Bookish
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| Founded | 2011 |
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| Headquarters | New York City, United States |
| Key people | Ardy Khazaei (CEO) |
| Website | Bookish.com |
| Alexa rank |  84,243[1] |
| Type of site | Content Discovery, eCommerce |
| Advertising | Web banners |
| Available in | English |
| Launched | February 2013 |
Bookish.com is a content discovery and ecommerce website devoted to books which launched in February 2013. 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.[2]
History
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 - 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]
In early 2014, online ebook retailer Zola Books, attracted by the site's sophisticated “algorithmic software” that offers reading suggestions, acquired Bookish.[6]
Features
- Custom book recommendations
- User-created digital bookshelves
- Goodreads shelf-import feature[7]
- Articles, newsletters, and author interviews
- Book lists, reviews, and listicles
- Online bookstore
- eReader app for Android/iPhone
See also
References
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