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 three entrepreneurs, Faiz Al-Shahab, Syed Irfan, and Iszuddin Ismail, 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 Bahasa, 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
- ↑ Buku Elektronik eSentral, http://berita.cari.com.my/news.php?id=14102, source: Berita Harian, 5 October 2011
- 1 2 "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, source: The Heat, 21 June 2014
- ↑ migration (2015-09-30). "Pinjam e-buku di KLIA, Berita Dunia - BeritaHarian.sg". BeritaHarian. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
External links
- 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
