Whether you read sacred texts to satisfy intellectual curiosity or out of devotion to your faith, daily interaction with religious works can inspire you in unexpected ways. To that end, we are working on offering a diverse selection of religious texts. In addition to daily installments from the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible, DailyLit now offers The Koran (Al-Qur’an), which can be read in its entirety in 285 installments.
April 28th, 2008
Susan
I’m just back from the London Book Fair, and it’s clear that the tide is turning with publishers much more willing to pursue new digital initiatives. Last year publishers were open to listening but much more cautious about moving forward. This year, something had changed. Publishers are now ready to participate. It was a great fair for DailyLit!
April 17th, 2008
Susan
Mischa Berlinski’s FIELDWORK, a National Book Awards finalist, has just been launched on DailyLit. This is the first book we’ve launched with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and we’re excited that it’s such a notable one. For more detail, please read our announcement.
April 14th, 2008
Susan
DailyLit is off to the London Book Fair tomorrow to meet with publishers and agents from around the world. Cheerio chaps!
April 11th, 2008
Susan
It’s a first for DailyLit. We’ve just released the highly anticipated thriller HOUSE RULES by Mike Lawson as a first serial – prior to the scheduled June 10th publication date for the book. In fact, Dickens’ books were initially published in installments, and we’re happily following in his tradition. Although unlike in Dickens’ time when folks would need to wait a week or month for the next installment, via DailyLit, you can read HOUSE RULES every day or weekday, according to your own schedule (and keep going if you have more time). It’s traditional serialization with a 21st Century technological twist, and we’re excited to be working with Grove/Atlantic.
April 10th, 2008
Susan
We’d love to find out how our readers are reading DailyLit and where in the world you’re reading. Let us know, and we’ll post pictures of you reading your installments. Here’s Albert on the Motherlode chairlift at Park City, Utah, reading away!
March 2nd, 2008
Susan
We’ve had our biggest day ever. DailyLit was featured on the front page of MSN and the front page of del.icio.us. With over 100,000 visitors having viewed over a million pages today, we are doing the DailyLit dance! Apologies to anyone who experienced trouble with the site today. We are working hard to accommodate the increased demand.
February 23rd, 2008
Susan
Harlequin titles are up and running! We now have over 100 Harlequin titles up on DailyLit, and there are 20 brand new Harlequin titles every month. Imagine how decadent it would be to read a Harlequin book on your Blackberry or iPhone during your commute or while you’re waiting to pick up the kids. And what a fun, last minute Valentine’s Day gift these books could make: Tycoon’s Valentine Vendetta; His for the Taking; or Expecting his Love Child could end up in your friend’s inbox at the click of a button. Check them out. I think I’ll send my husband one of the Hide this Italian Book for Lovers from Berlitz which teaches romantic phrases in Italian. There’s also one for French and Spanish. You can find them here. Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 13th, 2008
Susan
I’m excited to speak at the O’Reilly Tools of Change conference this week on “Dickens Meets the Blackberry: Serialization in the Digital Age.” I’ve had a lot of fun researching and preparing for the talk. At the time of Dickens books cost around 2 weeks of wages for the average worker. Serialization, i.e. offering books in short installments mostly in magazines and newspapers, for the first time made it possible for books to be read by a broad audience. Although the price of books has gone way down these days, it’s now the cost of our time that’s gone way up. It’s getting ever harder to find the time to sit and enjoy a book – and the idea of starting a big book has become daunting. Here at DailyLit, we offer digital serialization to fit reading into our crazy lives. A great case of Back to the Future!
February 10th, 2008
Susan
With Thanksgiving over, the hunt for great gifts is on. We are therefore excited to be offering DailyLit gift subscriptions.
Giving the gift of literature has never been easier. You pick the book, the date for sending the gift and a gift message. We do all the rest. Even better, we let you include a short message with every installment. No need to worry about selecting a color, choosing the right size, or buying early for on-time shipping. In fact, with DailyLit your gift can be delivered the
same day (of course you can also pick any date in the future).
DailyLit gift subscriptions are great not just for the holidays, but also birthdays and any other gift giving occasion. As our gift to you, gift subscriptions to our classic titles are free. So, gift away!
November 29th, 2007
Albert
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