What Fidibo does

Fidibo (فیدیبو) is a Tehran-headquartered digital publishing platform founded in 2014 that distributes Persian-language ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and magazines to Iranian consumers and organizations. The platform hosts a catalog of more than 100,000 titles sourced through partnerships with domestic publishers such as Bourse, Romano, Bale, and String Cast, organized across categories including literature, psychology, management, finance, science, religion, education, and lifestyle. Content is delivered through a self-serve website (fidibo.com), native iOS and Android mobile applications, Windows and macOS desktop clients, and a proprietary FidiBook (فیدیبوک) e-reader device that Fidibo describes as the first Persian-language e-reader.

The business operates on a hybrid revenue model combining transactional per-title purchases, a recurring FidiPlus (فیدی‌پلاس) unlimited subscription covering ebooks and audiobooks, a freemium tier of free books, and a B2B enterprise licensing program for organizational access via a dedicated sales page. Pricing is denominated in Iranian Tomans, with audiobook and ebook titles ranging from free to roughly 410,000 Tomans and discount rates between 20% and 70% commonly applied. The platform also operates a dedicated education vertical covering preschool through doctoral-level materials, including Konkour (Iranian university entrance exam) preparation.

Fidibo is a privately held Iranian for-profit company with 101-250 employees and no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or external funding rounds. The company is actively operating, holds Iranian e-trust certifications (e-نماد and ساماندهی), and markets through Instagram, Telegram, a content blog, email promotions, and app-store listings. There is no public disclosure of revenue, management team, AI/ML capabilities, API offering, or ownership structure, and the platform's stated geographic scope is the domestic Iranian market.

Name

Fidibo

Legal name

Fidibo

Website

https://fidibo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fidibo is a Tehran-based digital publishing platform that distributes Persian-language ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and magazines via web, mobile, desktop, and its own FidiBook e-reader, serving Iranian consumers, students, and enterprises across 100,000+ titles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Publishing and Content Distribution

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Distribution (7822)

akta.pro primary industry

Audiobook & Spoken-Word Streaming Platforms (MPAIADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Home Entertainment Distribution (Digital: TVOD/EST) (MPADAJAE), Language Content Libraries & Digital Readers (Leveled Readers, Graded Content) (EDAFAOAM)

Keywords

• Digital publishing platform
• Ebook distribution
• Audiobook streaming
• Persian digital content
• Online reading subscription

Headquarters

HQ city

Tehran

HQ country

Iran

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Book/Content Sales: Users purchase individual ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and podcasts on a per-title basis. Prices range from free titles to several hundred thousand Tomans. The platform offers both digital format purchases and subscription access.
2. FidiPlus Subscription: Unlimited access subscription providing unlimited reading/listening to a vast catalog of books. Subscription model drives recurring revenue with monthly or annual billing options.
3. Free Content / Freemium: Free books are available across categories including comics, finance, and technology, serving as user acquisition and engagement tools.
4. B2B / Enterprise Sales: Organizational licensing of the Fidibo platform and content library for enterprise customers via dedicated B2B page (fidibo.com/page/b2b).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fidibo is an Iranian digital publishing platform that distributes Persian-language ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and digital magazines to consumers across web, iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS applications. It sells individual titles on a per-purchase basis, offers the FidiPlus subscription for unlimited reading and listening, provides a free content tier, and operates a B2B corporate licensing program. The company also manufactures the FidiBook proprietary e-reader device designed for Persian-language digital reading.

Product overview

Fidibo is a comprehensive digital publishing ecosystem offering a multi-format content portfolio accessible across devices. The platform operates as a unified platform consisting of a core web and app-based e-book and audiobook marketplace (Fidibo Platform), complemented by the FidiPlus subscription service for unlimited access, a dedicated podcast section, digital magazine offerings, educational content spanning K-12 to doctoral studies, B2B corporate sales, and a curated selection of free content. Fidibo also developed the Fidibook (فیدیبوک), the first Persian-language e-reader hardware device. Content is accessible via mobile apps (iOS/Android), desktop applications (Windows/macOS), and web browsers, serving a library of over 100,000 book titles across categories including literature, psychology, business, science, history, religion, technology, and more.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fidiplus (فیدی‌پلاس): Premium subscription service offering unlimited access to a wide range of books
• Fidibook (فیدیبوک)

Products and services

• Fidibo Digital Content Platform Comprehensive digital content platform that allows users to purchase, download, and consume ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and magazines in Persian across mobile, tablet, desktop, and web applications. The platform hosts a library of over 100,000 titles across categories including literature, psychology, business, science, history, religion, technology, and education.
• FidiPlus Subscription
• FidiBook E-Reader Device (فیدیبوک) Proprietary hardware e-reader device (FidiBook) developed by Fidibo as the first Persian-language dedicated e-reader, providing a paper-like reading experience with reduced eye strain while integrating with the Fidibo digital content ecosystem.
• Fidibo B2B Corporate Licensing Enterprise organizational licensing service that enables businesses and institutions to purchase bulk access to the Fidibo content library for employee learning, reading programs, and member benefits, with quote-based annual pricing.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Publishing Partners (Publishers)coreOthersFidibo partners with numerous publishers to distribute their content digitally. Publishers can join as collaborative partners via fidibo.com/cooperation. The platform includes works from publishers such as انتشارات بورس (Bourse Publishing), انتشارات رمانو (Romano), انتشارات بله (Bale), انتشارات استرینگ کست (String Cast), and dozens of other Persian publishers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Kindle Direct Publishing (Amazon): KDP is Amazon's self-publishing platform for ebooks and audiobooks. Comparable as an ecosystem tool for publisher partnerships and content sourcing, relevant to Fidibo's relationships with Persian publishers.

Broad incumbents

• Scribd: Scribd operates an unlimited-reading subscription service covering ebooks, audiobooks, and documents. Comparable on subscription economics and multi-format content distribution, though Scribd operates globally in English and major European languages.
• Storytel: Storytel is one of the world's largest audiobook and ebook subscription platforms operating across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Comparable in subscription-driven audiobook distribution to Fidibo's FidiPlus, though at a global rather than single-country scale.
• Audible (Amazon): Audible is the global leader in audiobook subscription and the dominant Western benchmark for audiobook streaming economics. Comparable on subscription audiobook retail and original audio content; differs in scale, language, and proprietary ecosystem integration.
• Kobo (Rakuten): Kobo is an ebook and audiobook retailer paired with Kobo e-readers. Comparable to Fidibo's combined software-plus-hardware reading ecosystem through its e-commerce plus device strategy.

Regional players

• LitRes: LitRes is the largest ebook and audiobook distributor in Russia and CIS countries. Comparable as a large-scale digital book platform with subscription models in a non-English regional market.
• Book Digital (Iran): Book.ir (or similar Iranian digital book sellers such as Ketabrah) operates as a Persian ebook retailer. Comparable as a domestic-market digital book distribution competitor.

Emerging players

• Podimo: Podimo is a podcast and audiobook subscription platform focused on non-English-language content in Europe and Latin America. Comparable in its emphasis on local-language spoken-word content and subscription monetization.

Direct peers

• Bookmate: Bookmate is a subscription ebook and audiobook platform with a strong footprint in emerging markets including Russia, CIS, and parts of the Middle East. Comparable as a regional-language digital reading subscription model.
• Taaghche (طاقچه): Taaghche is another leading Iranian digital book and audiobook platform operating in Persian with a similar ebook/audiobook subscription model. It is the closest direct competitor to Fidibo within the same geography and product category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/fidibobooks?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
• Xx.com/Fidibobooks

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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