Feedbooks
{{Short description|French organization}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Feedbooks
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| url = {{URL|www.feedbooks.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Digital library
| language = English, French
| registration = Required for buying books
| owner = Hadrien Gardeur
Loïc Roussel
David Julien
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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2007|06}}
| current_status = Defunct
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.feedbooks.com/about|title=About Feedbooks|work=feedbooks.com|access-date=2010-06-13|archive-date=2019-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005040419/http://www.feedbooks.com/about|url-status=dead}} 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.
The website announced in 2024 that it will be shut down and replaced by Cantook.{{Cite web|url=https://mailchi.mp/feedbooks/37s7tkd5pm|title=After 16 years online, Feedbooks will soon close down|publisher=Feedbooks|via=Mailchimp}} As of July, 23, 2024, the domain feedbooks.com redirects to Cantook.com.{{cite web | url=https://librairie.cantook.com/|title=Cantook, pour les mordus des livres — Librairie Cantook}}
Features
Custom PDF generation settings, like trim size dimensions and margins, are possible on the site.{{cite web |url=http://www.teleread.com/2009/11/25/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203180259/http://www.teleread.com/2009/11/25/feedbooks-an-easy-way-to-get-some-snazzy-pdf-books-for-the-kindle-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-03 |title=Feedbooks: An easy way to get some snazzy PDF books for the Kindle 2 |last1=Rothman |first1=David |date=2009-11-25 |publisher=Teleread.com |access-date=2013-02-13 }} Feedbooks offers over 80,000 ebooks. As of 2011, Feedbooks distributed around 3 million ebooks every month.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
Books can be discovered and accessed by any client using the OPDS standard. Self-published books are edited using a web interface;{{cite web|url=http://www.feedbooks.com/help/web-ui|title=Web Publishing Interface - Feedbooks|work=feedbooks.com|access-date=2010-06-24|archive-date=2019-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005051918/http://www.feedbooks.com/help/web-ui|url-status=dead}} they are also accessible via dedicated Kindle and mobile websites.{{cite web|url=http://www.feedbooks.com/help/self-publishing|title=Self-Publishing - Feedbooks|work=feedbooks.com|access-date=2010-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924011639/http://www.feedbooks.com/help/self-publishing|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}} The interface also supports creating footnotes.{{cite web|url=http://www.feedbooks.com/help/formatting_tips|title=Formatting Tips - Feedbooks|work=feedbooks.com|access-date=2010-06-24|archive-date=2019-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007113931/http://www.feedbooks.com/help/formatting_tips|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite web|url=http://publishingperspectives.com/2011/01/frances-feedbooks-three-million-e-books-served-monthly/|title=France's Feedbooks: Three Million E-books Served Monthly|date=20 January 2011|author=Olivia Snaije|publisher=Publishing Perspectives}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/feedbooks/|title=FeedBooks: Free eBooks to Read on your Portable Device|website=Make Use Of|date=10 June 2008}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://michaelgraeme.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/smashwords-or-feedbooks-another-look/|title=Smashwords or Feedbooks? Another look|date=20 December 2014|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925134617/https://michaelgraeme.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/smashwords-or-feedbooks-another-look/|url-status=dead}}
- {{Cite web|url=http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/05/27/feedbooks-acquires-aldiko-plans-to-launch-aldiko-app-on-ios/|title=FeedBooks Acquires Aldiko, Plans to Launch Aldiko App on iOS|date=27 May 2014}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.feedbooks.com/}}
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Category:2007 establishments in France
Category:Internet properties established in 2007
Category:French digital libraries
Category:Online companies of France
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