Beat Technology Partners With LeYa

Beat Technology has partnered with LeYa, the leading Portuguese publishing house behind authors such as António Lobo Antunes, Lídia Jorge and Mia Couto.The cooperation will see Beat design, build and power a reading app for titles purchased from Lyvros, LeYa’s new ecommerce site meaning LeYa readers can remain in the publisher’s own ecosystem and receive communications and recommendations directly from the publishers.

“LeYa is the most respected and successful publishing house in Portugal with such a rich literary history,” says Nathan Hull, Chief Strategy Officer at Beat Technology. “To be operational in Portugal with the fantastic LeYa team is a privilege. It has been in the works for while and we are thrilled to compliment their new lyvros.com platform. ”

“Lyvros was born from the desire to bring together all LeYa books and all readers,” explains Ana Rita Bessa, CEO of the company, about a process that took a year to implement. “We believe that every reader will find a book made for them within LeYa’s catalogue, which they can purchase here in print, ebook or audiobook format. Lyvros is therefore the digital showcase of our commitment to reading.”