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Tablo Publishing is a social self-publishing platform that allows authors to write books than can then be discovered by a large community of readers. The platform, which is commonly likened to social platforms like YouTube and SoundCloud, is used by authors who want to publish their work and build a following, as well as readers who want to explore and follow emerging authors and books across all genres. Tablo's author community spans more than 130 countries. == History == Tablo was founded early in 2013 by Australian entrepreneur Ashley Davies at age 19. Davies started the company after a challenging experience in publishing his own book, with the goal to democratise publishing by providing authors with an environment to create, publish and be discovered.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Founder of publishing start-up Tablo wants to change the way books are created )〕 The initial idea was accepted into the AngelCube startup accelerator in Melbourne, who invested $20,000 of capital into the company and incubated the startup for three months.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Travel start-up brings an international flavour to AngelCube’s 2013 intake program )〕 Following the launch of its online book creation and publishing application late in 2013, Tablo secured an additional $400,000 in funding from a number of Australian and American angel investors, including Catch Of The Day CEO Paul Reining and Y Combinator partner Kevin Hale. Tablo's original product was a browser-based application that allowed authors to create and self-publish eBooks to stores such as Amazon and the iBooks Store. As an experimental campaign in late 2013, Tablo introduced social features that allowed authors to share their works-in-progress, which saw significant attention from authors and readers who were interested in connecting with readers while they wrote their books. Tablo relaunched as a social writing and reading community in July 2014 that allowed authors to write and publish books, and allowed readers to discover emerging books and follow their favourite authors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Things heat up in the Digital Publishing space as Tablo closes $400,000 seed round )〕 In early 2015 Tablo launched the 'Tablo Reader' mobile application for iOS and Android.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tablo: Discover books from new authors as they're being written - VentureBeat - Business - by Paul Sawers )〕 The launch of Tablo Reader marked the company's first dedicated product for readers and was brought on by significant user demand for a mobile product. In April 2015 the company released 'Tablo Scholar', a premium version of its free writing and publishing application that provides authors with deep analytics and insights into how readers are engaging with their books.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tablo begins to show its long-term strategy as it launches a data-play that is a first of its kind )〕 Tablo Scholar forms the foundations of the company's business model. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tablo Publishing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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