12. ePUB Upload Process
Dropbox
FTP
(aggregators,
publishers)
ONIX
24s editor
ePUBs
ePUBs
ePUBs Content
• ePub standardization
• Metadata management
• Image resizing
• Categorization (if
available in metadata)
• Tag cloud
• Author metadata
• International Pricing
• Geoconstraints
• QA
• Manual
categorization
when required
• Profile pages
• ePUB content
encryption and split
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19. 24s or White Label
MOBILE CARRIERS
Business Model · Go-To Market
24symbols.com
D2C
20. Scaling · International Pipeline
10
Projects
@justohidalgo
Ongoing
Italy (carrier)
US (carrier)
Brazil
LATAM (others)
internet.org (40-50 countries)
Deployed (10)
Spain (2011)
Mexico (2013)
Russia (2014, Beeline)
Guatemala (2014, Tigo)
Colombia (2014, Tigo)
Argentina (2014, Personal)
Colombia (2015, internet.org)
Guatemala (2015, internet.org)
Germany (2015, carrier)
Spain (2015, carrier)
21. Publishers and distributors spread over Europe and America
… continuous negotiations to increase the catalogue further.
2000+
PUBLISHERS
6
LANGUAGES
200,000+
BOOKS
Scaling · Publishing Content
22. * Edition languages
* Multi pricing (service
and editions)
* Same edition from
multiple sources
* Author/publisher
profiles in different
languages
* VAT and taxation
laws
* Sales report formats
for publishers
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27. Scaling · Current Status
•2 major aggregators using it in US and Germany
•Minor changes required, custom code for each of them
•Others mentioned interest in deployment during 2015
•We hope to switch about 50% of our sales reports to
EDItX during 2015
30. Growth · Next Steps
100K’s
Paying
subscribers
Germany, USA,
UK, Brazil, ...
Key Countries
2015
Bestselling
Key Publishers
Millions
Books
31. •Automatic reporting and payment
• Automatic reporting: deployed last week
• Currently, we have to use a few different sales
report formats. Would love to use just ONE!!!
Img source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juhansonin/5135576565
EDItX · Next Steps
32. •Subscription services
• Usage of EDItX focused on “sales”
• What’s a “sale” in a subscription service?
• Glossary/term definition should be updated for
existing and upcoming business models
• How does this affect taxation among publishers,
retailers and users?
EDItX · Next Steps
33. •Could EDItX be useful for BI?
• We store everything in secure databases => apply
Data Science / BI from there
• But if EDItX-based BI solutions appear... (http://
www.bic.org.uk/files/pdfs/110830%20dsr
%20guidelines%20final%20rev.pdf)
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EDItX · Next Steps
34. Business
Consolidation of carrier projects
Scaling in D2C
Increasing revenue in B2B
Markets and Content
UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, US
Product
Devices, ebook formats
Users as Digital Librarians
Education-related capabilities
Goal for 2015: Worldwide Leader in eBook Subscription Services