Numilog was founded in March 2000 by Denis Zwirn in Paris, France, as a
company specializing in the distribution of digital books. In September
2000, Numilog launched an online bookstore that became the main French-
language aggregator of digital books. In December 2006, the catalog
included 35,000 books and audiobooks from 60 publishers, including
Gallimard, POL, Le Dilettante, Le Rocher, La Découverte, De Vive Voix,
Eyrolles or Pearson Education France. Numilog is now (since May 2008) a
subsidiary of Hachette Livre, a leading publishing group. In January
2009, the catalog was offering 100,000 ebooks from 100 publishers, with
tailored services for bookstores and libraries.
October 2000 > Distributed Proofreaders, to share the correction of
digitized books
Distributed Proofreaders (DP) was founded in 2000 by Charles Franks to
support the digitization of public domain books and assist Project
Gutenberg in its efforts to offer free electronic versions of literary
works. Distributed Proofreaders presently became the main source of
Project Gutenberg's ebooks, and an official Project Gutenberg site in
2002. In May 2006, Distributed Proofreaders became a separate legal
entity and continues to maintain a strong relationship with Project
Gutenberg. 10,000 books were digitized, proofread, and "preserved for
the world" in December 2006, and 18,000 books in June 2010. Distributed
Proofreaders Europe (DP Europe) began production in early 2004.
Distributed Proofreaders Canada (DP Canada) bagan production in
December 2007.