Press Release: Social E-reading Service Bookmate Signs Deals with ePubDirect, Ingram, Diversion Books, Head of Zeus, Legend Press and Casemate
20 January 2015 - Bookmate, the subscription based social e-reading service, has today announced the expansion of its English language ebook section following a surge of deals with leading ebook aggregator ePubDirect including the content of ProfileBooks, Ingram, Diversion Books, Head of Zeus, Legend Press and Casemate.
The service's English language selection now contains more than 200,000 titles. Authors included in Bookmate's new English language library include Anthony Burgess, Alan Bennett, Mary Beard and David Peace.
More than 100,000 titles will be added from Ingram alone, with the partnership also including Workman. Bookmate is one of the first subscription-based e-reading service to partner with ePubDirect outside the US. The partnership with ePubDirect also includes Profile/Serpents Tail, Rosetta Books and Icon Books.
Bookmate also partnered with HarperCollins last year. The deal saw the reading service add thousands of English language books by leading authors, including C.S. Lewis.
Simon Dunlop, co-founder of Bookmate, commented: "English is the world's most widely spoken language and a second language for many more people. Bookmate is strengthening its catalogue of English titles for these readers and these latest deals have brought many exciting authors to the service, continuing our trend of connecting readers with great books as we roll out to new markets this year."
Bookmate is an open platform connecting publishers and readers directly. This means that authors listed on Bookmate are able to discover who is reading their book and access analytics which can aid their own promotion and marketing efforts.
Bookmate is focused on the social experience of reading and allows users to interact with others on the service. It has more than 1.5 million monthly active users. Its social reading service is available across all mobile, tablet and online platforms.
About Bookmate
Bookmate is a subscription based social e-reading service with offices in London, Moscow and Singapore. With more than 1.5 million active users and over 500,000 titles in nine languages, Bookmate brings readers, authors, publishers, brands and distribution partners together through deep social features and strong reader engagement. To find out more visit: http://bookmate.com