The origins

Discover Bolinda’s history of growth and innovation.

1995

A long, long time ago…

Backed by her father, Rebecca launches Bolinda audiobooks, publishing our first audiobook and producing four titles in the first year.

1998

Hello world wide web

We launch our eCommerce
website specifically for libraries, bolindalibrary.com. The website also allows people to order direct on bolinda.com.

2000

Listen up, world

Bolinda takes audiobooks to the world like no other audiobook publisher has done before and offers its digital audiobooks through Audible, US.

2002

Going green

We rebrand. We create a brand mark that can symbolise the global audiobook category. Green represents growth and turning over a new leaf and, as audiobooks go from cassette to CD, we launch our hallmark green spines for the first time on our new range. Green comes to symbolise our innovative spirit throughout the business.

2005

Thinking different

We help to launch iTunes Australia for digital audiobooks in partnership with Audible.

2008

Our alternative phase

We remaster our entire back catalogue to MP3CD and launch to listeners and libraries the same year.

2010

BorrowBox is born. The first fully native app in the world that enables audiobooks to be borrowed via a website and app.

BorrowBox goes live into its first Australian libraries.

2010

2010 Australian Broadcasting Corporation partnership.

In November of the same year, we publish our first three co-branded ABC/Bolinda titles and launch the ABC audiobook catalogue throughout the world.

2012

BorrowBox in Blighty

We take BorrowBox global and enter the UK Library market. Over 90 per cent of UK Libraries, as well as in the Republic of Ireland, run BorrowBox for eBooks and eAudiobooks.

2016

Ruling Britannia

We grow our offering to become the largest, most innovative and most popular audiobook publisher in the UK.

2020

Top of the world, ma!

BorrowBox is one of the world’s top three apps for eBooks and eAudiobooks, boasting 5-star ratings on Google Play and iTunes. An app that rivals consumer brands in ease of use, millions of people use it to access content from their local public libraries via their mobile devices.

What makes us tick

Our values

Merchants of WOW, we’re here to serve the world through the power of storytelling.

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Our leadership

Growing a business like ours requires the desire to make the impossible possible, a belief in innovation and a commitment to doing great things, plus a good dose of passion and spirt. Just ask Rebecca and Jan.

Meet the team
Life at Bolinda

Passion and ambition are fostered and loved at Bolinda. We’re a hardworking, focused and fun-loving team.

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