Startup Snapshot: Squirl
Jef Van der Avoort is co-founder of Squirl, the first location-based book discovery app. Previously he helped brands like LEGO, Philips and Hasbro to create engaging…
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Startup Snapshot: Writers Boon
1) What exactly is Writers Boon? Writers Boon is a free, all-powerful platform that helps authors navigate the publishing and marketing maze, connects them with trusted…
Startup Snapshot: Scriggler
Dmitry Selemir was once a physicist and hedge fund rocket scientist PM, and is now the founder and CEO of Scriggler.com, ‘the Soundcloud of writing platforms‘.…
Startup Snapshot: Shelfie (A.K.A. Shazam for bookworms…)
Peter Hudson is the co-founder of Shelfie. The idea for Shelfie came out of an argument Peter was having with his friend Dan in a…
Startup snapshot: Leanpub
Len Epp is a Co-Founder of Leanpub. He wrote a doctorate in English Literature before working as an investment banker in London, so enjoys wearing…
Startup snapshot: Books & Magic
Mark Folkenberg is the Founder and CEO of Books & Magic. After years as a professional game developer, Mark and his team have spent the…
Startup Snapshot: Book Sprints
Adam Hyde is the founder of the Book Sprints methodology, Co-Founder of the Collaborative Knowledge Foundation, and a current Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow. He also founded…
Startup snapshot: Exact Editions
Having spent the past decade turning complex consumer magazines into their precise digital doppelgangers, Exact Editions launched their new digital books service in May. Here we…
Startup snapshot: Bookmetrix
Martijn Roelandse was a publishing editor at Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, a Dutch Springer subsidiary, and later for Springer. Since 2015 he has been working as Manager of…
Startup snapshot: Tekstum
Lauren Romeo is the Lead Scientist at Tekstum Solutions. Here we interviewed her on their sentiment and emotion analysis technology. 1) What exactly is Tekstum? Tekstum…
Startup snapshot: Freebooksy and Bargain Booksy
Ferol Vernon is the COO of Written Word Media and has built technology for everyone from doctors and combat medics to musicians and now authors. Ferol’s focus…
Startup snapshot: Futureproofs
John Pettigrew is CEO and Founder of Futureproofs, where he is trying to make editors’ lives better with software designed for the jobs they actually do.…
Startup snapshot: Write Track
Chris Smith is co-founder of Write Track with Bec Evans. He also runs a communications, content and digital marketing agency called Swarm and blogs about…
Startup snapshot: iAuthor
Featured in The Bookseller, Digital Book World and GalleyCat, Adam Kolczynski is best known for iAuthor, the London-based startup. In tackling the perennial problem of…
Startup snapshot: The Owl Field
Michel Lafrance is the founder and managing director for The Owl Field, an audio entertainment company specializing in 3D audio storytelling. In addition to managing…