Dotbooks is a 2012 established

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publisher of

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, based in

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, which publishes popular literature of all genres.

History and program

The publisher Dotbooks was founded in February 2012 and went online in July 2012 with 37 titles. Dotbooks was one of the first German e-book publishers. Dotbooks publishes general fiction, contemporary literature, historical literature as well as

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, humor books,

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and

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, including educational books with general and spiritual themes. The program from Dotbooks comprised more than 300 titles in May 2013, and publishes approximately another 20 titles per month. Among the authors of Dotbooks are Sandra Henke, Jochen Till, Hera Lind and Tanja Kinkel.

Technology and sales

Dotbooks supports all major formats of e-publishing, such as

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and

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. Therefore, the books from Dotbooks are readable on all common readers,

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s and

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s (

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). The distribution of the

from Dotbooks is done online through the publisher's website or through partners such as

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, the

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, as well as about 100 other online bookstores.

References

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