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Bookish, LLC.

Type of site

Content discovery,
eCommerce
Available inEnglish
Founded2011 (2011)
HeadquartersNew York City, United States
Key peopleArdy Khazaei (CEO),
Chris Sim (CTO)
URLwww.bookish.com
AdvertisingWeb banners
LaunchedFebruary 2013

Bookish.com is a content discovery and ecommerce website, which launched in February 2013, devoted to books. The site allows users to browse an extensive database of books and authors, add books to user-created digital "shelves", get custom book recommendations, read editorial content and purchase physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks.[1]

History

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Bookish was founded in 2011 in a joint venture backed by three of the big six publishing companies – Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group (USA), and Simon & Schuster[2] – with the goal of increasing the presence of book publishers in the book-buying industry (which was becoming increasingly dominated by Amazon.com due to the increased popularity of online bookstores), as well as to expand the overall book-buying market.

The site was expected to launch in the summer of 2011, but the launch was delayed due to technical issues relating to data compilation,[3] as well as a lawsuit filed by the United States Department of Justice in 2012 against Apple Inc. and five major publishing companies regarding the pricing of ebooks.[4] The site officially launched in February 2013 with the support of sixteen additional publishing companies.[5]

Features

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Acquisition

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In early 2014, online ebook retailer Zola Books, attracted by the site's sophisticated “algorithmic software” that offers reading suggestions, acquired Bookish.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Publishers Launch Online Site, Bookish.com, To Attract Readers, Sell Books". Huffington Post. 5 February 2013.
  • ^ Milliot, Jim (12 October 2016). "NetGalley Buys Bookish.com". PWxyz, LLC. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  • ^ Bosman, Julie (6 May 2011). "Publishers Make a Plan: A 'One Stop' Book Site". The New York Times.
  • ^ "United States v. Apple, Inc., Hachette Book Group, Inc., HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C., Verlagsgruppe Georg Von Holtzbrinck GmbH, Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC d/b/a Macmillan, the Penguin Group, a Division of Pearson PLC, Penguin Group (USA), Inc., and Simon & Schuster, Inc".
  • ^ "Our Partners". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27.
  • ^ "Bookish FAQ". Archived from the original on 2013-07-02.
  • ^ Kaufman, Leslie (Jan 6, 2014). "Online Retailer Zola Books Buys Bookish". New York Times. Retrieved Mar 24, 2014.
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    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bookish&oldid=1225899391"

    Category: 
    American book websites
     



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