At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 97 EBooks companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top EBooks Companies & Startups (California, United States)
feedly
Feedly offers an app that enables readers to connect with the websites and sources about the things they are most passionate.
Founder(s): Arthur Bodolec, Cyril Moutran, Edwin Khodabakchian
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Content, EBooks, Reading Apps
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Epic
Epic is an internet company that specializes in books, eBooks learning, and educational technology.
Founder(s): Kevin Donahue, Suren Markosian
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Media and Entertainment, Publishing, Subscription Service
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Instaread
Instaread gives key insights of books in text & audio!
Founder(s): Rahul Chitrapu, Vishnu Chapalamadugu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Mobile, Publishing
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Whooo’s Reading
Whooo’s Reading is an online platform that empowers educators with actionable data to manage students’ independent reading.
Founder(s): George Schwartz, Greg Sherrid, Hayley Brooks, Raphael Menko
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, EdTech, Education
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FastSpring
FastSpring is the trusted ecommerce partner for companies that sell software around the world.
Founder(s): Dan Engel, Jason Foodman, Ken White, Ryan Dewell
Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, E-Commerce Platforms, EBooks, Internet, Payments, SaaS, Software, Subscription Service
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Tales
Visual, audible, and interactive storytelling
Founder(s): Thomas Wu, Shawn Chiao, Sam Gutierrez
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, EBooks, Enterprise Software, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices, Publishing
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O’Reilly
O’Reilly provides technology and business training, knowledge, and insight to help companies succeed.
Founder(s): Dale Dougherty, Jesse Robbins, Scott Gray, Tim O’Reilly
Location: Sebastopol, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Events, Information Technology, Publishing, Software, Training
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Goodreads
Goodreads is a mobile and web app that allows its users to find, share, recommend, read, and review the books they like.
Founder(s): Elizabeth Khuri, Otis Chandler
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Communities, EBooks, Reading Apps, Social Media, Social Network
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BookRenter.com
BookRenter.com is an online textbook rental site providing flexible rental experiences for students.
Founder(s): Colin Barceloux
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, E-Learning, EBooks, Education, Internet
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StoryJumper
StoryJumper is the #1 rated site for creating story books
Founder(s): John Yen, Peter Weck
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Content, EBooks, EdTech, Education
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Foxit Corporation
Foxit Corporation is a software company which develops PDF tool that can create, view, edit, digitally sign, and print PDF files.
Founder(s): Eugene Xiong
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Computer, Document Management, EBooks, Information Technology, Productivity Tools, Software
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Humble Bundle
Humble Bundle is an online digital distribution platform that contributes part of its sales value to charities.
Founder(s): Jeffrey Rosen, John Graham
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, EBooks, Non Profit, Software, Video Games
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Small Demons
Small Demons cross-references people, places, songs, and other entities mentioned in books, allowing users to connect between texts.
Founder(s): Tony Amidei, Valla Vakili
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Content, EBooks, Ediscovery, Messaging, Music, Publishing
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DigiPuppets
DigiPuppets offers an engaging, educational, socially-conscious character brand and play experience specifically designed for mobile.
Founder(s): Brendan Green, Dan Clay, Matthew Newcomb
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Digital Media, EBooks, Hardware, Mobile, Toys
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ComicBlitz LLC
The Netflix of digital comic books.
Founder(s): Gregory Weiss, Jordan Plosky
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, E-Commerce, EBooks
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Smashwords
Smashwords is an eBook self-publishing and distribution platform serving independent authors and publishers.
Founder(s): Mark Coker
Location: Los Gatos, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Logistics, Publishing
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Enlightouch Inc.
Enlightouch offers an e-learning platform with personalized and effective learning techniques.
Founder(s): Vincent Li
Location: Cupertino, California, United States
Industries: Developer Tools, EBooks, EdTech, Education, Internet, Mobile
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Paperless Publishing LLC
Publishing company that focuses on eBooks.
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Publishing
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Alibris
Alibris is an online marketplace offering new and used books, music, movies, and rare and collectible titles.
Founder(s): Martin Manley
Location: Emeryville, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Marketplace, Media and Entertainment, Music
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WOWIO
WOWIO distributes digital books and comics, offering literature, comic books, and fiction and non-fiction titles.
Founder(s): William Lidwell
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Digital Entertainment, E-Commerce, EBooks
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BizLetic
Are you BizLetic? A new professional training company specifically designed for the work from “anywhere” era with AI/AR & VR options.
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Location: Laguna Beach, California, United States
Industries: Corporate Training, EBooks, Internet, Training, Virtual Workforce
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Canticos
Canticos is a baby brand bringing to life beloved nursery rhymes and songs via apps, books, videos, and more.
Founder(s): Carlos Hoyos, Nuria Santamaria Wolfe, Steven Wolfe Pereira, Susie Jaramillo
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Baby, Consumer, EBooks, Education, Media and Entertainment, Toys, Video
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OPPO
OPPO Digital designs and marketing digital electronic products, including MP3 players, portal media players, LCD TVs, ebooks, and more.
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Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Electronics, Marketing, Software
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Social Fiction
Social Fiction is a new type of publishing platform that facilitates real-time, collaborative storytelling.
Founder(s): Quimby Melton
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Internet, Software
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Lifeliqe
The first K-12 science curricula enhanced with interactive 3D models.NGSS and Common Core aligned. Extended with AR,VR and Mixed Reality.
Founder(s): Mark Andersen, Ondrej Homola
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Augmented Reality, E-Learning, EBooks, Education, Life Science, STEM Education, Virtual Reality
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LearnBoost
LearnBoost is web-based software providing grade book, lesson plan, attendance, and calendar tools for teachers.
Founder(s): Guillermo Rauch, Rafael Corrales, Thianh Lu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Learning, EBooks, Education, Software
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BookAuthority
BookAuthority is the world’s leading site for nonfiction book recommendations.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Internet, Productivity Tools, Publishing, Travel
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XBux
XBux has been designed to make your life a little bit easier, especially on your pocketbook.
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Location: Belmont, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Internet, Software, Sports
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CMSWire
Simpler Media Group, Inc. publishes niche B2B online magazines.
Founder(s): Brice Dunwoodie
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, B2B, EBooks, News
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Pocketale
Pocketale is an end-to-end publishing platform that disrupts how interactive children’s books are created, streamed and shared.
Founder(s): JQ Sirls, Michael Kureth, Trevor Oseen
Location: Glendale, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, EdTech, Mobile Apps, Publishing
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Safari Books Online
Safari Books Online is an online library of books and videos.
Founder(s): Tim O’Reilly
Location: Sebastopol, California, United States
Industries: Audiobooks, EBooks, Education
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3 Curious Monkeys
We make interactive Apps & books for kids through these we bring the sights, sounds & diversity of India to children all over the world.
Founder(s): Shuchi Mehta, Shweta Chopra
Location: Belmont, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Digital Media, EBooks, Education, Mobile, Publishing, Social Media
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Machine
Machine is simplistic, streamlined bookkeeping, delivered every day with consistent quality at a fixed monthly price.
Founder(s): Cilla Jelf, Mikael Lirbank
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Content, Delivery Service, E-Commerce, EBooks
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Rhovit
Hybrid Cloud and Blockchain based platform for digital entertainment.
Founder(s): Mary McCullough, Matthew McCullough
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Comics, EBooks, Film, Video Games, Video Streaming
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eBook Technologies
eBook Technologies supplies a family of intelligent reading devices and technologies that enable automated publishing and control.
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Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Content, EBooks, Events, Publishing
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SMBC Comics
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a daily webcomic that has no recurring characters, storylines, and format.
Founder(s): Zach Weiner
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Digital Entertainment, EBooks
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BookPal
BookPal is a company that accomodates bulk book purchasing by businesses, schools, and other organizations.
Founder(s):
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Education, Retail, Shopping
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AEG
AEG is an entertainment publisher of board games, role-playing games and card game products via the online store.
Founder(s):
Location: Ontario, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, EBooks, Publishing
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Writing Prime
Writing Prime is a US-based content creation company with a considerable experience in writing services, resume, editing, copywriting, etc.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Content Creators, Content Marketing, EBooks, Marketing, Publishing, Web Design, Web Development
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MyLibrarian / In the Stacks
Expert AI-Driven Book Recommendations and Community
Founder(s): Michelle Zaffino
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Consumer Software, EBooks, Machine Learning, Publishing
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One Read
OneRead is a customizable app for online publishing and digital distribution.
Founder(s):
Location: Laguna Beach, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, EBooks, Information Technology, Internet, Publishing
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Hummingbird Digital Media
Hummingbird Digital Media is a free, turnkey e-book and audiobook retailing platform.
Founder(s):
Location: Fresno, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Media and Entertainment, Online Portals, Publishing, Wholesale
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Lumatch Official
Lumatch brings together the best in action entertainment. With books, audiobooks, music, and more, designed to keep you entertained.
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Location: La Palma, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Music
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Book Writing Prime
BookWritingPrime help you to tell your story. BWP offers incredibly book writing and publisher that convert your dream into a book.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Content Creators, Content Marketing, EBooks, Marketing, Publishing
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Coliloquy
Coliloquy is a next-generation digital publisher, enabling groundbreaking books, revenue models and new forms of author-reader engagement.
Founder(s): Waynn Lue
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Digital Media, EBooks, Publishing
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Learning Core
Learning Core provides messaging and content delivery systems to schools, students and parents.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Content, EBooks, Education
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Em Writes
Em Writes provides custom written content for savvy brands and experts.
Founder(s):
Location: California City, California, United States
Industries: Content, Creative Agency, EBooks
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Waterside Productions
Waterside Productions publishes ebooks, audio books, print on demand and traditional print books.
Founder(s):
Location: Cardiff By The Sea, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Printing, Publishing
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Pine Knoll Publications
Pine Knoll Publications is a nonprofit organization that publishes religious and spirituality studies in cd, mp3, video, and book formats.
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Location: Redlands, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Non Profit, Publishing, Religion
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Childroad Inc
Childroad operates a digital library that offers narrated Chinese books for children aged 4 to 12 years.
Founder(s): Jerry Huang, Michael Qin
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Information Technology
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AECbytes
AECbytes is focused on researching, analyzing, and reviewing technology products and services for the building industry.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, News, Publishing
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Liaison Software Corporation
Liaison Software Corporation develops electronic document delivery and workflow automation systems for mid-market accounting systems.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Ana, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Software
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Wavelength Financial Content
Wavelength Financial Content provides financial wellness programs, copywriting, and digital content for employers and financial advisors.
Founder(s):
Location: Walnut, California, United States
Industries: E-Learning, EBooks, Financial Services
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Scribd
Scribd is an unlimited reading subscription that offers access to books, audiobooks, magazine articles, documents and more.
Founder(s): Jared Friedman, John R. Adler, Tikhon Bernstam
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, File Sharing, News, Publishing, Social Media
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IGIST
IGIST is an interactive book that allows you to bring the pages to life with your smartphone
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Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: EBooks
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CTdeveloping
CTdeveloping, LLC is a California based company specializing in PDF software. Established in 2002, CTdeveloping has grown to have had more
Founder(s):
Location: Encinitas, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Internet, Software
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Designing Your Life
Designing Your Life is a book.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Email, Sales
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs sells books of Edgar Rice online and manage the rights of his literary works.
Founder(s): Edgar Rice Burroughs
Location: Tarzana, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Education, Finance
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Fresno County Public Library
Fresno County Public Library provides a digital collection of books and printed materials for kids, teens and adults.
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Location: Fresno, California, United States
Industries: Audiobooks, EBooks
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Palladium Education
Palladium Education specializes in providing training programs including instructor manuals, eBooks, and instructor presentations.
Founder(s):
Location: West Hills, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, EBooks, Education, Professional Services, Training
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Berkeley Public Library
Berkeley Public Library focuses on lending books, e-books, publishing, newspaper, magazines online, ordering books and other media services.
Founder(s):
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Marketing, Publishing
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The University of California Transportation Center(UCTC)
The University of California Transportation Center is a multi-campus organization headquartered on the UC Berkeley campus.
Founder(s):
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: EBooks
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Sardarabad Book Store
Sardarabad Book Store provides a wide selection of Armenian books, textbooks, gifts including national and patriotic literature.
Founder(s):
Location: Glendale, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Gift
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Intera
The next generation platform for reading, creating and publishing interactive content.
Founder(s): Alan Kharebov, Astemir Eleev
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Media and Entertainment, Publishing, Software
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indi young
indi young provides consulting, training and workshop solutions for problem space research.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, EBooks, Training
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BookBrowse
BookBrowse is your one-stop-shop for excellent books, with everything you need to know about the books that matter.
Founder(s): Davina Morgan-Witts
Location: Saratoga, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Publishing
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AuthorsDen Inc
AuthorsDen is the largest online literary community of authors and readers.
Founder(s):
Location: Ramona, California, United States
Industries: Audiobooks, E-Commerce, EBooks, Publishing
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Media 11:11
Media 11:11, an online, e-book publishing platform that provides an online tool that helps them layout and build their multimedia eBook.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Advertising Platforms, EBooks
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Taya Wood
Taya Wood is an internet-based education services company.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Internet
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Beyond Balanced Books
Beyond Balanced Books aim is to simplify your finances and get on the right track for growth
Founder(s):
Location: Morgan Hill, California, United States
Industries: Accounting, EBooks, Service Industry
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Shebooks
Shebooks publishes short e-books by established women authors.
Founder(s): Emily Yang, Laura Fraser, Rachel Greenfield
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: EBooks
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Free Books
FreeBooks is committed to helping users find the best free ebooks available online.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Publishing
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Chatfic
Chat Fiction
Founder(s):
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: EBooks
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Banning Library District
Banning Public Library is a Library company that extensive reference collection and online databases for all of your researching needs.
Founder(s):
Location: Banning, California, United States
Industries: EBooks
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Betterbook
Betterbook produces original, how-to e-books designed exclusively for touchscreen devices like the iPad and iPhone.
Founder(s): Jon Feldman
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Online Portals
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Counter-Currents Publishing
Counter-Currents Publishing publishes the north american new right, books against time, and counter-currents radio.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, News, Publishing
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Financial Inclusion at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Financial Inclusion at the Bottom of the Pyramid is a book about financial inclusion, microfinance, FinTech, and mobile banking.
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Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Audiobooks, EBooks, Finance
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CraigsBlueBook
CraigsBlueBook is going to be a great tool for buyers, sellers, and traders. It is a tool that is used to determine a products street.
Founder(s):
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, E-Learning, EBooks
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Bookselves
Bookselves connects you to book-lovers digitally so you can meet and exchange books in-person. It’s retro literature with a modern twist.
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Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks
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Book Decor
Find antique books, decorating books & leather bound books at Book Decor. We offer interior decorating ideas for homes & offices.
Founder(s):
Location: Poway, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks
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Narrative Technologies
Narrative Technologies creates the technology that makes new kinds of e-books possible.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks
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booksRhere
booksRhere offers an online platform that enables its users to find and buy books from local stores.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Service Industry, Textbook
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StoryBundle
StoryBundle is a DRM-free e-book service that offers books in bundles.
Founder(s): Jason Chen
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Computer, E-Commerce, EBooks, Mobile Devices
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Benicia Public Library
Benicia Public Library provides library services such as e-learning, audiobooks, ebooks, DVDs, CDs and mobile services.
Founder(s):
Location: Benicia, California, United States
Industries: Art, EBooks, Education
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Black Heart Magazine
Black Heart Magazine is an independent on-line literary magazine.
Founder(s): Laura Roberts
Location: Alpine, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Internet, Media and Entertainment, News
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OnStretch
OnStretch is an online platform that serves students with an easier way to sell their books.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, EBooks, Education, Internet
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Tamalpais Web Design
Tamalpais Web Design is a full-service digital media firm.
Founder(s):
Location: San Anselmo, California, United States
Industries: Content, EBooks, Video, Web Design, Web Development
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Carthage ABC
Art, books, & culture
Founder(s): Karim Mokhtar
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Journalism, Publishing
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Les Figues Press
Les Figues is a nonprofit literary organization, independent publisher of poetry, prose, visual art, conceptual writing, and translation.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Journalism, Publishing, Translation Service
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Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go
Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go provides practical tips, guidelines, and templates.
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Location: South Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, EBooks, Training
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Chimayo Press
Chimayo Press is an educational publishing company committed to producing niche books that create compelling conversations.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Continuing Education, EBooks, Education, Publishing
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Apple Valley Review
Apple Valley Review is an international literary journal, that issues feature a collection of short fiction, poetry, and translations.
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Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Journalism, Publishing
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Book Writing Experts
Book Writing Experts is a leading ghostwriting company, which provides services to help struggling authors perfect and promote their books.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Marketing, Professional Services, Publishing, Web Design, Web Development
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Califa Group
Califa Group is a nonprofit library membership consortium that provides academic, research, public, corporate, medical, and law libraries.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: EBooks, Education, Non Profit
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Vagabond books
Vagabond Books are an out of the print bookstore that offers 20,000 books online.
Founder(s): Craig Graham
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: EBooks
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Encantos
Encantos is a web3 platform empowering creators to help kids love learning
Founder(s): Carlos Hoyos, Nuria Santamaria Wolfe, Steven Wolfe Pereira, Susie Jaramillo
Location: Culver City, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Children, Consumer, Content Creators, Digital Entertainment, EBooks, Education, Subscription Service, Video
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