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ArcaMax Publishing, Inc. Debuts at #19 in Media Category on Inc. 5000 with 205.2 Percent Growth Rate
HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcaMax Publishing has joined the ranks of America's fastest growing private companies with a debut rank of 19 in the Media category and 1,560 overall of Inc. 5000's annual business rankings. The e-mail content provider increased revenues by 205.2 percent, qualifying it for the prestigious list of private businesses.
"We are very pleased to be ranked among such a successful group of businesses," said Scott Wolf, ArcaMax Publishing CEO. Other companies on the Inc. 5000 list include consumer electronics maker Vizio, Internet giant GoDaddy, rental car service Zipcar, and beverage maker Honest Tea.
ArcaMax Publishing provides syndicated features such as news and comics to more than three million e-mail subscribers daily. The content provider earns revenue with advertising that accompanies the daily features. Content is available in English at ArcaMax.com and in Spanish at ArcaMundo.com.
In May, ArcaMax Publishing launched BookDaily.com, a book sampling site featuring more than 60,000 book samples available by email for readers to enjoy -- free of charge. The site immediately received industry recognition, attracting 10,000 subscriber accounts and 50,000 email subscriptions in the first 60 days.
ArcaMax Publishing is a leading email provider of free news and entertainment on the Internet. This online publisher proves the marriage between “free” and “content” is really quite a happy union.
Methodology
The Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by the first week of 2005, and therefore able to show four full calendar years of sales. Additionally, they have to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent -- not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies -- as of December 31, 2008. Revenue in 2005 must have been at least $200,000, and revenue in 2008 must have been at least $2 million. The top 10 percent of companies on the list comprise the Inc. 500, now in its 28th year.
About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 712,961, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit us online at Inc.com.
About ArcaMax Publishing, Inc.
Arcamax Publishing, Inc. is the preeminent provider of family-friendly news and fun on the Internet, also offering daily recipes, parenting tips, popular comics, and more -- available free with an email subscription. Content is also available in Spanish. BookDaily.com is a book sampling site for readers and is a property of Arcamax Publishing, Inc. For information, visit http://www.ArcaMax.com, http://www.ArcaMundo.com, or http://BookDaily.com.
CONTACT: Kicheko Driggins, 757-596-9730 ext. 209, kdriggins@arcamax.com
Can BookDaily.com Sell Books?
by Calvin Reid -- Publishers Weekly, 6/15/2009
ArcaMax Publishing's CEO, Scott Wolf, believes his company, an e-mail newsletter publisher that syndicates free licensed content to more than five million subscribers every day, can help publishers effectively promote and sell their books and even learn more about their customers' buying habits. ArcaMax publishes about 70 different e-newsletters each day offering daily samples of such well-known content as popular comics strips, auto info and books.
The digital publisher wants to expand the role of book content in its syndication business and has launched BookDaily.com, a newsletter and Web site venture that offers readers a daily feed of free licensed sample chapters from more than 60,000 books by popular authors like Stephen King, Dan Brown and Stephenie Meyer. Wolf believes he can use ArcaMax's huge subscriber base (and the detailed consumer data it collects) to promote new titles, introduce books to readers across related subject categories and generate book sales.
Originally launched in 1996 as an e-commerce site selling software products, ArcaMax switched to publishing e-newsletters in 2004, and the content syndication business took off. Wolf says the company's Garfield newsletter has just under one million subscribers, while the joke newsletter has over one million daily readers. "We don't create content," explains Wolf. "We license content consumers already know. They know the Garfield comic strip, they don't know ArcaMax. And we're always looking for new opportunities to distribute consumer content." ArcaMax signs up about 12,000 new subscribers every day across all its newsletter content bases, and Wolf says, "Once they confirm their subscription, we offer them other content."
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Sample Books Before You Purchase Them, Says ArcaMax.com
Newport News (VA) May 27, 2009 ArcaMax Publishing, Inc., is pleased to announce the launch of BookDaily.com -- where book readers can browse, search and read first chapters from a selection of more than 60,000 titles.
"Our mission with this site was to create a way for readers to sample books before buying them," said Scott Wolf, ArcaMax Publishing CEO. "We also wanted to have the best variety of free book content on the Internet. We believe 60,000 titles is a great start."
BookDaily combines book sampling with email technology, allowing readers to "shelve" and receive a first chapter per day by email. This way, a reader can browse and search large lists of books. Any title of interest along the way can be added to the reader's sample bookshelf. Readers may also read an unlimited amount of free sample chapters at any time on the site.
ArcaMax Publishing (www.arcamax.com), a leading provider of online news and entertainment, is the parent site for BookDaily. BookDaily launched Memorial Day weekend and received more than 16,000 page views generating 3500 email subscriptions and 3566 visits. Readers are enjoying first chapters from popular authors such as Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer, Dan Brown, and many more.
Currently ArcaMax.com has more than 5 million email newsletter readers in its 70 publications -- including popular syndicated features such as Garfield, Dear Abby, and The New Yorker cartoons.
"We promoted the site to current ArcaMax subscribers, and we are very pleased with traffic and newsletter subscriptions," Wolf said. "We came up with BookDaily technology based on what we do successfully at ArcaMax, which is sending out free content by email."
The company also hopes to form partnerships with publishers and authors, Wolf added. "The Internet has become a great place for talent to be discovered. We hope publishers and authors will find our site as a perfect place to get more readers." If a reader wants to read the complete version of a book once the first chapter is finished, BookDaily includes purchase links to the books below each sample.
BookDaily is currently accepting author biographies, interviews, book trailers and related media in furthering enhancing the reader’s experience and providing an opportunity for authors to feature their works.
BookDaily.com is a book sampling site for readers and is a property of Arcamax Publishing, Inc. Arcamax Publishing, Inc. is the preeminent provider of family-friendly news and fun on the Internet, also offering daily recipes, parenting tips, popular comics, and more–- available free with an email subscription. Content is also available in Spanish. For information, visit http://www.ArcaMax.com or http://www.ArcaMundo.com.
Media Contact:
Kicheko Driggins
Arcamax Publishing, Inc.
729 Thimble Shoals Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23609
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