An Authoritative Look at Book Publishing Startups In the United States
At the core of the report is an Excel spreadsheet with nearly 900 companies listed. For each company I uncovered their mission statement (or short product description), market focus, amount of money raised (if disclosed), and current status. Some people will be familiar with the pioneering startup list that Michael Bashkar originated. My list continues and expands on Michael’s effort, with three times as many companies and more detail on each.
I did the work to satisfy my own curiosity and to understand the nature of innovation in the publishing industry — in the absence of visible innovation at the established book publishers, most notably the big five. So where will we find the future of the publishing industry? Among these companies and the others that follow on the startup path.
The report is available for free. Also available is the Excel file where I compiled the base data.