# Edocr

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**edocr** is a digital library for [e-book](/source/E-book) and [documents](/source/Documents) and allows one to publish documents online and sell them on a marketplace.

Founded in 2007 by Manoj Ranaweera[1][2] and headquartered in [Manchester](/source/Manchester), UK, the company was self funded and quickly grew to an online repository with millions of documents. edocr was acquired by [Tampa](/source/Tampa)-based [Accusoft](/source/Accusoft) in March 2015.[3][4][5][6][7]

## History

**Founding (2007–2016)**

edocr began as a site to host and share documents. edocr allowed one to upload their documents and publish them online for easy sharing and access. The site was built to be easily accessible through multiple platforms such as [iOS](/source/IOS) and [Android](/source/Android_(operating_system)) and quickly became an online database of business documents.

**Marketplace (2016–present)**

After acquisition by [Accusoft](/source/Accusoft), an online marketplace was added to site allowing users to monetize their publications. edocr allows a variety of documents, books, short stories, academic papers, research reports, legal templates, business documents etc to be published and sold online. The publisher of documents can set the sale price for document and Accusoft charges a fee of $0.30 per transaction, plus 10% of the sales price set.

## Technology

edocr is based on [Accusoft](/source/Accusoft) Prizm Doc technology[8] which enables one to view documents online in a browser without using any additional plugins or active x controls. Prizm Doc allows documents to be viewed across different operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) without conversion and all major document types including Word docs, [PowerPoint](/source/PowerPoint) presentations, PDFs, [OpenDocument](/source/OpenDocument) documents, [OpenOffice.org XML](/source/OpenOffice.org_XML) documents etc are supported.

## References

1. Ian Anderson. ["The Complete Guide to Lead Generation & Content Marketing with @edocr"](http://iag.me/socialmedia/reviews/lead-generation-and-content-marketing-with-edocr/). iag.me.

1. David Prior (March 26, 2015). ["Accusoft acquires Manchester-based edocr as Manoj Ranaweera exits after eight years"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170310233141/https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2015/03/accusoft-acquires-manchester-based-edocr-as-manoj-ranaweera-exits-after-eight-years/). Prolific North. Archived from [the original](http://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2015/03/accusoft-acquires-manchester-based-edocr-as-manoj-ranaweera-exits-after-eight-years/) on March 10, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2016.

1. Mike Butcher (March 26, 2015). ["Accusoft Acquires Document Sharing Platform edocr In All Cash Deal"](https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/23/accusoft-acquires-document-sharing-platform-edocr-in-all-cash-deal/). TechCrunch.

1. David Prior (March 26, 2015). ["Accusoft acquires Manchester-based edocr as Manoj Ranaweera exits after eight years"](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/accusoft-announces-the-acquisition-of-edocrcom-2015-03-24). Prolific North.

1. ["Accusoft Announces the Acquisition of edocr.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170310233141/https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2015/03/accusoft-acquires-manchester-based-edocr-as-manoj-ranaweera-exits-after-eight-years/). Marketwatch. March 26, 2015. Archived from [the original](http://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2015/03/accusoft-acquires-manchester-based-edocr-as-manoj-ranaweera-exits-after-eight-years/) on March 10, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2016.

1. Gina Baldassarre (March 26, 2015). ["The mergers and acquisitions round up"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200926122946/https://www.startupdaily.net/2015/03/the-mergers-and-acquisitions-round-up-10/). Startup Daily. Archived from [the original](http://www.startupdaily.net/2015/03/the-mergers-and-acquisitions-round-up-10/) on September 26, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2016.

1. ["Tampa-based Accusoft Announces the Acquisition of edocr.com"](http://www.icoast.com/news/2015/03/25/funding-tampa-bay/tampa-based-accusoft-announces-the-acquisition-of-edocr.com/). icoast. March 26, 2015.

1. Joyce Wells (March 29, 2016). ["Accusoft Launches PrizmDoc v11.0"](http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/News/News/Accusoft-Launches-PrizmDoc-v11.0-110094.aspx). KMWorld.

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