Feedbooks was 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.
Type of site | Digital library |
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Available in | English, French |
Owner | Hadrien Gardeur Loïc Roussel David Julien |
URL | www |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Required for buying books |
Launched | June 2007 |
Current status | Defunct |
The website announced in 2024 that it will be shut down and replaced by Cantook.[2] As of July, 23, 2024, the domain feedbooks.com redirects to Cantook.com.[3]
Features
editCustom PDF generation settings, like trim size dimensions and margins, are possible on the site.[4] Feedbooks offers over 80,000 ebooks. As of 2011, Feedbooks distributed around 3 million ebooks every month.[citation needed]
Books can be discovered and accessed by any client using the OPDS standard. Self-published books are edited using a web interface;[5] they are also accessible via dedicated Kindle and mobile websites.[6] The interface also supports creating footnotes.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "About Feedbooks". feedbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
- ^ "After 16 years online, Feedbooks will soon close down". Feedbooks – via Mailchimp.
- ^ "Cantook, pour les mordus des livres — Librairie Cantook".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Web Publishing Interface - Feedbooks". feedbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- ^ "Self-Publishing - Feedbooks". feedbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- ^ "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.
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