Yediot Aharonot Book Publisher

What Yediot Aharonot Book Publisher does

Yediot Aharonot Book Publisher (legal name: ידיעות ספרים בע"מ, DBA: "ידיעות ספרים שאוהבים" / "Yediot Books People Love") is an Israeli online bookstore and co-publisher operating the ybook.co.il Shopify-powered e-commerce platform. The company maintains a catalog of 4,404 book titles organized across six primary categories: fiction (1,649 titles), non-fiction (1,158), children and youth (884), Judaism (517), leisure (196), and body-mind balance (145). It serves individual Israeli consumers directly, with prices ranging 29-399 ILS per title, free shipping on orders over 199 ILS, WhatsApp and email customer service, and a Yavne-based warehouse supporting self-pickup Sunday-Thursday 10:00-14:00.

The business operates a dual model: retail e-commerce of third-party and co-published titles, plus a co-publishing operation running 7+ imprints including Carmel (266 titles), Aliyat HaGag (244), Babel (231), Pen (203), Santela (192), Achuzat Bayit (185), and R. Sirkis (25), collectively producing roughly 1,346 co-published titles. The company also holds a Disney Israel distribution partnership for licensed children's content (~83 titles) and integrates with e-vrit.co.il for digital/eBook sales. Annual Book Month (חודש הספר) promotional campaigns feature thousands of discounted titles (3,531 in 2026). Marketing is conducted via Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and email newsletter. The company shares branding with the Yedioth Aharonot media group, suggesting affiliation or sister-company status with one of Israel's largest media conglomerates, though no formal ownership structure is disclosed. Founded circa 2012 and headquartered in Rishon Le Zion/Yavne, Israel, the company is a private limited company with no disclosed funding rounds, headcount, or revenue.

Name

Yediot Aharonot Book Publisher

Legal name

ידיעות ספרים בע״מ

Website

https://ybook.co.il

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Yediot Aharonot Book Publisher is an Israeli online bookstore and co-publisher operating the Shopify-powered ybook.co.il platform, selling 4,400+ Hebrew titles across fiction, non-fiction, children/youth, Judaism, and leisure to individual Israeli consumers, while co-publishing through 7+ imprints.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Book Publishing and Retail

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Book Publishers (51313), Book Retailers and News Dealers (45921)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Retail-Catalog & Mail-Order Houses (5961)

akta.pro primary industry

General Bookstores (New Books) (CRALAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Religious & Spiritual Books Retail (CRALAAAE), E-book Retail & Reading Platforms (Stores, Apps, Devices) (MPAJAMAA), Religious Children’s Publishing (Faith-Based Kids & YA) (MPAJAHAJ)

Keywords

• Hebrew book publishing
• Online bookstore Israel
• Book retail
• Jewish literature publishing
• Children book publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Rishon Le Zion

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retail Book Sales: Revenue is generated through direct retail sales of physical books to consumers via the company's e-commerce website. Customers purchase books at listed prices with discounts offered during promotional periods.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Yediot Aharonot Book Publisher (Yediot Books People Love / ידיעות ספרים שאוהבים) operates a direct-to-consumer Israeli online bookstore at ybook.co.il, publishing and selling over 4,400 Hebrew physical and digital books across fiction, non-fiction, children and youth, Judaism, leisure, and body-mind categories. The company publishes through multiple co-publishing partnerships with Israeli publishing houses including Carmel, Aliyat HaGag, Babel, Achuzat Bayit, Santela, and Fen, and also distributes Disney-branded children's titles. Customers can browse and purchase books online with home delivery (free over 199 ILS) or pickup at the Yavne warehouse, supported by seasonal Book Month promotional campaigns.

Product overview

Yediot Aharonot Book Publisher (Yediot Books) operates a major Israeli online bookstore platform offering over 4,400 physical and digital books. The core product is the ידיעות ספרים שאוהבים (Yediot Books People Love) e-commerce platform, powered by Shopify. The product portfolio spans seven main categories: סיפורת (Fiction, 1,649 titles), עיון (Non-Fiction, 1,158 titles), ילדים ונוער (Children and Youth, 884 titles), יהדות (Judaism, 517 titles), פנאי (Leisure, 196 titles), and איזון גוף ונפש (Body-Mind Balance, 145 titles), plus sub-categories like מתח ופעולה (Thriller/Action) and Disney-branded books. Yediot Books publishes through multiple imprints including פן, כרמל, ספרי עליית הגג, בבל, ספרי אחוזת בית, סנטלה, and others, totaling approximately 2,926 titles under the main ידיעות ספרים בע"מ imprint alone. The platform also integrates with e-vrit.co.il for digital book sales. Annual promotions include חודש הספר (Book Month) campaigns featuring thousands of discounted titles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Yediot Books Online Bookstore (ידיעות ספרים שאוהבים)

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• כרמל הוצאה לאור וידיעות ספרים בע"מcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partnership with Carmel Publishing House. The partnership has produced 266 book titles as of the catalog data, representing one of the significant collaborative publishing relationships.
• ספרי עליית הגג וידיעות �ספרים בע"מcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partnership with Aliyat HaGag publishing house, producing 244 book titles in the catalog.
• בבל הוצאה לאור וידיעות ספרים בע"מcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partnership with Babel Publishing House. The partnership has produced 231 book titles, including works by author דרור בורשטיין.
• ספרי אחוזת בית וידיעות ספרים בע"מcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partnership with Achuzat Beit publishing house, producing 185 book titles including the works of Dror Mishani.
• סנטלה הוצאה לאור וידיעות ספרים בע"מcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partnership with Sentela publishing house, producing 192 book titles including spiritual and self-help categories.
• פן הוצאה לאור וידיעות �ספרים בע"מcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partnership with Pen Publishing House, producing 203 book titles.
• ר. סירקיס מוציאים לאור בע"מ וידיעות ספרים בע"מminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partnership with R. Sirkis publishing house, producing 25 book titles including leisure and lifestyle books.
• Disney IsraelminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partnership for Disney-branded children's books. The catalog includes 83 Disney titles, primarily in the children and youth category.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Steimatzky: Israel's largest bookstore chain, operating both physical stores and a major online store selling Hebrew books across the same categories (fiction, non-fiction, children, Judaism). It is the most direct domestic competitor to Yediot Books' online retail model.
• Tzomet Sfarim: Long-established Israeli bookstore chain with deep selection in Hebrew literature, Judaism, and children's books, plus online sales. Directly comparable as a multi-channel Hebrew book retailer serving Israeli consumers.
• e-vrit: Israel's leading Hebrew e-book platform, integrated with Yediot Books' storefront. It is a direct peer in the digital Hebrew reading market and represents both a partner and a competing digital channel.
• Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir: One of Israel's largest trade book publishers, producing Hebrew fiction, non-fiction, and children's titles. Comparable as a publishing peer that competes for the same authors, imprints, and distribution shelf-space as Yediot Books' own imprints.
• Modan Publishing House: Major Israeli publisher of Hebrew fiction, non-fiction, and lifestyle titles. Comparable as both a potential co-publishing partner and a competitive publisher whose books appear on the Yediot Books marketplace.
• Carmel Publishing House: Israeli publisher of Jewish thought, literature, and scholarship with 266 titles co-published with Yediot Books. Highly comparable as a publishing partner whose catalog directly feeds into Yediot Books' Judaism and fiction categories.

Broad incumbents

• Amazon: Global e-commerce giant that increasingly carries Hebrew titles and offers Israeli delivery. It competes broadly in the same online book retail space and exerts price and convenience pressure on Yediot Books.
• Apple Books: Global e-book retail and reading platform. Comparable as a competing digital reading channel for Hebrew e-books, particularly as Yediot Books scales its e-vrit integration.

Emerging players

• Sifrei Hemed: Israeli publisher focused on religious, educational, and children's titles in Hebrew. Comparable as a niche publishing peer in the same Judaism/children categories that Yediot Books emphasizes.
• Yanshuf Publishers: Israeli children's and youth book publisher whose titles overlap with Yediot Books' 884-title Children & Youth category. Comparable as a publishing peer in the licensed/illustrated children's segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Yedioth.sfarim/?locale=he_IL
• Instagraminstagram.com/yedioth.books
• TikToktiktok.com/@yedioth.books
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ybook

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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