graphic Novels & Comics

Original Content

Japan

913

Serendipite Studios

product: Bublish

See Bublish

?

United States

914

Serial Box

Serialized fiction released in episodes

Original Content

United States

915

Shadow Gang

Last tweet Aug 2014

An interactive entertainment studio

Original Content

United States

916

SharedBook

Merged with XanEdu, May 2014

dba AcademicPub

Education

United States

917

Sharemagazines

Magazine reading app

Subscription

Germany

918

Shebooks

$300k

Short ebooks by women, for women

Original Content

United States

919

Shelfari

$1M

Amazon acquired; merged w. Goodreads; shut

Social cataloging website for book lovers

Social

United States

920

Shelf Awareness

Two newsletters, one for readers, one for the book business

Original Content

United States

921

Shelfie (replaces BitLit)

$910k

Ceased opperations Jan 2017

Get ebook versions of books you own

Retail

Canada

922

Short Édition

Literary platform dedicated to short formats: news, micro-news, poems and short comics’

original Content

France

923

Shorts

Web site appears inactive; no tweets

Great short stories that you’re most likely to like

Original Content

Israel

924

Satchel (formerly Show My Homework)

App that allows teachers and parents to publish and monitor homework assignments

Education

United Kingdom

925

Shulph

Website stripped down, abandoned twitter

Your physical and digital bookshelves synched at last

Retail

United Kingdom

926

Sidewalk

$18.09M

Includes CampusBookRentals

Partnerships with college bookstores and online

Education

United States

927

Sigil

Last tweet Sep 2011

A multi-platform EPUB ebook editor

Tools & Services

Croatia/United States

928

Simply Prose

Last tweet July 2016. Website is relaunching service, no date given

Collaborative writing platform to get the feedback, critiques

Tools & Services

United States

929

Sixy Press

Website gone

Improves upon the existing self publishing products

Tools & Services

United States

930

Skoobe

Subscription service for ebooks & Reading app

Subscription

Germany

931

Skrawl

Skrawl is a competitive & collaborative reading, writing, & publishing platform

Tools & Services

United States

932

Skybrite

Website gone, app still up

App that allows you to stream audiobooks to your device for a monthly fee

Audio

United States

933

SkyInk Studios

Last tweet Jul 2013

Specializes in creating ebooks and dynamic book apps

Tools & Services

United States

934

Slicebooks

$150k

Helps publishers repurpose content and sell direct

Retail

United States

935

SlimBooks

We think most books are too long

Tools & Services

United States

936

SlugBooks

Compares prices on textbooks

Textbooks

United States

937

SmackFiction

Site closed

A daily feed of reviews and book samples on mobile

Free

New Zealand

938

Small Batch Books

Private Publishing of Personal Histories

Original Content

United States

939

Small Demons

$5.6M

Out of business

Allows users to make connections between texts

Social

United States

940

Smashwords

Ebooks from independent authors and publishers

Original Content

United States

941

Smile Books

Create Custom Photo Books & Albums

Tools & Services

United States

942

Snapbook

Interactive app that scans books and relays bonus content

Children’s

France

943

Snapplify

A platform for distribution of ebooks, magazines and newspapers

Retail

South Africa

944

Snippet

Last blog entry May, 2014

A beautiful and engaging mobile reading experience

eReader

United States

945

SocialBook

Website inactive since 08-13-2014

A social reading platform: add commentary to texts, share these ideas, etc.

Social

United States

946

Sony DADC

Rights management for books and other digital goods

Tools & Services

United States

947

Sony eReader

Discontinued in 2014

eReader tablet

eReader

Japan

948

Sparkabook

Site closed

Sell book rights by listing for free

Tools & Services

United States

949

Spark Authors

Launched 2013 “currently in Private Beta”

A gamified ebook community where readers help writers get discovered

Discovery

United States

950

Spayee

$20k

Ebook and digital course distribution platform

Retail

India

951

Speakaboos

$25.2M

A digital storybook platform for children

Children’s

United States

952

Spellbound Books

Mobile app and publishing platform

Children’s

United States

953

Spritz

$3.54M

Discover how effortlessly you can improve your reading

Discovery

United States

954

Spundge

Collect, curate and publish digital content

Tools & Services

Canada

955

Squirl

The first location-based book discovery app

Discovery

United States

956

Stample

Allows businesses to create virtual libraries of their own published work and share with others

Tools & Services

France

957

Stanza

Closed 2011

Reader for ebooks and digital publications

eReader

United States

958

Step In Books

Publisher of interactive digital books for mobile platforms

Children’s

Denmark

959

Stitch Media

Interactive media company telling stories using new technology and timeless techniques

Original Content

Canada

960

Storily

A discovery and intelligence platform for storytellers

Discovery

United States

961

Story Beam

Last tweet Mar 2013

Lets you be the star of your own stories

Original Content

962

Storybird

$2.5M

A platform for writers, readers, and artists of all ages

Tools & Services

United States

963

StoryBots

No longer on JibJabs site

An e-book and digital entertainment platform for kids 2-6

Children’s

United States

964

StoryBundle

For people who love to read: discover quality indie books written by indie authors

Discovery

United States

965

Story Corner

Product of L-Pub

Learn languages through reading short stories. One chapter a day sent to users on whatsapp

Education

Germany

966

Storylab

Digital publisher and reading app

Tools & Services

France

967

Story Planet

Product of L-Pub

Platform for learning German through immersive reading

Education

Germany

968

Storytel

International Audiobooks plataform

Audio

Sweden

969

Story Terrace

We turn life stories into unique books

Original Content

Netherlands

970

Storythings

Help you tell stories about things

Original Content

United Kingdom

971

StoryToys

$2,20

Interactive children’s books and games for mobile

Original Content

Ireland

972

StoryTourist

Experience books at the very locations where the action takes place

Discovery

Sweden

973

StoryTruck

Last tweet Dec 2015

Netflix for Kid’s books

Children’s

United States

974

Streaq

Last tweet Jul 2015

One Chapter a Day

Discovery

United States

975

StreetLib

A publishing service platform with very book tool in one place

Tools & Services

Italy

976

Strip Designer

Create comic strips on an iPhone or iPad

Tools & Services

Denmark

977

StudyEBuddy

Site gone

India’s first and largest educational content eBookstore

Education

India

978

Subtext

$3M

Acquired by Renaissance Learning in 2013

A digital reading service for K12

Education

United States

979

Subutai

Last tweet Dec 2012

A comic series with adventure, betrayal, and a samurai’s relentless blade

Original Content

United States

980

Sudden Oak

Stories in various forms (including print and apps)

Original Content

United States

981

Suvudu (Random House)

Provide additional content around science fiction, fantasy etc. books from RH

Original Content

United States

982

Supadü

Specializes search and metadata management platform for publishers

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

983

Super-e-reads

Now an online gambling site

Dedicated to showcasing both self- and traditionally published books

Marketing

984

Sweek

A global mobile platform for reading and writing

Original Content

The Netherlands

985

Swoon Reads

An imprint of Macmillan

Publishing new Young Adult love stories, with the help of the Swoon Reads community

Original Content

United Kingdom

986

Symtext

Last tweet Mar 2009

Interoperable rights management services

Tools & Services

Canada

987

Table Talk

No web site

An online collaborative reading and annotation platform

eReader

United States

988

Tablo

$420k

App: a place for writers to write, for readers to read

Social

Australia

989

Tabulit

A hybrid e-reading and e-publishing platform of serialized literature

eReader

Canada

990

TaleHunt

A platform for authors to publish 250-character stories and introduce readers to their books

Original Content

India

991

Tapas Media

$4.4M

Bite-sized stories on the go

Original Content

United States

992

Tapastic

Publishes web comics

Original Content

South Korea/United States

993

TasteBook

Acquired by Random House, 2012

TasteBook is a resource for the cookbook obsessed

Retail

United States

994

Tate Publishing

Closed down Jan. 2017

A Christian-based publishing organization with a mission to discover unknown authors

Original Content

United States

995

TEA, The Ebook Alternative

Allows cultural booksellers to sell ebooks with a complete solution

Retail

France

996

Tekstum

Supported by the Government of Spain

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for the Publishing Sector

Tools & Services

Spain

997

Telemachus Press

A wide range of publishing and epublishing services

Tools & Services

United States

998

Telestories

Powered by Google

Write, direct, and star in your own TV show

Children’s

United States

999

Tellwell Publishing

The only Canadian self-publishing company that gives 100% net royalties to authors

Tools & Services

Canada

1000

Tencil

Kickstarter funding unsuccessful

Social media app for creative writing & reading

Social

United States

1001

Texidium

Accelerates the delivery of personalized digital course material including eTexts and software

Education

Canada

1002

Textbook Rental Canada

Online marketplace for students looking to rent, buy or sell their textbooks

Textbooks

Canada

1003

TexTech

$415k

This site can’t be reached

Create, manage, re purpose, and distribute content

Marketing

1004

Texts.com

A student-to-student marketplace wrapped inside a price comparison service

Education

United States

1005

Thadeus Roth

Interactive transmedia stories delivered to the reader through call, SMS, email or post

Original Content

Germany

1006

The Book Club

No trace online

Help parents discover the best books for their child

Children’s

United Kingdom

1007

The Book Depository

The world’s most international online bookstore

Retail

United Kingdom

1008

The Book of Everyone

Customizable books centered around anyone you choose

Original Content

United Kingdom

1009

The Endless Bookcase

Digital self-publishing platform and retailer

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

1010

The Melody Book

Educational mobile apps for kids

Children’s

United States

1011

The Owl Field

3D Audio Storytelling

Audio

United Kingdom

1012

The Reading Room

$2.75M

Book discovery destination

Discovery

Austrailia

1013

The Spanish Book Stage

An ‘online rights and licensing platform for Spanish-language titles’

Tools & Services

Spain

1014

The Spanish Digital Link

Translation, marketing and distribution of ebooks entering the Spanish market

Tools & Services

Spain

1015

TheWriteDeal

The requested URL not found on this server

Ebook publisher and distributor

Original Content

United States

1016

Thin Reads

Last tweet Mar 2015

We have the world’s largest database of e-book singles.

Retail

United States

1017

Threepress Consulting

Acquired by Safari Books Sept, 2012

Expert consulting services and software engineering

Tools & Services

United States

1018

Timbus Books

Last tweet Mar 2012

System to submit your book proposals to literary agents

Tools & Services

United States

1019

timeStarved

“coming soon”

Customized books for time-starved readers

Original Content

United States

1020

Time Traveler Tours and Tales

Inteteractive storytelling (through digital book formats and apps)

Original Content

United States

1021

Tizra

An astonishingly fast and flexible online publishing platform

Tools & Services

United States

1022

Todoebook

eBook distributor

Tools & Services

Spain

1023

Togather

Last tweet Mar 2014

Bridging the gap between online content and brick-and-mortar purchase.

Retail

United States

1024

Together Tales

Bring stories to life for your kids

Children’s

Canada

1025

Tokyopop

American distributor and publisher of anime, manga and manga-style works

Retail

United States

1026

Toontastic

Powered by Google

Interactive storytelling app

Children’s

United States

1027

To Play For

No trace online

We create games, interactive stories and simulations using artificial intelligence

Original Content

United Kingdom

1028

Toppsta

Children’s book reviews for kids of all ages

Children’s

United Kingdom

1029

Total Boox

$500k

(App that promotes digital reading) Distributes ebooks from publishers to libraries

eReader

Israel

1030

Touch Press

App developer and publisher, split into Touch Press Inc. and A

Tools & Services

Ireland

1031

Touch Press Inc.

$10m

Successor to Touch Press

Suite of learning games for kids and families

Original Content

United States/Ireland

1032

Track New Book

Last Facebook post June 2014

New book notification by author, subject, or keyword

Discovery

Canada

1033

Trafford

Part of Author Solutions

A formidable set of top-notch self-publishing packages

Tools & Services

United States

1034

Trajectory

Data driven network connects publishers to global retailers

Retail

United States

1035

Travora Media

TravoraMedia.com is for sale

Next generation of travel media and information

Original Content

United States

1036

TREEbook

Discontinued, from Medallion Press

Storytelling technology for iPad users

eReader

United States

1037

Trident Media

Leading Literary Agency Designed for the 21st Century

Tools & Services

United States

1038

Txtr

?

Bankrupt Jan 2015

Ebook distribution platform

Retail

Germany

1039

TuLibroSmart

Self-publishing tool for DIY authors

Tools & Services

Spain

1040

Type & Tell

Launched by Bonnier in Sweden in 2015, English language site launch Spring 2017

Digital self-publishing platform and retailer

Tools & Services

Sweden

1041

Ubimark

Last “news” on Feb 2012

Ubimark enhances physical reality (books, places, objects) with stories, travel experiences, ratings or information

Tools & Services

United States

1042

Ubook

Audiobook app

Audio

Brazil

1043

Ulysses

The ultimate writing app’

Original Content

Germany

1044

Unbound

Authors present a pitch, you pledge, and when the goal is reached the book is written

Marketing

United Kingdom

1045

Unbound Books

Closed 2011

A new way of bringing authors and readers together

Social

United Kingdom

1046

Unbound Concepts

$530k

Product: Artifact

Improving the way that readers discover books

Discovery

United States

1047

UnglueIt

Finding ways to support and sustain Creative Commons ebooks

Discovery

Unted States

1048

Unizin Engage

An eText platform and collaborative tool

Education

United States

1049

Unscroll

Last tweet Sept. 2014

A totally uninteresting and redundant effort to connect facts with ideas

Original Content

United States

1050

Uweave

See Daisy Labs

Enterprise-class monetization solutions for digital content

Marketing

United States

1051

ValoBox

Last tweet May 2015

Pay-as-you-read thousands of brilliant books

Original Content

United Kingdom

1052

ValoreBooks

Buy or rent college textbooks online

Textbooks

United States

1053

Vangelizer

Website gone

Makes it easy to boost word of mouth referrals for books

Marketing

New Zealand

1054

Varytale

Last tweet 2012

Publisher and Retailer of Interactive Books

Retail

United Kingdom

1055

Vearsa (formerly ePub Direct)

+/-$5M

Ebook wholesale distributor

Retail

Ireland

1056

Vellum

from 180g

Easily create beautiful ebooks (Mac software)

Tools & Services

United States

1057

Venture Galleries

Showcase, promote, and market the works of talented Indie authors

Marketing

United States

1058

Verso Story Engine

A framework for crafting rich interactive apps

Tools & Services

Canada

1059

Versu

Development dropped Feb. 2014

An interactive reading experience where you become the character

Original Content

United Kingdom

1060

Vidbooks

Last tweet Jan 2013

Educating the World Visually

Education

United States

1061

Visify Books

Last tweet Sep 2013

Detailed video summaries for classic non-fiction, business and self-help books

Original Content

United States

1062

Visual Editions

We believe in creating new and playful reading experiences, both on and off the screen

Original Content

United Kingdom

1063

Vitalsource

part of Ingram

Building, enhancing and delivering e-learning content

Education

United States

1064

VIZeBooks

Website inactive

Applications for the Mobile and Tablet devices

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

1065

ViziPress

Website inactive

Bridging storytelling with semiotics and music

Tools & Services

United States

1066

Voice Dream Reader

App that reads articles, documents and books out loud

eReader

United States

1067

Vook

See Pronoun

Digital books combining text, video, links to the internet and social media

Tools & Services

United States

1068

Voxie Media

Boutique imprint and publishing services company for business authors

Original Content

United States

1069

Ware-Pak

Hassle-Free E-Book Solutions & Digital Rights Management

Tools & Services

United States

1070

Wattpad

$66.8M

App that lets people discover and share stories

Discovery

Canada

1071

WaveCloud Publishing

See BookFuel

Produce, self-publish and market professional literary works using an intuitive, guided platform

Tools & Services

United States

1072

WaveFont

App that adjusts the font of words to fit the emotion with which they are spoken

Audio

Germany

1073

Webdokid

Last tweet June 2015

Creator of interactive games, books and apps for children

Children’s

France

1074

WEbook

$5M

Online community for writers

Social

United States

1075

Weightless Books

An independent ebooksite devoted to DRM-free ebooks of all sorts

Free

United States

1076

We Love Words

Online community for writers to share and publish their work

Original Content

France

1077

Werdsmith

App that comprises of writing tools for authors

Tools & Services

Australia

1078

Wet Zebra

Platform where-in readers vote on and eventually choose manucripts to be published

Marketing

United Kingdom

1079

What Should I Read Next

Book recommendations from readers like you

Social

United Kingdom

1080

Wheelers

Supplies eBooks to public libraries and schools

Education

New Zeland

1081

Whichbook

Domain is for sale

Millions of factors help suggest books which most closely match your needs

Discovery

United Kingdom

1082

Whichbox

The only interactive storytelling engine for brands

Marketing

United States

1083

Whitefox

Handle any aspect of the publishing process in print, ebook or other digital formats

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

1084

Widbook

$1.5M

Last blog entry Apr 2015

Online platform enabling users to find and publish books

Discovery

Brazil

1085

WideScript

Cloud based e-reader

eReader

Netherlands

1086

Wish Dish

Wish Dish is more than just stories

Original Content

United States

1087

Wobo

Bought by Follett, March, 2016

Service for campus stores to find and purchase books online in volume

Education

United States

1088

WOLL Verlag

mybestseller.com company

Online self-publishing platform aimed at local German authors

Tools & Services

German

1089

Wondery

Investment, $$ not disclosed

Creates and curates podcasts - a network of storytellers

Original Content

United States

1090

Woodpie

Ingram funded

Offer reliable recommendations, not swayed away by marketing

Discovery

India

1091

Wook

Launched by Grupo Porto Editora

Online bookseller of physical books and ebooks, also a reading app

Retail

Portugal

1092

Wook!

App where readers can leave comment on an author’s work and interact with them. Aimed at academics and co-orporations.

Original Content

Italy

1093

Wordclay

Part of Author Solutions

Self-Publishing for Everyone

Tools & Services

United States

1094

World Public Library

Books by the greatest writers of the last 1,000 years, on an annual subscription

Subscription

United States

1095

Wordrates

Site for publishing professionals and jorunalists to rate eachother

Discovery

United States

1096

Worldreader.org

On a mission to bring digital books to every child and her family

Children’s

United States

1097

Wowio

$5.2M

Distributor of digital books and comics

Retail

United States

1098

Write or Read

Website inactive

A subscription site for self-published ebooks

Subscription

United States

1099

Written Word Media

See also Freebooksy

Runs websites that connect Authors & Publishers with Readers

Social

United States

1100

Writer2ePub

Last tweet June 2014; blog 01-15

An EPUB file creator

Tools & Services

Italy

1101

WriterCube (see Bookigee)

Closed, see Bookigee

Marketing analytics app for authors

Marketing

United States

1102

Writer.ly

This site can’t be reached

Services and experts authors need to publish successfully

Tools & Services

United States

1103

WriteReader

Digital self-publishing platform for child authors

Children’s

Denmark

1104

Writers Boon

Everything a Writer Needs: Guide | Directory | Deals | Reviews

Marketing

Australia

1105

WritersWebTV

Last tweet Apr 2014

Take part in writing workshops with famous authors

Marketing

Ireland

1106

Writer Unboxed

About the craft and business of fiction

Marketing

United States

1107

Wundr

Last tweet Nov 2015

Makes it easy for people and companies to create and publish eBooks

Tools & Services

Canada

1108

XanEdu Publishing

$12.1M

Merger with AcademicPub

Innovative solutions for creating, delivering and managing course materials

Education

United States

1109

Xcite Books

Erotic fiction as print and ebooks

Original Content

United Kingdom

1110

Xentral Methods

Providing solution for upstream and downstream processes for ebooks.

Tools & Services

Malaysoa

1111

Xilisoft PDF to EPUB

Last tweet Dec 2014

A quick, easy way to convert PDF files to EPUB format

Tools & Services

China

1112

Xist Publishing

Books for the Touchscreen Generation

Original Content

United States

1113

XL Book

Books with extra large text catered to the visually impared. Distributed in print and online

Tools & Services

Germany

1114

xlibrio

Cloud bookstores for schools

Education

United States

1115

Xlibris

Part of Author Solutions

Self-publishing services

Tools & Services

United States

1116

Xoum

Transmedia digital publisher

Original Content

Australia

1117

Xplana

Website inactive

A digital content and social learning education platform

Education

United States

1118

Xpublisher GmbH

Software focusing on “content creation and single source publishing”

Tools & Services

Germany & United States

1119

Xulon Press

Christian self publishing company

Original Content

United States

1120

Xuni

Author website design

Marketing

United States

1121

yaBeam

$150k

Delivers contextually relevant multimedia content to mobile consumers

Original Content

United States

1122

Yasiv

Amazon Book Search Results Visualized

Marketing

United States

1123

Ying Horowitz & Quinn

From website “…is hibernating!”

A low-risk place to experiment with new storytelling techniques

Original Content

United States

1124

Yo Soy Pildorilla

No evidence of launch after kickstarter

Education portal

Education

Spain

1125

Youboox

eBook subscription service

Subscription

France

1126

YouLoveWords

From the WeLoveWords team

Connects authors from WeLoveWords to publishers and agents

Tools & Services

France

1127

YourNextRead

Discover and share

Discovery

United Kingdom

1128

YUDU

Help publishers deliver to apps and browsers on any device

Tools & Services

United Kingdom

1129

Zola Books

$8.9M

Enables discovery and retail of books in multiple formats

Discovery

United States

1130

ZOOpubs

Website inactive

Conversion and authoring software for digital book production

Tools & Services

United States

1131

ZyBooks

$4M

Interactive textbook replacements

Education

United States