Bookjam
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| Industry | Electronic publishing |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 2011 |
| Founder | Hanyeol Cho, CEO |
| Headquarters | Seoul, Korea |
| Products | Software as a Service and consumer E-books |
| Website | http://www.bookjam.net/en |
Bookjam creates e-publishing platforms for publishers by making ebook market apps. It also provides a cloud system for users to read their purchased contents on all devices.
History
[edit]After creating his first start up, Interqubit, Cho was surprised to find out that most publishers were not able to afford to make ebooks, even at a low price. Therefore, he offered a revenue sharing model and began to make their books at no cost. After the very first ebook he made reached second-place ranking in Apple app store Korea, he changed his company name to 'Bookjam' in 2011, and began expanding.[1]
As of October 2013, Bookjam has raised $17 million venture capital funding from Altos Ventures and Bon Angles.[2]
In February 2014, Bookjam announced that it had entered the Japanese ebook market, by cooperating with Leed.[3]
In February 2014, Bookjam announced its plan to provide cloud service to readers in May, which will allow contents to be synced across all platforms on all devices.[1]
BXP
[edit]BXP stand for Bookjam eXtensible Publication, and is a platform created by Bookjam in 2011.[4] BXP allows the production of interactive multimedia ebooks and optimized layouts for all devices with more features than what ePub allows. It can also add Vimeo videos, embed maps, offer social media, and enable audio recording. BXP allows auto compression of images to enable fast download that is adjusted to the resolution of the device.[5]
Business and Services
[edit]Bookjam aims to provide multifunctional ebooks to readers and provide direct to consumer platform for publishers.[4]
Awards
[edit]Innovation Award by Korea Electronic Publishing Association[6]
2013 Korea eBooks Awards, Winner, "The Land"[7]
2013 Korea eBooks Awards, Encouragement Award, "The Master Chef"[8]
References
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- ^ "전자출판벤처 북잼, 실리콘밸리서 140만달러 투자유치". 28 October 2013.
- ^ "조한열 북잼 대표 "일본 이기고 일본 진출했어요"".
- ^ a b "조한열 북잼 대표 "클라우드 플랫폼으로 도약할 것"". 5 December 2013.
- ^ "Digital Publishing in Korea | PDF | Digital Rights Management | e Books".
- ^ "디지털퍼블리싱네트워크대회 열린다". ZDNet korea (in Korean). 15 December 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "'2013 대한민국 우수 전자책'에 '토지' 등 선정". Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
- ^ "2013 대한민국 우수 전자책' 18종은?". 12 September 2013.