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Launched in 2012, New York-based Zola Books is a provider of superlative book technology tools to everyone who cares about books. Whether you want to sell books in any format from your website with The Everywhere Store, or if you want fantastic book recommendations, or if you want to build a bookselling site based on our services and branded apps to read the ebooks in, Zola Books has what you need. Visit us at www.zolabooks.com.
Overview
Total raised
$9.5M
Funding Rounds 3
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| Nov 4, 2013 | Seed round | $5.1M | |
| Jun 5, 2012 | Funding round | $1M |
Mentions in press and media 8
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| Jul 19, 2014 | How The Big 5 Publishers Hobbled The Amazon Unlimited Launch | Amazon Unlimited was dubbed the Netflix of books. That is correct as long as you imagine a Netflix consisting of an endless array of low-budget indie releases and some major small-studio films. In truth, Amazon’s new $9.99 all-you-can-read ... |
| May 23, 2014 | Amazon amps up aggression toward publisher Hachette | In less than four weeks, J.K. Rowling’s next book will be published -- but readers hoping to pre-order it on Amazon will be disappointed. Although it had been available to pre-order for months, “The Silkworm,” written under Rowling’s pseudo... |
| Jan 10, 2014 | Zola Books Acquires Bookish | Zola Books, a New York, NY-based ebook social network and retailer, acquired Bookish, a site where readers get book recommendations. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. With Bookish (which was launched in February 2013 by CEO A... |
| Jan 6, 2014 | Zola Books Snaps Up Bookish To Power Its Literary Recommendations | Heads-up, bibliophiles: social e-book retailer Zola Books has acquired curated book recommendation site Bookish. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a spokesperson for Zola Books confirmed that there were multiple bidders in the mix a... |
| Nov 5, 2013 | Zola Books Snares $5.1M in Seed Funding | NEW YORK, NY, E-Book start-up, Zola Books, has secured $5.1M in seed funding. >> Click here for more funding data on Zola Books >> To export Zola Books funding data to PDF and Excel, click here According to published repo... |
| Nov 4, 2013 | Zola Books Closes $5.1M Seed Funding | Zola Books, a New York-based independent e-book retailer, closed a $5.1m seed round. The round, which added $3.9m to $1.2m previously announced, includes a variety of authors and individual investors led by Charles Dolan, founder of Cablevi... |
| Jun 5, 2012 | New Social eBooks Retailer Zola Books Launches Private Beta, Raises $1M From Prominent Authors | Zola Books, a new social eBooks site to discover, buy and discuss books, just announced that it is launching its private beta today. The company also announced that it has raised $1 million in seed funding from prominent authors, including ... |
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FAQ about Zola Books
How much funding has Zola Books raised?
Zola Books has raised $9.5M in total across 3 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Zola Books raised?
Parsers VC lists 3 funding rounds of Zola Books, among them a seed round of $5.1M on Nov 4, 2013 and a funding round of $1M on Jun 5, 2012.
What has the press written about Zola Books?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Zola Books, among them “How The Big 5 Publishers Hobbled The Amazon Unlimited Launch” (Jul 19, 2014) and “Amazon amps up aggression toward publisher Hachette” (May 23, 2014).
Is Zola Books still active?
Yes, Zola Books is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 10, 2016.