Bookshout

Founded in 2010, BookShout is a software based eBook distributor, with offices in Dallas, TX, Fort Wayne, IN and New York, NY. It is the largest provider of bulk eBook distribution in the world[1] and works with all of the major U.S. publishing houses including HarperCollins,[2] Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Penguin Random House, Perseus, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, Chronicle Books, Hachette Publishing Group, and Workman. The company has evolved from its initial business model of facilitating bulk eBook distribution to additionally providing publishers with customizable direct-to-consumer digital storefronts.

BookShout Logo

The company has also carved out a business services component of their business model, partnering with major corporations including, the Hearst Corporation, Intel, Microsoft, Sony, Cheerios,[3] T-Mobile,[4] CareerBuilder, Cisco, The Wall Street Journal,[5] Salesforce, Google, Deloitte and others to aide in the marketing and promotion of products, as well as in the onboarding, education and training of employees through the use of eBooks.

The company is the creator of a proprietary reading app that gives users the ability to interact with friends directly in the app for a unique social reading experience. BookShout has native eReader applications on Android and iOS and can be accessed directly on the web. There are currently more than 2 million users on the BookShout reading platform.

References

  1. Kozlowski, Michael (30 September 2014). "BookShout! Sells 9.4 million Bulk eBook Codes". Good e-Reader. Oak Branch Media Inc. Retrieved 30 September 2014
  2. "HarperCollins Picks BookShout App for Direct E-book Sales", Publishers Weekly. 4 May 2016. Retrieved on 31 March 2019
  3. "BookShout Partners with Cheerios for Free e-books", Good e-Reader. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2019
  4. "Press Release: BookShout Distributes Record 237,000 Ebooks in 48 Hours on T-Mobile Tuesday", Book Business. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2019
  5. "Enjoy a Complimentary E-Book Download With WSJ+ Books of the Month", Wall Street Journal Plus. March 31, 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019
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