There is no “search” button on the Jellybooks home page because if you already know the title of the book or the author, then you already know what you want. We broke with many conventions of our industry to find a better way for discovering new books to read and for how to buy them. Jellybooks looks and feels different to other book sites, doesn’t it? The sweet rebel nationalities: Australian, Austrian, Chilean, British, Danish, French, Irish and Norwegian. We encourage personality at Jellybooks, which is why we love flying Air New Zealand, another company where personality is allowed, except we don’t get many opportunities to fly to the land of Middle Earth, at least not yet. Slaps Andrew’s other hand (the one Gary hasn’t slapped) when Andrew makes a brand or aesthetic faux pas. Johan Brand, the more apish part of the We Are Human duo. Like the look of Jellybooks? Think those buttons and icons are adorable? They were all handcrafted by Jamie, the human part of We Are Human. He makes sure that our code doesn’t turn into spaghetti while keeping us agile and lean. I have been assured he eats more food than just New Bamboo. His next task is coding our shopping baskets with check-out in multiple currencies. If Ismael didn’t write the Ruby on Rails or Javascript code, then Niall probably did. Most of Jellybooks was written in Ruby on Rails and he is the ninja who wrote most of the code pretty much bug-free. He is not to be confused with an Oompa Loompa. He makes the Jellybooks web app look splendid and slaps Andrew on the fingers when he doesn’t sketch the simplest and most intuitive user experience possible. He developed the responsive email design for Jellybooks (“Project Blueberry”). Notorious for his weird ring tones, which we are told are Icelandic folk songs. Normally works for Unbound from whom we regularly borrow him for some of the coolest projects in digital publishing. He spoils us with his cooking talents.īaldur Bjarnason, coder behind the Jellybooks “Reader Analytics” software (“Projects Crowberry, Honeyberry and Pomegranate”). He dreams up new ways for book recommendations, segmenting audiences and targeting books at readers. Jeff Abrahamson, co-founder and ex-Googler, Jeff is not only the oldest member of team, but also our resident machine-learning expert. Covers and tasty ebook samples are then distributed from the Jellyfactory to readers, ideally in milliseconds. At the Jellyfactory, he supervises the receipt of ebook master files from publishers, from which samples are generated before the Jellybooks candy wrapper is applied. He also has the unenviable task of negotiating with publishers worldwide, which requires the patience of a saint, which he ain’t.Īndy Roberts, master of the Jellyfactory and puts Willy Wonka to shame. The sweet rebels (our team)Īndrew Rhomberg, founder, product manager and spokesperson for Jellybooks. You can find out more by following us on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Tumblr or Angelist. This section gives you a brief glimpse about us and what we do. We started Jellybooks to provide a new approach to exploring, sampling, sharing and buying books. Jellybooks is a boot-strapped start-up with passion.
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