Private company

BookLive

Logo: booklive.co.jp³

BookLive is a Japanese e-book distribution and publishing company based in Shibaura, founded in 2011.¹ It is part of Toppan Holdings.¹

株式会社BookLive（ブックライブ）は、トッパングループの電子書籍配信・出版会社。TOPPANホールディングス株式会社の連結子会社、カルチュア・コンビニエンス・クラブ株式会社と株式会社テレビ朝日の持分法適用会社。凸版印刷（後のTOPPANホールディングス）が1997年6月に実証実験として開始したデジタル出版コンテンツ販売サイト「BookPark」（のちの「ビットウェイブックス」）が起源であり、電子書籍ストア運営会社としては老舗である。² From the Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 28, 2011Founded¹

HeadquartersShibaura, Japan¹
Websitewww.booklive.co.jp
Legal formkabushiki gaisha¹

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Corporate structure

BookLive is part of a group headed by Toppan Holdings. 13 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Toppan Holdings 東京都文京区, Japan
- BookLive Shibaura, Japan
  - comic ambre Subsidiary
- Toppan 東京都台東区, Japan
  - Toppan Editorial Communications Subsidiary · Chiyoda, Japan
- Tokyo Shoseki Subsidiary · 58.52% · Kita
- Froebel-kan Subsidiary · Bunkyō-ku, Japan
- One Compath Subsidiary · Shibaura, Japan
- Toppan Colorer Subsidiary · Kita
- Toppan Edge Subsidiary · Higashi-Shinbashi, Japan
- Toppan Hall Subsidiary · Bunkyō-ku, Japan
- Toppan Travel Service Subsidiary · Minato, Japan
- TOPPAN MERRILL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Chennai, India

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Toppan Holdings

Owners

Subsidiaries

comic ambre

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

Apr 5, 2023Acquired Acquired by TV Asahi¹
Jan 28, 2011Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataBookLive on Wikidata
2
WikipediaBookLive on the Japanese Wikipedia
3
Company websiteBookLive logo