Business Description:The site offers people to publish, read and socially network around consumer-written e-Books .
Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software
Founded in:2007
Source of idea:Built hobby into a business
Significant Competitors:Primary
*X Blogs (Blogspot, Typepad, LiveJournal, WordPress)
Secondary
*X Online e-Book Publishing Options (PDF, WeBook.com, Desktop Author)
*X Social Networking Websites Around Books (Sheflari)
*X Blog to Printed Books Options (Blurb, Blog2Print)
*X Blog to Printed Books Options (Blurb, Blog2Print)
Company Details :
Company Name:if I were a book
HeadQuarters:Mumbai
Stage of the company:Several customers or locations
No of Employees (2006):0-5
No of Employees (2007):0-5
Office Locations(2006):Did not exist
Office Locations(2007):
No of companies promoted:No
Profits (2006):Did not exist
Profits (2007):
>Partnerships:Hay House, Harper Collins, Random House India, Hachette Book Publishing India, Jaico Publishing House, Roli Books, Overleaf
Initial Funding:Personal savings
Addl Funding:Personal savings
Institutitional Capital:No
Revneue Model:Targeted Online Advertising
Awards & honors:N.A
Promoters Details :
Promoters Name(s):Vikram Chauhan
Age:32
HomeTown:Mumbai
Education:Bachelors
No of companies promoted:No
Family Background:First gen entrepreneur
Job:Content and Usability Head at Tribal DDB
Ex-Job Description:User experience of digital solution
Favorite Book/Movie:My Experiments with Truth: MK Gandhi
