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Company Profile
PAPYLES GLOBAL, INC.
- Company Name: PAPYLESS GLOBAL, INC.
- Address: 717 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Founded: 05/01/2017
- Capital: $2,000,000
- Managing Director: Yasuko Matsui
- Business Outline: Selling e-books to the English speaking world.
Parent Corporation
- Company Name: PAPYLESS CO., LTD.
- Address: Kioicho Building 3rd & 4th Floor, 3-12 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0094 Japan
- Founded: 03/31/1995
- Capital: 414,460,000 JPY(Approx. $3,445,500) 02/09/2015
- Managing Director: Yasuko Matsui
- Business Outline:Nature of Business: e-book rental and sales
Business Outline
The E-book Store "Renta!"
We want everyone to be able to read our titles easily, so provide novels and comics from as little as $1, and ensure that our website works on all devices.
About Renta!
- Read all content online instantly, without the need to install any programs.
- All content can be previewed.
- Prices start from $1.
- We translate manga, so we have a lot of exclusive content.
- Users can choose to rent titles for 48 hours or an unlimited period.
- Users have the choice to pay for things directly by card, or to first buy "tickets", which they can then use to read e-books.
- We handle translation, lettering, proofreading and E-pub distribution in-house.
- We sell e-book content via PCs, smartphones, and tablets, based on commission.
- We only accept content from legally-recognized publishers or agencies.
- We currently do not accept self-published works.
Timeline
- 03/1995: The precursor to Papyless, "FUJI ONLINE SYSTEMS CO.,LTD.", was established.
- 12/1996: The Papyless E-Bookstore website went live.
- 10/2000: The Company name was changed to "PAPYLESS CO., LTD."
- 04/2007: The Japanese e-comic rental website Renta! went live.
- 09/2011: The English-language version of the Renta! website went live.
- 10/2011: Papyless E-Bookstore was made available on smartphone and tablet devices.
- 10/2012: Papyless began providing content to the Kindle Store.
- 07/2013: The Chinese-language version of the Renta! website went live.
- 02/2014: Papyless' total cumulative e-book sales reached 100 million units.
- 09/2014: "PAPYLESS TAIWAN CO., LTD." was established as a subsidiary of Papyless.
- 05/2017: "PAPYLESS GLOBAL, INC." was established as a subsidiary of Papyless, and the ownership of the English language site was transferred to Papyless Global.
Location
PAPYLESS GLOBAL, INC.
717 Market Street,
San Francisco, CA, United States