
eSentral or e-Sentral is a
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
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e-Book
An ebook (short for electronic book), also spelled as e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in electronic form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Al ...
store for South East Asian market. It was first introduced in October 2011 by two entrepreneurs, Faiz Al-Shahab, and Syed Irfan, 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.
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(in Malay), source: KOSMO, 13 June 2013 eSentral, a derivation of the word "sentral", meaning central or focal point in Malay, indicates a digital marketplace for contents delivered via bandwidth.
Once registered with the website, users can access books using EPUB standards (rather than
PDF
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) on their computer, tablet or smartphone.
eSentral was the first eBook portal in South East Asia to operate with Digital Rights Management via its own proprietary encryption system.
eSentral has grown to be the biggest repository of eBooks in South East Asia.
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.
References
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
Malaysian companies established in 2011
Privately held companies of Malaysia
Retail companies established in 2011
Ebook suppliers
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