Archive for May, 2008
DailyLit is off to L.A. today for BEA (BookExpo America) for a full schedule of meetings with publishers and other potential partners. DailyLit will also participate in a panel on Thursday entitled “Teaching Some Old Publishing Dogs Some New Digital Tricks: Lessons from Third-Party Vendors Who Would Change Our Business”. Our part of the talk is called: “How to Tweet with Confidence” and will lay out tips for publishers as they experiment with new digital initiatives.
May 28th, 2008
DailyLit has just launched Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq by Kirsten Holmstedt. This book features twelve stories of American women fighting in Iraq. I was particularly struck by the words of Army Captain Tammy Duckworth who lost both of her legs when the helicopter she was co-piloting was hit by a grenade: “I will always place the mission first. I will never quit. I will never accept defeat. I will never leave a fallen comrade (quoting the Soldier’s Creed/Warrior Ethos)…. These words were a lifeline that helped me survive my injuries and the tedium of day after day of endless pain in the hospital.” She went on to say, “it’s not about being the first female anything. It’s about not wanting to be average.”
Thanks to Chris Evans of Stackpole Books for bringing this book to Dailylit.
May 23rd, 2008
We are proud to announce Wikipedia Tours, a first ever in publishing history (at least we think so!) Led by DailyLit, tours feature Wine 101; Presidents of the United States; “Best Picture” Oscar Winners; Famous Women throughout History; Major World Religions; Wonders of the World; Famous Inventors; World Capitals; Famous Poets and Greek Mythology. Each tour is available for free and gives you a bit of knowledge each day, with a link to the associated article on Wikipedia. Many thanks to Joe Wikert for being the creative spark behind these tours.
May 13th, 2008
We’re excited to announce that Tom Peters’ 100 Ways to Succeed/Make Money is now available for free on DailyLit. Each day, you can receive in your Inbox (or via an RSS feed) a motivational tip for success in Tom Peters’ singularly irreverent style. In Tip #3, Peters describes the “THANK YOU POWER” so on that note, I’d like to thank Tom Peters and his agent, Erik Hansen, for allowing us to feature these tips and for inspiring us to make DailyLit better and better.
May 12th, 2008
We’re delighted to announce that Bill Seitz has joined the DailyLit team as Chief Technology Officer. Bill will be a driving force in expanding our technological capabilities, allowing us to innovate (as one publisher recently suggested) “as far as our imaginations lead us.”
Here’s the press release. Welcome aboard, Bill!
May 12th, 2008