![]() ![]() ![]() "Major publishers have too much control in the market," Davies told iTWire. "We're working to shift power back into the hands of authors by giving them readers, giving them a voice, and giving them 100% of their royalties." He told iTWire publishers, like Amazon for example, had too much power. “Best of all, authors receive 100% of royalties and have complete control over who can view their work.”ĭavies said the funding round will be used to further grow the team and develop new features, and that his startup will now turn its attention to building social community features on the platform, making it eaier for authors to connect with each other, share their writing with passionate fans, and "make writing a less lonely pursuit." ![]() Writers can create their next masterpiece from any browser window or mobile device, anywhere in the world, whenever they want. ![]() The next bestseller can now be discovered before it's been published. "The key piece of Tablo though is the underlying social network - the profiles, groups and online communities - that help authors build a following for their work. Authors can drop in a document or write in the cloud and reach the iBookstore and Amazon with a single click. "We've built the best publishing tool in the world, where publishing a book to major bookstores is as easy as publishing a blog. It's still incredibly complicated and expensive though, and it's even harder for an author to have their work discovered. A lot of people think that, because publishing has gone digital, that it's simple. “I started working on Tablo after I struggled to publish my own book. It's an online publishing community that allows authors to connect with readers while they write. “Tablo is a place where you can create, share and discover new books. At age 19, Melburnian Ash Davies founded Tablo in 2012, with an aim to shake up the traditional publishing model. ![]()
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