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has moved offices to the UK and continues to operate itsglobal headquarters in Copenhagen.Bookeen is a French company that was created in 2003 andit is, according to one of its founders, Laurent Picard, “primarilya site for book lovers. A 100 percent digital librarywhere the Internet user can be well served.” More than tenyears later Bookeen still offers top-quality ereading solutions,such as the Cybook, and the ebook shop Bookeenstore.Meanwhile, Bookeen has developed a completerange of “white-label” services for partners and distributorsworldwide. More than 50 countries sell Bookeen productstoday.BookGanga, which presents itself as an “online bookstoreof Indian literature”, is a pioneer in providing Indian Literatureonline in print as well as in ebook format. BookGangais an US venture based MyVishwa Corporation.Bookmasters, based in Ohio/USA and opened in 1972, isone of the largest integrated providers of publisher servicesin the world. For more than 40 years, Bookmasters hasoffered services to publishers and authors such as printing,print book warehousing and distribution, ebook conversionand distribution, editorial and design, and marketing.Bookmate, founded in 2009, is one of the biggest legalebook distributors in Russia. Bookmate is a social readingservice and infinite digital library. The company is a pioneeringdeveloper of subscription-based reading: experienceacross multiple devices without downloading files orpaying per book. Bookmate also provides secure cloudstorage of readers’ own books, and a platform for authorsto self-publish their works. The core service is available freeof charge; while additional functionality and access to abroad catalog of books is available via subscription.BookRepublic is an Italian digital distribution platform forsmall and medium sized publishers and an online bookstorefor buying ebooks. The company, established in Milan,was founded in 2010 by the owners of DigitPUB, acompany focusing on digital publishing and technologyimplementation in the publishing sector.BookRix, launched in 2008, is a German free self-publishingplatform that offers ebook distribution services to independentwriters. Our users can share their writing, connectwith other readers, and discover new books and authors –all in one place.Bookwire, founded in 2009 in Germany, is an eBook aggregatorspecialising in the marketing of digital content inall existing and emerging sales channels worldwide. In2011 Bookwire became the first certified European supplierfor the Apple iBookstore. We offer a full service packageof delivery, reporting, quality management, shop marketingand conversion. We work with over 600 publishinghouses mainly from the German-speaking markets, Spain,South America and Russia.BookwireBooXtream was launched in 2010 by Icontact, a Dutch firmproviding watermarking to Dutch audiobook distributorssince 2006. BooXtream was the first dedicated web servicebased watermarking solution for EPUB ebooks.Brave New Books, launched by Bol.com in 2013, is a Dutchonline self-publishing platform for authors to produce,publish and market ebooks and POD (print on demand)books.Byte the Book is a British organization helping writers andpublishers connect with each other, understand technologyand link with other creative industries. Byte the Bookchampions quality writing, and embraces opportunities toconnect writers with readers in the digital age.Casa del Libro, Spain’s largest bookstore chain, founded in1923, has continued to grow, and in 1992 became part ofGrupo Planeta, one of the main publishing groups in Spain.Casa del Libro has a broad range of paper and digital contentand offers more than a million books in print andThe Global eBook Report 134