December 17th, 2012

Booktrack Raises $2 Million From Peter Thiel, Park Road, And Others To Add Soundtracks To E-books

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New Zealand-based startup Booktrack launched last year to provide e-book readers with something that they’ve been missing: soundtracks to go along with what they’re reading. It’s raised $2 million from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Park Road Post Production, Weta Digital GM Tom Greally, Sparkbox Ventures, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, EFU Investments Ltd., and Stephen Tindall’s K… → Read More

August 24th, 2011

Fad Or Future? Booktrack Adds Music, Sound Effects To E-Books; Peter Thiel Invests

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A new startup called Booktrack launched this morning (actually, the NYT launched it yesterday), in an effort to create a whole new genre of e-books.

Booktrack creates synchronized soundtracks for e-books that aim to “dramatically boost the reader’s imagination and engagement”.

The startup’s technology combines music and sound effects with text, automatically paced to one’s reading speed. → Read More