Serial Box publishes serialized stories as weekly episodes in both text and audio, using a TV-style showrunner model to lead writing teams. The first episode of each story is free; additional episodes cost $1.99 each or are available via a season pass. Writers on the platform include Gwenda Bond, Yoon Ha Lee, Max Gladstone and Becky Chambers, and the company will publish Marvel-based stories starting with Thor. Product plans in the near term include the launch of an Android app next week and further product upgrades and content partnerships in the coming months. The company aims to adapt traditional book publishing for the smartphone age by borrowing production and distribution influences from audio, podcasting, gaming and TV. Serial Box recently raised seed funding, which it intends to deploy toward these product and content initiatives. Serial Box produces serialized stories written by teams of writers and publishes them weekly in both e-book and audio form. Each week’s episode is released as a roughly 30-minute read or an hour listen during a three-month season. Serials are distributed via the company’s apps, website, and third-party retailers. The company was founded by Molly Barton and Julian Yap. It has recently collaborated with The Associated Press, Adaptive Studios, and Hachette Book Group. Serial Box announced a $1.65M seed investment and intends to use the funds to continue to expand its offerings.

Total raised

$6M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Mar 2019