Feedbooks

Summary

Feedbooks is a digital library and cloud publishing service for both public domain and original books founded in June 2007 and based in Paris, France.[1] The main focus of the web site is providing e-books with particularly high-quality typesetting in multiple formats, particularly EPUB, Kindle, and PDF formats.

Feedbooks
Type of site
Digital library
Available inEnglish, French
OwnerHadrien Gardeur
Loïc Roussel
David Julien
URLwww.feedbooks.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired for buying books
LaunchedJune 2007; 16 years ago (2007-06)
Current statusActive

The website announced in 2024 that it will be shut down and replaced by Cantook.[2]

Features edit

Custom PDF generation settings, like trim size dimensions and margins, are possible on the site.[3] Feedbooks offers over 80,000 ebooks. As of 2011, Feedbooks distributed around 3 million ebooks every month.

Books can be discovered and accessed by any client using the OPDS standard.

Self-published books are edited using a web interface;[4] they are also accessible via dedicated Kindle and mobile websites.[5] The interface also supports creating footnotes.[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "About Feedbooks". feedbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  2. ^ "After 16 years online, Feedbooks will soon close down". Feedbooks – via Mailchimp.
  3. ^ Rothman, David (2009-11-25). "Feedbooks: An easy way to get some snazzy PDF books for the Kindle 2". Teleread.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
  4. ^ "Web Publishing Interface - Feedbooks". feedbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  5. ^ "Self-Publishing - Feedbooks". feedbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  6. ^ "Formatting Tips - Feedbooks". feedbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2010-06-24.

Further reading edit

  • Olivia Snaije (20 January 2011). "France's Feedbooks: Three Million E-books Served Monthly". Publishing Perspectives.
  • "FeedBooks: Free eBooks to Read on your Portable Device". Make Use Of. 10 June 2008.
  • "Smashwords or Feedbooks? Another look". 20 December 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  • "FeedBooks Acquires Aldiko, Plans to Launch Aldiko App on iOS". 27 May 2014.

External links edit

  • Official website