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SharedBook's Custom Publishing platform allows customized and personalized books to be created dynamically and then displayed as flipbooks on the Web, downloaded as PDFs, or professionally printed. SharedBook specializes in integrating and publishing data from various sources through its own proprietary creation tools, which dramatically change the economics of book publishing. SharedBook's platform supports the traditional publisher's interest in personalization, and allows Web content providers to become publishers.

Our company, founded in 2002 and headquartered in New York, sprang from the founder's early belief in the collaborative nature of the web, and his realization that the user's interest in having control over the type and method of content he consumed would require an adaptable and powerful application. Today, SharedBook's original vision has expanded, and due to the extraordinary flexibility of the core application, now encompasses related yet distinct product lines, each growing in revenue and partnerships.

Personalized Books

Our trade publishing partners use SharedBook to provide consumers with the opportunity to make their favorite books even more valuable and special through the addition of personalized pages. These custom creations maintain the artistic and creative integrity of the underlying work while allowing the reader's affinity for the work to increase with the new version, an on-demand one-of-a-kind rarity. One example: the addition of a personalized dedication page to the Golden Books classic Poky Little Puppy in our store devoted to personalized titles for children.

Reverse Publishing

There's a huge amount of content on the web that users would like to keep in a more permanent form. SharedBook's Reverse Publishing capability allows users to select the content they would like and to assemble it in book form. With a few clicks, a book is formatted and displayed; it can be purchased as is, or photos and text can be added for further personalization. The unique creation carries brand equity in perpetuity, and the user receives a completely customized and personalized product. Go to allrecipes.com to see our Create-A-Cookbook or see Blog2Print, our blog printing platform.

Customized Books

Ever frustrated by having to purchase whole books when what you really want are chapters of several? SharedBook's customization technology allows the users to select from chunks of content and create their own book. Additional personalization options make the book that much more special. Our partners at Professional Travel Guide use our technology for this purpose.

Another way to assemble a customized book is by using SharedBook's Smart Button technology. By clicking a button on each web page in which content is available, a user can assemble a book in minutes. You'll find an example of Smart Button at Legacy Memorial Websites www.memorialwebsites.legacy.com.

Core to SharedBook's technology platform is the ability to integrate complex structured data from various web and intranet sources into a shared space, where it can be published in various forms both online and offline. When users require this content in professionally-printed, physical form, it is provided via our seamless integration with high end, digital printers from Xerox, Kodak, and HP to provide a completely customizable end product.

Our story is still being written, as our development continues. We invite companies and users alike to join us in the continuing process of unbundling, customizing, personalizing, and of course, monetizing data by the creation of these new on-demand publishing forms.