[1][2][3][4] Babelio was launched in January 2007 by three bibliophiles: Guillaume Teisseire, Vassil Stefanov and Pierre Fremaux.

Many of the site's most active users receive copies of books in advance from various publishers and are invited to share their reviews.

Members also have a personalized home page that offers a news feed related to their literary tastes.

[16] Babelio offers excerpts from reviews and links to the vast majority of professional literary columns[17] published in the general and specialized press.

Babelio offers a social network of authors[20] intended to connect writers and their readers according to their literary tastes.

[21] The site also offers public libraries the opportunity to enrich their catalogs with community content (reviews, quotes, keyword clouds) through its Babelthèque website.