Create a Great Ebook

http://www.vook.com/

Last activity: 28.07.2015

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Employees

11-50

Total raised

$5.25M

Founded date

2008

Funding Rounds 1

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Mentions in press and media 23

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Jul 28, 2015	Latterly acquires narrative journalism website Compass Cultura	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Latterly, a startup publishing narrative journali...
Sep 15, 2014	Vook to Acquire Byliner	New York City-based Vook, Inc. is acquiring Byliner, the publisher of short fiction and non-fiction. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Led by CEO Josh Brody and backed by Tribeca Venture Partners, VantagePoint Capital Partners, Base...
Sep 11, 2014	Vook buys Byliner, a premium web service for fiction & nonfiction stories	E-book publisher Vook has bought Byliner, a startup that publishes ad-hoc articles online and sells them to readers for a few dollars each. Vook chief executive Josh Brody acknowledged the news in a letter dated yesterday to Byliner authors...
Sep 11, 2014	Vook buys Byliner, a premium web service for fiction & nonfiction stories	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! E-book publisher Vook has bought Byliner, a start...
Feb 25, 2014	Vook Acquires Booklr	Vook acquired Booklr, a New York City-based real-time data & analytics platform that delivers actionable insights to authors and publishers about their market, customers, and retail partners. The amount of the transaction was not disclo...
May 8, 2012	Startup News: 2tor Looks to Europe While MyCityWay Hops Across The Pond	Picadilly CIrcus, London, (Source: Paul Atherton via Wikipedia) LAWGIC. Today 2tor is partnering with Washington University to put their Master of Laws degree online. 2tor’s previous partnerships with USC, UNC and Georgetown have put high-e...
Feb 15, 2012	Startup News: Donteat.at Freshplac.es	Every startup's gotta start somewhere (National Archief \| flickr.com) KNOWLEDGE. Max Stoller, the developer of Don’t Eat At, an app that uses city data to warn Foursquare users when they’ve checked into a restaurant that’s run afoul of city...
Jan 21, 2011	The Age of iPad Superbooks? Not Yet	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Jadedness: it’s an occupational hazard in tech journalism. Other people look at new software or gadgets and say “Wow.” I look at them and say “Hmm, needs work.” Last weekend’s...
Jan 18, 2011	Vook Raises $5.25 Million, Builds Media Fit For Tablets And Smartphones	Vook, which bills itself as a digital publisher of mixed-media reading, has raised $5.25 million in Series A financing from investors including VantagePoint Venture Partners and Floodgate. Vook publishes mixed-media content dubbed ‘Vooks’, ...
Jan 18, 2011	Vook secures $5.25M for mixed media reading	The platform mixes traditional reading with video clips and social connectivity When you’re a Literature major in college, the concept of a film production company making a film based on a classic novel like “Pride and Prejudice” is an obsc...
Jan 18, 2011	Vook Closes $5.25M Series A Financing Round	Vook, an Alameda, CA-based enhanced digital publisher, closed a $5.25m Series A financing round. Investors include VantagePoint Venture Partners and Floodgate. The company intends to use the capital to accelerate sales and invest in technol...
Jan 18, 2011	$5.25M for Vook	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Alameda, CA-based Vook, which publishes multimedia-enhanced e-books for the iPhone, iPad, Kindle devices, and the Web, has raised $5.25 million in Series A financing, Dow Jone...
Aug 13, 2010	Lighting Up the World’s Text: A Talk with Vook Founder Brad Inman	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints The San Francisco Bay Area is one of those places where the new is always coming up against the old, with strange and often delightful results. You’d think, for example, that ...
Aug 4, 2010	The Vook Is About To Get An iPad Overhaul	At a time when print book sellers like Barnes & Noble are in retreat, digital books on the iPad and Kindle hold a lot of hope for keeping books alive in the digital age. But so far most of the titles are just digital versions of printed...
Jun 27, 2010	Amazon Introduces A Video/Audio Kindle . . . But Only On The iPad And iPhone	Amazon just introduced a audio and video to the Kindle, but the only way to experience the new Kindle multimedia books is on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. A baker’s dozen of titles already come in multimedia editions, including Rick Steve...
Jun 3, 2010	How to get your book published to the iPad for less than $200	Aspiring book authors face two hurdles: Rejection from publishers, and the high cost and hassle of trying to publish a book themselves. Self-publication company FastPencil has come up with a clever new option: Authors who sign up with FastP...
Feb 19, 2010	With $2.5M, Vook tries to reinvent the book	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! With the upcoming launch of Apple’s iPad and iBoo...
Feb 19, 2010	With $2.5M, Vook tries to reinvent the book	With the upcoming launch of Apple’s iPad and iBookstore, interest in e-books continues to rise. But while companies like Inkling are experimenting with adding interactive and social features, your basic e-book is still just a book in electr...
Oct 1, 2009	To heck with hybrid media on the iPad. Go read a Vook, Vooker!	What is a Vook? It’s a virtual book created by Simon and Schuster to apparently allow you to not only read a book but play video inside of it, share it with our friends on FaceLinker, and even allows us to look at collections of small marki...
Aug 18, 2009	FastPencil adds features to make book-writing more social	FastPencil, a Campbell, Calif.-based company that shepherds authors through the book-publishing process, is launching a host of features through Twitter and Facebook to make writing more collaborative. The features let you send out status u...
Aug 18, 2009	FastPencil adds features to make book-writing more social	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! FastPencil, a Campbell, Calif.-based company that...
	Вышли цифровые книги с поддержкой видео	Вышли цифровые книги с поддержкой видео 05 Октября, 2009, 16:48 Архив 1243 Книги, названные «vook», можно читать на любом устройстве с веб-браузером, поддерживающим воспроизведение видео. Американское издательство Simon & Schuster совме...

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FAQ about Create a Great Ebook

When was Create a Great Ebook founded?

Create a Great Ebook was founded in 2008.

How much funding has Create a Great Ebook raised?

Create a Great Ebook has raised $5.25M in total across 1 funding round.

What has the press written about Create a Great Ebook?

Parsers VC has collected 23 articles mentioning Create a Great Ebook, among them “Latterly acquires narrative journalism website Compass Cultura” (Jul 28, 2015) and “Vook to Acquire Byliner” (Sep 15, 2014).

Is Create a Great Ebook still active?

Yes, Create a Great Ebook is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 28, 2015.