Bringing ebooks to life globally with digital publishing leader
We’re excited to announce a partnership with ElevenLabs to connect our wide catalog of ebooks to ElevenLabs’ leading AI platform and ElevenReader app.
Bookwire is an internationally leading technology provider in the digital publishing sector. Based in Frankfurt, the company serves thousands of publishers in producing and distributing ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and other digital publishing products.
Together, ElevenLabs and Bookwire are introducing ebooks available for this model from the catalogs of Bookwire’s publishing clients – bringing titles that were previously available only in text to life through dynamic narration. These titles will be available in more than a dozen languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Polish, French, and German.
Only about 5% of published books exist in audio today – and the proportion is even smaller in less common languages. This initiative gives publishers a new digital revenue stream while making their catalogs accessible through dynamic narration to listeners worldwide. These books will be available in the ElevenReader app, advancing our commitment to make content available in any language and any voice.
“At Bookwire, we are driven by one clear goal: to help publishers achieve maximum reach and success for their titles worldwide,” said John Ruhrmann, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bookwire. “Innovation and the intelligent use of new technologies are essential to that commitment. Through our partnership with ElevenLabs, publishers who choose this model can now access a powerful new route into the global audio market. We are proud to join forces with one of the most innovative and advanced Voice AI companies, combining ElevenLabs’ groundbreaking AI technology with Bookwire’s expertise in digital distribution. Together, we are redefining how books travel across languages, formats, and borders.”
About Bookwire & “Bookwire OS – One Solution”
Bookwire was founded in Frankfurt in 2010 as a service provider for publisher distribution of eBooks and digital content. It has since become one of the leading international businesses in digital publishing technology. Bookwire currently employs 160 people in Germany, the UK, Spain, France, Brazil, Italy and the USA, who take care of more than 3,500 publishers in the fields of eBooks, audiobooks, podcasts and Print-on-Demand. The pioneering software “Bookwire OS – One Solution” delivers, analyzes, and markets around 1,500,000 eBooks and 300,000 audiobooks in all relevant distribution channels. In addition to the latest customer analytics and pricing technology, publishing clients of Bookwire also have access to individual support from account & marketing managers who look after the clients from end to end. Bookwire is led by the founders Jens Klingelhöfer (CEO) and John Ruhrmann (Co-CEO), as well as by Christian Lindemann (COO), and has branches in Barcelona, London, Milano, São Paulo, New York and Paris, in addition to the company headquarters in Frankfurt am Main and the “Digital Hub” in Dortmund.
For media inquiries and interview requests, please contact:
Jan Stausberg, Corporate PR Manager, Bookwire, jan.stausberg@bookwire.de
