Inkling markets tools for businesses to create, manage, and distribute digital content.

Matt MacInnis, Josh Forman, and Robert Cromwell founded Inkling in August 2009.

[2] In August 2010, the company launched its iPad app and announced partnerships with John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill, and Wolters Kluwer.

[3] The company initially focused on creating interactive e-book versions of existing textbooks.

In 2011, it added other types of general-interest non-fiction titles, such as travel guides and cookbooks.