Feedbooks Raises €1m, Hits 3.5m Downloads Per Month

In Global Trade Talk by Olivia Snaije

By Olivia Snaije

Feedbooks, the brainchild of French duo Hadrien Gardeur and Loïc Roussel and the first independent platform for downloading e-books has just raised one million euros from A Plus Finance. Feedbooks has a catalog of over 250,000 books and has 3.5 million downloads per month, including 500,000 in France.

Jean Michel Pimont, Partner at A Plus Finance said “We are delighted to see a young French company compete with the giants of the IT sector by favoring a qualitative approach to a true digital bookstore.”

About the Author

Olivia Snaije

Olivia Snaije is a journalist and editor based in Paris who writes about translation, literature, graphic novels, the Middle East, and multiculturalism. She is the author of three books and has contributed to newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Global Post, and The New York Times.