At the Frankfurt Book Fair, our pitch won the final round of the CONTENTshift Accelerator program and we've won an innovation bonus of 10,000 euros.
Jury spokesperson Carla Scheunemann (Community Editions/Bastei Lübbe) on the jury's decision: "With its products, Gamebook Studio combines classic reading with exciting elements from gaming. Stories can thus be told creatively, individually and serially. This corresponds to the preferred media consumption of young people and promotes reading in a playful way."
Five start-ups made it to the finals. They went through a three-month coaching and mentoring program with the members of the jury and other experienced experts.
A big thank you to the jury for their trust in the Gamebook Platform, the business model and its scaling potential for the global book industry!
Martina Fiddrich and Olaf Carstens (Cornelsen Publishing)
Carla Scheunemann and Jonas Konrad (Community Editions/Bastei Lübbe)
Alexander Woge (KNK Customer Engagement)
Stefanie Penck (TeNeues Verlag)
Nina Hugendubel and Per Dalheimer (Hugendubel Book Retailer)
Dr. Leif Erik Göritz and Detlef Buettner (Lehmanns Media/ Thalia Book Retailer)
Philipp Lindinger (Herder Verlag) as well as
Lennart Schneider (strategy advisor)
The decision must have been incredibly hard to make with so many stellar finalists. Thank you for the joint journey and growing together in the programme:
✍ AI supported global self-publishing Booknet || Sergiy Grushko
🙆♂️ Sign Language assisted reading for hearing impaired by equalizent Schulungs- und Beratungs GmbH || Monika Haider & Georg Tschare
📰 kompreno platform to support unbiased journalism with leading global newspapers || Jochen Adler
💫 AI based qualitative research platform QInsights || Dr. Susanne Friese
And last but not least: a key pillar of the programme has been the mentorship and book industry insights of Okke Schlüter (Stuttgart Media University) and Harald Henzler (International University SDI München), thank you for this!
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