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One Star Books is a publishing company that teaches human values ​​to the little ones, through great stories.

Outlearn Inc. operates a cloud-based technical learning content publishing platform to create, share, and deliver custom online learning for professional software developers. Its platform is also used by individual developers and teams to assemble modular learning content from many sources into custom learning paths. Outlearn Inc. was formerly known as Hatchlearn Inc. and changed its name to Outlearn Inc. in February 2015. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Scrible, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that offers a cloud-based platform for online reading and research. Founded in 2009, Scrible allows users to bookmark, highlight, and annotate web pages directly in their browsers, facilitating the organization, sharing, and collaboration of Internet-based research. This service addresses the outdated methods traditionally used for research, such as printing and handwritten notes, by providing efficient tools that streamline the research process. Scrible's platform is particularly beneficial for individuals in environments where the effective management and analysis of information are crucial, helping users catalog, search, and filter web content seamlessly. The company aims to transform how people conduct research online, making it easier and more efficient to gather and manage information in the digital age.

Tellinga (like telling a story) is a Houston, TX-based start-up that creates personalized hand-drawn greeting cards that tell your story through snail mail. Story recipients receive illustrated stories about themselves based on unique preferences. It can be fun, dramatic, thoughtful... anything! Here's how it works: 1. Select your story length (options-one day, one week, two weeks, or one month) 2. Upload a photo and add a description of your desired story (you can reminisce a memory from your past or create a brand new story 3. Our team of talented illustrators and artists will start working on your story 4. A few days later, the designated recipient of the story will start receiving unique hand-drawn greeting card-sized illustrations every other day in their mailbox until the package ends

Eton.News is a storytelling platform specifically designed for educational institutions, focusing on the journalism process. It offers a content publishing platform that simplifies the writing and editing of news and events. Users can upload various forms of content, including news articles, personal experiences, and events, which can then be shared globally. The platform allows for the printed production of newspapers or the creation of digital information sheets, facilitating the import and sharing of stories by students and teachers worldwide.

Developer of an online music publishing platform intended to distribute and stream music. The company's platform helps music operators publish their music on the top online music platforms worldwide with copyright facilities belonging to them and facilitates tracking of revenue with a free earnings report, enabling music operators to make money from their music.

Rhymella, Inc. operates a web-based platform that specializes in creating personalized children's stories. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Newtonville, Massachusetts, the company utilizes automation to craft original narratives by incorporating user photos and specific details from real-life experiences. Each story features the child as the main character, allowing for imaginative adventures inspired by their everyday activities. Additionally, Rhymella's technology enables brands to license their platform to enhance customer engagement and generate revenue through character integration, fostering lasting relationships between brands and their audiences.

MemoryWell LLC operates a digital platform designed to help individuals living with Alzheimer's and dementia share their life stories. By replacing traditional intake questionnaires with personal narratives, MemoryWell facilitates a more empathetic understanding among families, senior living communities, and home-based providers. The platform allows for the creation of collaborative timelines that incorporate photos, videos, letters, and other documents, enriching the storytelling experience. Founded in 2016 and based in Washington, D.C., MemoryWell partners with retirement homes to document the stories of their residents, providing meaningful keepsakes for families and enhancing the overall care experience.

Eton.News is a storytelling platform specifically designed for educational institutions, focusing on the journalism process. It offers a content publishing platform that simplifies the writing and editing of news and events. Users can upload various forms of content, including news articles, personal experiences, and events, which can then be shared globally. The platform allows for the printed production of newspapers or the creation of digital information sheets, facilitating the import and sharing of stories by students and teachers worldwide.

Developer of a podcast management platform designed to make a script for the podcast, record the podcast, edit the podcast and share it. The company's platform assists in creating professional and quality content fitted to communication needs, helps to transform raw audio into a podcast, a video, or a written article, and shares the content instantly and in the right format to social media platforms, and websites, enabling business owners to create multi-channel campaigns for maximum impact.

Ludibuk turns regular books into more engaging experiences. Our digital library, accessible via desktop computers and/or our mobile apps, offers a revolutionary reading experience for K-12 Spanish speaking students, working to improve their reading rates and level of comprehension. Through a gamification strategy and customizable effects, Ludibuk creates an immersive experience that helps bring the material to life. Pedagogical material is shown in various formats, which helps promote individualized experiences for the reader providing customized feedback and reports on progress in real-time for teachers, highlighting each student’s strengths and weaknesses.

Inkrypt LLC is a Boston-based company specializing in a decentralized, censorship-resistant platform for journalism and media content hosting. Founded in 2017, it offers a suite of services including Inkrypt, an anonymous cloud solution designed for publishing, whistleblowing, private messaging, and resilience against data breaches. Additionally, the company provides nLightn, a decentralized application tailored for journalistic publishing that employs a peer-to-peer, encrypted storage protocol, ensuring robust front-to-back-end censorship resistance. By leveraging blockchain and distributed computing technologies, Inkrypt enables individuals and businesses to publish and store content anonymously, safeguarding against censorship while preserving privacy.

Living A Book Inc. develops Pathbooks, an interactive book reading application that offers books in English and Spanish. Its application allows users to make decisions, change the story, and the end of the book. The company's application also allows book publishers to submit books on the platform for publishing. It also offers plans for the schools. The company serves e-books, mobile games, and physical books industries. Living A Book Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Bubo Technologies, founded in late 2016 by a group of friends, specializes in creating an online platform that enhances the reading experience through the integration of e-books and synchronized music. The platform offers a collection of e-books paired with carefully crafted music and unique illustrations, enabling users to read at their own pace while enjoying a more immersive and emotional connection to the stories. By combining literature with music, Bubo aims to enrich the reading experience, allowing users to discover new books and soundtracks that complement their reading journey.

MoComics disrupts the rules of comics editing business in providing an internet based service plateform sustaining a unique - immersive, tactile and enriched reading experience on mobile. Mocomics connects new and confirmed Comics, manga, graphic novels and children books authors with their worldwide growing millennial audience, while offering direct revenue generation for authors through own production, direct readers funding and content sales via own on-line / mobile shop.

nDash provides content creation software & services backed by the world's top freelance writers.

ScienceMatters allows scientists to share their observations. ScienceMatters offers a platform with rich text editing and a modern interface to submit, edit, review, and publish observations.

Every day too many LifeStories are being taken to the grave, lost forever. As the senior population explodes, there’s a yearning to rescue these priceless stories. But it's hard to write an entire life-and a writer is costly. Using our digital platform LJB will empower seniors everywhere to share the story of their lives with a LifeStory system that's easy, fun and affordable. When done, they’ll hit “Print” and we'll do the rest, creating a beautiful book, a lasting legacy for their loved ones.

Describli is an online platform designed to support independent authors in managing their writing and marketing efforts. By leveraging data and analytics, it offers authors insights into their readership and sales trends, enabling them to refine their marketing strategies and connect with potential readers more effectively. The platform also fosters a writing community, allowing authors and readers to engage through writing prompts and interactive games, enhancing the overall experience of both creating and consuming literature. Through these features, Describli empowers self-publishing authors to take control of their work and achieve greater success in the competitive publishing landscape.

Kapaw was launched in 2016 to become a leading media company for a mobile first generation. Kapaw explores passion points in Tech, Business, Politics, Environment, and Youth Culture. They create powerful stories around these themes through a variety of social platforms. Millions engage every month and get a better understanding of the world they live in.

Royal Road Legends is a growing community where new and rising authors post their works, and where their readers can directly interact with to provide feedback and suggestions. For them, the most important aspects of web publishing is publicity and interactions. Hence, they do their best to ensure that every reader can find the works they are looking for; that every author - old or new - can be discovered; and that readers can provide their invaluable feedback.

ScienceMatters allows scientists to share their observations. ScienceMatters offers a platform with rich text editing and a modern interface to submit, edit, review, and publish observations.

Shade 7 specialises in publishing premium quality educational pop-up, novelty books and 3D interactive digital apps teaching children of all faiths about Islam in a fun way. Drawing on the similarities within the 3 Abrahamic faiths, we have a strong social purpose of developing an understanding of interfaith dialogue, respect, tolerance and commonality from a young age, through creative storytelling of some of the most glorious, classical, historical and timeless events common to all their faiths.

Pingen is an online solution to send documents by letter post for private, business, and software integration. Users can either upload PDFs from their desktops or fetch files online from their Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft Skydrive accounts. Pingen was launched in 2010 and is operated from Zürich, Switzerland.

TreePress Ltd. operates an online marketplace that connects scriptwriters with teachers and schools in need of plays and drama scripts. Founded in 2013 and based in London, the platform allows writers to upload, sell, and license their scripts while providing educators a resource to browse and purchase these materials. This initiative addresses the challenges faced by educators due to a scarcity of suitable playscripts, a situation exacerbated by a broken publishing model that limits access to high-quality educational content. By facilitating transactions in a previously underserved market, TreePress aims to enhance educational outcomes in the performing arts and support the broader creative economy.

Gameblyr is a mobile game publishing company that aims to transform the collaboration between game developers and publishers. By focusing on fine indie mobile games, Gameblyr seeks to create a more effective partnership model that enhances the game development process and improves the overall quality of the games released. The company is dedicated to supporting indie developers, providing them with the resources and expertise needed to bring their creative visions to market successfully. Through its innovative approach, Gameblyr contributes to the evolving landscape of mobile gaming, fostering a more dynamic and cooperative environment for game creation and publication.

Dimples is a company focused on helping organizations and individuals reduce printing costs and environmental impact through innovative ink and toner conservation solutions. The company has developed a patented method that creates unique perforation overlays, known as 'dimples,' which are applied to fonts. This technology allows users to maintain the visual integrity of printed text while significantly decreasing ink and toner consumption. By offering engineering-focused software and font overlays, Dimples enables newspapers, magazines, and other organizations to utilize their existing fonts, effectively promoting cost savings and sustainability in the printing process.

Footnote believe academia is a powerful but underused resource. Thousands of scholars and billions in funding drive breakthroughs with the potential to deepen their understanding of their world and transform healthcare, government, business, and education. Yet this knowledge often remains trapped behind costly paywalls in largely impenetrable formats.

Nsyrt develops, markets and supports the nsyrt HTML toolkit for post-publication driven by individual real-time usage patterns.

TinkerStories specializes in developing interactive narratives designed for shared reading experiences between parents and children on tablets. The platform enhances storytelling by incorporating dynamic media that links words and objects to gestures, creating a multi-sensory learning environment. This innovative approach not only engages young readers but also supports parents in teaching reading skills through playful storytelling. By fostering a collaborative reading experience, TinkerStories aims to make learning more accessible and enjoyable for children.

Magru is an online service that helps users publish and sell e-books, magazines, presentations, articles, and other literary work. The platform also allows readers to discover interesting publications through different categories and themes, purchase them directly from the authors, and collect their own cloud e-library.

Fairbooks provides textbook buyback for new and used college textbooks; consumer sell their textbooks to us for fast payment, premium prices, and free shipping. Fairbooks was founded in June 2010 by Seth and Josiah Wartak, and is currently based in Greenville, SC.

File2Part is connecting digital and physical worlds using innovative approach to 3D printing. File2Part is implementing a new approach to Rapid prototyping and Rapid Manufacturing equipment and processes. No other 3D printer except Their can produce both functional and full color parts. Their printers are safe to use in any environment including schools. Their software package is the best in the industry. It allows the use of the all existing CAD formats and will work with Google SketchUp. Their low cost products will dominate the fast growing multibillion dollars RP market.

Her Campus Media is a leading media portfolio focused on serving college and GenZennial women through various platforms, including Her Campus, College Fashionista, Spoon University, InfluenceHer Collective, and Her20s. The organization is dedicated to empowering young women by providing them with a range of resources, including a magazine, community platform, and opportunities for peer-to-peer marketing. Her Campus Media also hosts proprietary events such as Her Conference® and College Fashion Week®, which foster community engagement and professional development. By leveraging its extensive on-campus chapter network, the company effectively connects brands with its targeted audience, offering customized content and experiential advertising solutions. The commitment to supporting the next generation is reflected in the success of its team members, who have secured prominent positions in the media and marketing sectors.