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Smashwords, Inc., based in Los Gatos, California, is a platform for self-publishing e-books. The company, founded by Mark Coker, began public operation in 2008 [ 1 ] and was acquired by Draft2Digital, LLC in [ 2 ] 2022.
BookCorpus (also sometimes referred to as the Toronto Book Corpus) is a dataset consisting of the text of around 7,000 self-published books scraped from the indie ebook distribution website Smashwords. [1]
The list includes defunct and merged/acquired companies, and distributors whose primary business is not books, such as comic books. The companies may provide exclusive distribution rights, or act as a wholesaler or warehouser of publisher's titles. Many of the companies distribute other products, and some also sell directly to the public.
Self-publishing is the publication of media (e.g. books, music, art) by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. However, the author may engage professionals or companies to assist with various aspects of publication, distribution or marketing.
Lulu Press, Inc., doing business under trade name Lulu, is an online print-on-demand, self-publishing, and distribution platform. By 2014, it had issued approximately two million titles. [1] The company's founder is Red Hat co-founder Bob Young; he also was CEO for many years. [2]
The company was founded in 2005 by Eileen Gittins [1] and funded by Canaan Partners and Anthem Venture Partners.Blurb's headquarters are in San Francisco, California.Since its inception, Blurb has delivered more than 14 million books.
Llumina Press is a print-on-demand self-publishing, and distribution company founded by Deborah Greenspan in 2000. [1] Llumina was founded on the idea that good books require editing before being submitted to print. Therefore, all potential Llumina authors are given a free editing evaluation of their work before a manuscript is accepted for ...
Xlibris is a printing and distribution service that produces hardback and paperback books. [2] It also publishes e-books in several formats. The company was acquired by a supported publishing company, Author Solutions, Inc., on January 8, 2009. [4] Prior to that, 49% of the company had been owned by Random House. [2] [5]