Start-up Zola Books has raised another $3.9 million in financing, “to grow [their] engineering and strategic partnership initiatives.” (The $5.1 million figure you might have seen includes previous funding.) New named investors include Cablevision founder Charles Dolan, Bob Kohn, Jeff Pulver, David Placek, director Paul Saltzman (Prom Night in Mississippi); Peter Sundman, and early-stage investor fund Radcliff Group. More authors connected to Zola founder Joe Regal’s literary agency have also participated, with Gregory David Roberts (Shantaram) and Martin Clark joining previous participants including Audrey Niffenegger and Josh Bazell. Zola has acquired exclusive ebook rights for five backlist works by Joan […]
