
In comparison, OwlCrate orders most of its non-book stock from independent artists, and continues to sell remaining stock from previous monthly boxes at a reduced price until the stock eventually runs out. Since 2015, OwlCrate has reportedly amassed thousands of subscribers, many of whom include Goodreads book reviewers, social media gurus, authors and book collectors.


Schwab's fantasy novel A Darker Shade of Magic. It began as a small home-based business, with the first book title included in the OwlCrate shipments being V. OwlCrate was officially launched in February 2015 after months of development by its founders, Robert Madden and Korrina Ede. Subscription boxes typically contain an exclusive (rare design) book cover with an author autograph, and a variety of surprise items associated with the book, including coffee mugs, t-shirts, pillow cases, lip balm, stickers, pinback buttons, jewellery and other paraphernalia. Subscription boxes are largely themed around the fiction genres of science fiction and fantasy, with boxes designed both for young children and adolescent readers. While OwlCrate is largely popular with book reviewers on social media, the service ships books to anybody within select available countries who places an order.

OwlCrate is a web-based subscription service business specializing in monthly boxes shipped out internationally by mail, themed around books and book collecting.
