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With OkadaBooks, you can read thousands of books on different genres from epic romance novels to heart warming thrillers. Switch between the worlds of fiction and nonfiction as you discover stories that will change you life whilst entertaining you.
Read
With OkadaBooks, reading is a whole new experience. Enjoy a library of over 40,000 books that you can download and read online or offline. When you chose to take a break, your progress would be saved so that you can pick up right where you left off. 80% of the books are free and others cost way less than a kidney.
Publish
Become an author in less than 5 minutes. Publish your book(s) and gain income when you add a price tag on them. Write your story on the app or import them from a file and share with over 200,000 users. Build and increase your reader base all at no cost.
Connect
Find, follow and keep in touch with your favourite authors and get notified when they publish a book. Also connect with readers who have read the same books as you and keep the conversation going.
What are you waiting for? Download the App or visit the website to get on board and extinct boredom as you wander in the field of great literature
Read
With OkadaBooks, reading is a whole new experience. Enjoy a library of over 40,000 books that you can download and read online or offline. When you chose to take a break, your progress would be saved so that you can pick up right where you left off. 80% of the books are free and others cost way less than a kidney.
Publish
Become an author in less than 5 minutes. Publish your book(s) and gain income when you add a price tag on them. Write your story on the app or import them from a file and share with over 200,000 users. Build and increase your reader base all at no cost.
Connect
Find, follow and keep in touch with your favourite authors and get notified when they publish a book. Also connect with readers who have read the same books as you and keep the conversation going.
What are you waiting for? Download the App or visit the website to get on board and extinct boredom as you wander in the field of great literature
Overview
Location
Chile, De Valparaiso, Quilpué
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2013
Mentions in press and media 8
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| Jun 9, 2018 | Applications are now open for Class 2 of Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa | Google LaunchPad In line with Google’s commitment to the Sub-Saharan Africa developer ecosystem, the company has since April 2016, hosted 13 Launchpad Build and Start events across Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, featuring some 228 speaker... |
| Mar 23, 2018 | 12 African startups Google is betting on | When Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited Lagos, Nigeria (the largest economy in Africa) for the first time in 2017, he announced the company’s plans to train 10 million Africans in digital skills over the next 5 years. He also announced Google... |
| Mar 19, 2018 | Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa announces first cohort of 12 startups | Google earlier today announced 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event in Lagos, Nigeria. The Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme is aimed at early-stage African startups and w... |
| Mar 19, 2018 | Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa announces first cohort of 12 startups | Google earlier today announced 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event in Lagos, Nigeria. The Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme is aimed at early-stage African startups and ... |
| Mar 19, 2018 | Nigerian startups make up 50% of 12 selected for first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa | Share this article: UPDATE: If you would like to meet these 12 startups in one room, you could do so, today June 8, by visiting Impact Hub where they will be showcased to a number of investors during the demo day. Last July, Google announce... |
| Oct 11, 2017 | Valerie Kerri on being an author, launching her startup Ebony Street Market, and more. | Introduction Valerie is a force of nature — bubbly and go-getter extraordinaire, author of The JJC Handbook and Founder / CEO of Ebony Street Market (ESM). ESM is an online marketplace that brings African artisan products to discerning cust... |
| Nov 3, 2015 | Why small Nigerian businesses should care about the outrageous MTN Nigeria fine | Share this article: I like looking at numbers, they excite me, because numbers don’t lie. But back to the topic at hand… MTN was fined approximately $5.2 billion for failing to disconnect customers with unregistered SIM cards, you can read ... |
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FAQ about OkadaBooks
When was OkadaBooks founded?
OkadaBooks was founded in 2013.
What has the press written about OkadaBooks?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning OkadaBooks, among them “Applications are now open for Class 2 of Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa” (Jun 9, 2018) and “12 African startups Google is betting on” (Mar 23, 2018).
Is OkadaBooks still active?
Yes, OkadaBooks is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 10, 2019.