HANDHELD CULTURE

Handheld Culture is a digital publishing specialist geared towards the Chinese publishing world. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Beijing, the company holds one of the largest copyrighted Chinese-language digital book databases in the world. Handheld Culture collaborates with more than 200 Chinese and Asian language publishers to operate a platform agnostic e-bookstore for content creation, distribution and consumption. Community – An interactive hub for ca... sual readers and bookworms alike, Handheld Culture users browse, purchase, and recommend books online or via mobile platforms including iOS, Android or Windows Phone 7. In the short space of 6 months since launch of service, the company has more than 50,000 (Raw users w/ and w/o activations validation) users and such users have paid to read over 8,000 e-books. 100+ new and current booktitles added to the bookstore on a monthly basis. Going Green – In addition to e-bookstore, Handheld Culture provides an array of services including digital publishing consulting, e-book production, and print-on-demand (POD) solutions. Publishers and content owners can effectively minimize print cost investment and target niche markets with controlled production quantity. Mission – Handheld Culture aims to eliminate inefficiencies and third-party hurdles in the traditional publishing world. By improving transparency, the company envisions direct advertising to become an integral revenue source for content owners.More