Bernhard Mischke

buch.de internetstores AG provided online sale of books and media. Its products were books, eBooks, music, films, games and toys. It operated the web shops Buch.de, bol.de and alphamusic.de, as well as the websites Thalia.de in Germany and Thalia.at in Austria. The company was founded by Michael Urban and Ulrich Kuchenreuther on February 4, 1998 and was headquartered in Munster, Germany.

Thalia Bücher GmbH engages in the operation of bookstores and online retailing of books. It also sells e-books and audio books, magazines, planners, school and office supplies, greeting cards, toys, home decors, as well as cooking and baking accessories. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Hagen, Germany.

tolino media GmbH & Co. KG engages in electronic book online publishing. It also offers services such as proofreading, correction, title check, text formatting and layout, as well as paperback printing. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

textunes GmbH is a start-up company from Berlin, which specializes in the publication of contents to mobile devices. They want to offer people the option of anytime, anywhere access to current literature. Thus the waiting time at the station reading time. The station bookstore is always in the pocket there - on your smart phone or tablet. They also inspire people to literature that otherwise would go to bookstores by piece. At the Frankfurt Book Fair 2008 textunes published worldwide the first time a novel parallel-Release for iPhone and iPod. Today they cooperate with a variety of publishers and expanding its program steadily. With its products for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Android devices and the Web platform www.textunes.de they offer the widest range of current German-language literature on smart phones. Books and media habits are changing. Content of media dissolve and are perceived in different ways. They see these changes as a major gain for readers and publishers and you want to actively shape and sustainable. They exceed previous limits to network and develop new forms of contents and markets.