Netgalley is the premier company that allows people to read e-books before they are officially released. They primarily want people to write reviews to generate buzz and they have a very successful business. In order to take things to the next level they have just acquired Bookish.com, which focuses on author interviews, book recommendations and literary … [Read more...] about NetGalley Acquires Book Recommendation Site Bookish
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New York Public Library Implements New eBook Discovery Engine
If you are a regular visitor to the New York Public library to browse their selection of eBooks, you are in for a treat. There is a new discovery engine added to search that will offer algorithmic book recommendations. The new search engine is a product of the libraries new relationship with Zola Books. Zola, is using technology from Bookish, which is a company they recently … [Read more...] about New York Public Library Implements New eBook Discovery Engine
It Pays to Be Small: Zola Buys Book Discovery Site Bookish
It's a tough time to be selling ebooks if you're not Amazon. That's why two fairly recent startups, ebook seller and social media platform Zola Books and Big Three book discovery brainchild Bookish.com, have joined forces in the fight against success with Zola's acquisition of the book search engine. Zola, formed by literary agents and funded partly through investments by … [Read more...] about It Pays to Be Small: Zola Buys Book Discovery Site Bookish
Zola Pushes Back Start Date, Signs New Bookstores
GoodeReader reported last month on the startup of a new ebook seller, Zola. What made Zola’s business model so interesting at the time was its plan to sell content that other platforms weren’t selling in digital form, such as its first time, Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife. According to a post by Jeremy Greenfield for Digital Book World, Zola’s launch has been … [Read more...] about Zola Pushes Back Start Date, Signs New Bookstores