Book.io
Seed Round in 2025
Book.io is a pioneering Web3 marketplace that facilitates the buying, reading, and selling of eBooks and audiobooks. Built on the Cardano blockchain, the platform offers a unique ownership model for digital literature, allowing users to earn tokens for consuming content and trade their NFTs on a secondary market. This innovative approach empowers authors and publishers by utilizing smart contracts to ensure they receive royalties from both initial and subsequent sales, creating a sustainable revenue stream. By combining digital literature with blockchain technology, Book.io aims to transform the publishing landscape and enhance the reading experience.
Book.io
Seed Round in 2022
Book.io is a pioneering Web3 marketplace that facilitates the buying, reading, and selling of eBooks and audiobooks. Built on the Cardano blockchain, the platform offers a unique ownership model for digital literature, allowing users to earn tokens for consuming content and trade their NFTs on a secondary market. This innovative approach empowers authors and publishers by utilizing smart contracts to ensure they receive royalties from both initial and subsequent sales, creating a sustainable revenue stream. By combining digital literature with blockchain technology, Book.io aims to transform the publishing landscape and enhance the reading experience.
Ingram Publisher Services UK
Acquisition in 2017
At Ingram Publisher Services UK we provide a range of services to publishers to help make their titles available to customers all around the world.
Aer.io
Acquisition in 2015
Aer.io is a technology company that operates an online platform for publishing, selling, and distributing ebooks and print books. It offers a range of services, including online bookstores, formatting, cover design, and marketing tools, enabling clients to engage directly with their audience through multiple channels.
Slicebooks
Seed Round in 2013
Slicebooks (slicebooks.com) is a publishing platform that helps publishers repurpose content and build Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) sales channels. Slicebooks includes a patent-pending content management system, an iTunes style white label retail platform and mobile web apps.
Coutts Information Services
Acquisition in 2006
Coutts Information Services, based in the U.K. with offices in the U.S., Canada, and Holland, specializes in supplying book and electronic content to various sectors, including academic, government, corporate, public, and institutional libraries. The company provides a comprehensive inventory of print and electronic resources, enabling librarians to manage collections effectively. Coutts serves over 5,000 libraries and professional organizations across more than 150 countries, offering services such as fill rates and managed programs. Additionally, the MyiLibrary platform, developed by Coutts, facilitates access to digital content collections, serving as a valuable reference tool for academics, researchers, and professionals while allowing librarians to curate multipublisher collections similar to traditional print publications.