LibreDigital develops technology to help consumers discover and read books, newspapers and magazines across devices and marketplaces, and provides secure HTML5 readers for publishers. The company powers promotion, sales and on-demand delivery across platforms including Apple iPad/iBookstore, Amazon, Google, Barnes & Noble NOOK and Sony. LibreDigital says it has powered digital reading for ten years and has served billions of page views to millions of readers worldwide. It provides e-book distribution for 7 of the 10 largest US trade publishers and distributes to more than 50 digital retail marketplaces. The company also supplies high-resolution magazine and newspaper content to color reading platforms and provides electronic replica editions for publishers such as The New York Times. The new funding is intended to accelerate product delivery and expand its reading technology offerings across books, magazines and newspapers. LibreDigital provides a web-based platform that allows publishers to store, manage and deliver digital books, newspapers and magazines to marketplaces and devices. Its solutions support delivery to channels such as the Apple iBookstore, the Blio eReader, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble NOOK and Sony Reader. Customers named in the article include HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, Kaplan, Simon & Schuster and Scholastic. The company operates from Austin, TX and also maintains offices in New York City and London. LibreDigital plans to use the newly raised capital to expand e-book services for publishers aiming to capitalize on growing e-book demand driven by new devices like the Apple iPad. The article does not disclose revenue or other operating metrics.

Total raised

$12M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jan 2011