Sentences with phrase «as shelfie»

Readers take photos of their books» spines on their shelves and send them to BitLit via an app, branded as Shelfie.

Not exact matches

I loved the idea of Shelfie but when I tried it, I found that the print books in my library were not available as ebooks through Shelfie.

Shelfie formally known as Bit.lit launched in 2013 and the company is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Shelfie, formally known as BITLIT were not able to secure any meaningful titles from major publishers and were only able to get a few backlist titles.

Shelfie, which is available as a free download on iOS, and can identify over 40 million different book spines, has been described as «Shazam for your bookshelf.»

This is common in Shelfie's development: its arrangements — as is explained on this page of its site for publishers — are made with publishers for bundling rights.

Perhaps one of the most bittersweet of stories from Shelfie was this conversation with Hudson almost a year ago when he described «cold calling from Canada» for three years as the «secret» of his success in attracting more than 2.100 publishers to his company.

One of the most energetically expanding startups in publishing, Vancouver - based Shelfie — which began life in 2013 as BitLit Media — has some 1,400 participating publishers now in its ebook bundling scheme, which uses smart phone apps (Android and iSO) to capture the interests of print - book owners and offer them ebook editions of those print books.

For some time, the Vancouver - based Shelfie — which was created as BitLit Media — has been seen as an example of perseverance and grit among publishing startups.

Over the coming months, Kobo will work to integrate the Shelfie platform into its Android and iOS apps, enabling readers to add their print libraries to their reading history to generate ever more tailored eBook recommendations, as well as the option to get digital versions of print titles they already own.

Founded in 2013 by Peter Hudson and Marius Muja, as BitLit Media Inc., Shelfie grew to offer more than 450,000 eBooks and audiobooks that booklovers could purchase at a discount or download free of charge.

Here's how it works: users snap a photo of their bookshelf (also known as a «shelfie») and the BitLit app will tell them which books are eligible for download.

E-book giant Rakuten Kobo has announced the acquisition of Shelfie, a Vancouver - based startup that allowed people to take pictures of shelves of books, and find out which ones are available as free or discounted ebooks or audiobooks.

And BitLit's Shelfie suddenly is bundling audiobooks as well as ebooks in a deal with Findaway.

Shelfie's executives in Canada talk about the startup scene in book publishing — and conclude it's not as hot as it used to be.

While I have a biased opinion [Harper Collins was among the first major publishers to work with Shelfie, or BitLit as it was called at the time], I think this is to their long - term advantage.