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lishers and over 30 sales channels, rendering it the largestebook distributor in Latin America. In 2013, Xeriph was acquiredby media giant Abril.XinXii, launched in 2008, is a German pioneer in digital selfpublishingand a leading international platform for publishingand distribution of ebooks of indie authors and independentpublishers. The XinXii ebook shop offers morethan 20,000 titles by more than 15,000 authors and isgrowing on a daily basis. In 2012, XinXii has officiallyopened its publishing platform for writers and readers inRussia.YouBoox is a French innovative platform on a freemiummodel, which enables people to come and read whateverbooks they want on the iPad and on the web for free.YPS Publishing, founded in 1993, is a full range publisherbased in the north of England. The company provides acomplete range of publishing services for both selfpublishersand established publishers. YPS Publishinghelps authors focus on the most profitable opportunitiesfor developing, distributing, marketing and selling ebooks.YUDU, founded in 2003, is headquartered in London UK,and has offices in North West UK and New York/Boston,USA. YUDU is a multi-platform publishing service usingcloud architecture to enable leading publishers, brandowners, marketers and retailers to publish interactive, richmedia content to the web and to any mobile and tabletdevice.Yun Zhong Shu Cheng, meaning “Library in the Clouds”,was launched in October 2010. It is the ebook website ofthe Chinese company Cloudary Corporation.Yuxi Pacific is an international software consulting firm,founded in 2005, to help customers leverage their existingintellectual property to create new products and generatenew revenue. Based in the United States, with regional officesin both Asia and Latin America.Zebralution was founded by Kurt Thielen and Sascha Lazimbatin 2003 as one of the first digital music distributorsin Germany. Zebralution is a distributor of digital mediacontent – ranging from music & videos, audio books & audiodrama and ebooks to mobile entertainment products.Zeilenwert, founded in 2012 and based in Germany, operatesas an ebook service provider. The company createsebooks, delivers works to various national and internationalsales platforms, supports online and social mediamarketing and provides reports of monthly billing, statistics,and payment of sales.145 The Global eBook Report