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Going Beyond Amazon: A New Model for Authors, Retailers, and Publishers

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” With iOS, Android, HTML5, and web apps, BookShout has created technology to power the sales and distribution of ebooks from nearly any site. As BookShout CEO Jason Illian often says, “Content is king, but viral, connected content is King Kong.”. generate more revenue.

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HAXLR8R In San Francisco For Their Demo Day on June 18th

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Upverter) and the natural viral effects of the social web. Kickstarter), communities (e.g. Thingiverse), collaboration (e.g. This fostered a new wave of entrepreneurs building products which were unthinkable a few years back. But building and selling a complete hardware product is still hard.

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Going Beyond Amazon: A New Model for Authors, Retailers, and Publishers

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” With iOS, Android, HTML5, and web apps, BookShout has created technology to power the sales and distribution of ebooks from nearly any site. As BookShout CEO Jason Illian often says, “Content is king, but viral, connected content is King Kong.”. generate more revenue.