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Business Overview:
Internet/B2C in Digital Publishing, Social Commerce Sector
Located in Seattle, US West
CEO is Deyun Wu
Unprofitable with < $100K in Revenues
Offering Launched, < 10 Employees
Pitch:
OVERVIEW:
BookieJar is a social reading platform offers ongoing eBook publishing model and innovative promotional capabilities, even eBook signing.
We are featured by Geekwire, TechFlash, Tech Cocktail, and KillerStartups.
Target Market: Independent writers and publishers and readers who loves to discover new content.
eBook market in U.S. will exceed $3 Billion by 2015. 14% of Americans - 27 million people plan on purchasing a tablet device next year.
Differentiators: 1. Ongoing eBooks provides a similar addiction to TV with a significantly lower cost-of-entry.
2. Purpose-built social community, even offer
eBook signing to create deeper bond.
3. Promotional capabilities for writers to stand out
Since we beta in 5/2011, 800 indie publishers joined us.
We sponsor writer associations and groups with 10000+ members. We signed a deal with a top device producer to feature our App and a distribution agreement to Kobo.
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