eSentral
eSentral or e-Sentral is a Malaysian e-Book store for South East Asian market. It was first introduced in October 2011[1] by two entrepreneurs, Faiz Al-Shahab, and Syed Irfan, as a private funded initiative, and received Series A funding from a Malaysian venture capital firm late 2012. eSentral is operated by a private limited company, Xentral Methods.[2] eSentral, a derivation of the word "sentral", meaning central or focal point in Malay, indicates a digital marketplace for contents delivered via bandwidth.
Once registered with the website, users can access books using EPUB standards (rather than PDF) on their computer, tablet or smartphone.[2]
eSentral was the first eBook portal in South East Asia to operate with Digital Rights Management via its own proprietary encryption system.[3]
eSentral has grown to be the biggest repository of eBooks in South East Asia.[4]
eSentral also became the first company to introduce bluetooth beacon technology in distributing eBooks for micro-location premises. This was first demonstrated in Kuala Lumpur International Airport in September 2015.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Buku Elektronik eSentral, http://berita.cari.com.my/news.php?id=14102 Archived 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, source: Berita Harian, 5 October 2011
- ^ a b "Mudah dan senang di bawa ke mana-mana sahaja" (in Malay), source: KOSMO, 13 June 2013
- ^ More room for local authors by Elizabeth Tai, http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Books/News/2012/01/03/More-room-for-local-authors/, source: The Star, 3 January 2012
- ^ Being smart about online reading by Kathleen Tan, http://www.nama.com.my/PRINT_NEWS/2014/06/21/20140621_N60_THT_TEC_50_FC_BEING~ABOUT~ONLINE~READING.JPG Archived 14 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, source: The Heat, 21 June 2014
- ^ migration (30 September 2015). "Pinjam e-buku di KLIA, Berita Dunia - BeritaHarian.sg". BeritaHarian. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
External links
[edit]- Malaysia: http://www.e-sentral.com www.e-sentral.my
- Indonesia: http://www.e-sentral.co.id www.e-sentral.co.id
- Singapore: http://www.e-sentral.sg www.e-sentral.sg
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