Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based Founder operating in the EBooks space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Victor Frumkin
Co-Founder of Bookmate
Cofounder at Instreamatic.ai, the Voice AI platform powering voice-enabled advertising. CoFounder, Board member at Bookmate.com, the mobile story-on-go subscription service providing fun&convenient access to ebook, audiobook, other long-form content.
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About Bookmate: Bookmate is mobile story-on-the-go subscription service providing convenient access to ebooks, audiobooks and other long-form content
William Pryor
Co-Founder of Bookbarn International
William Pryor is founder and CEO of Eclector, the white-label bookshop company.
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About Bookbarn International, Oriental Rugs of Bath: Bookbarn International is one of the largest used bookshops in England.
Rossa Shanks
CEO & Co-Founder of GLP – Great Little Place
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About GLP – Great Little Place: GLP – Great Little Place is your little black book of great little places.
Rich Brown
Product & UX Lead & Co-Founder of GLP – Great Little Place
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About GLP – Great Little Place: GLP – Great Little Place is your little black book of great little places.
Simon Maylott
CEO & Co-Founder of Indie Media Labs
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About Indie Media Labs: SaaS digital publishing and distribution service for book publishers and direct to consumer whitelabel all-in-one publishing platform
Matt Bradbeer
COO & Co-Founder of Indie Media Labs
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About Indie Media Labs: SaaS digital publishing and distribution service for book publishers and direct to consumer whitelabel all-in-one publishing platform
Matt Bradbeer
COO & Co-Founder of Indie Media Labs
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About Indie Media Labs: SaaS digital publishing and distribution service for book publishers and direct to consumer whitelabel all-in-one publishing platform
Andrew Rhomberg
Founder of Jellybooks
Founder at Jellybooks
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About Jellybooks: Jellybooks helps authors and publishers develop traction by identifying and reaching out to the most influential readers.
Tom Hodgkinson
Founder, CEO and Editor of Idler Academy
Tom Hodgkinson (born 1968) is a British writer, and the editor of The Idler, which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney. His philosophy, in his published books and articles, is of a relaxed approach to life, enjoying it as it comes rather than toiling for an imagined better future.
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About Idler Academy: The Idler is a quirky brand comprising online course business, quarterly journal, book publisher.
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Co-Founder of Idler Academy
Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author,[1] known for his book The Wavewatcher’s Companion. Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School, the University of Oxford, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He co-founded the magazine The Idler and founded the Cloud Appreciation Society in 2004. He grew up in West London and now also lives in Somerton, Somerset.
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About Idler Academy: The Idler is a quirky brand comprising online course business, quarterly journal, book publisher.
