We’re adding new titles to DailyLit all the time. Wondering what you could be missing?
You can stay in the know about what’s new on DailyLit using RSS feeds. We have a feed that includes every title we add to the site, and we also have a separate RSS feed for each of our categories, if you’d prefer your new-title news to be genre-specific. And, we recently started including the description of each new book and a link to the first installment right in the new-title feeds themselves. This is a great way to catch interesting titles as they’re added to the site.
To get started, look for the link to the RSS feed at the bottom of any Category page. For the all-books feed, click on the RSS icon at the bottom of this page.
If you aren’t familiar with RSS or readers/aggregators, you can check out this CommonCraft video:
Personally, I use Bloglines to read RSS feeds. GoogleReader is another popular choice. The good news is that both are websites so you don’t have to download anything to start using either reader.
We’re excited to announce that starting on June 16th, DailyLit will be featuring book reading groups or group reads via Twitter. We’ll be starting with three titles: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow; 100 Ways to Succeed/Make Money by Tom Peters; and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Readers will be able to follow a particular title each day, with a “tweet” providing the link to that day’s installment. Everyone will receive installments according to the same schedule, and, of course, it’s all free. For more information, click here. And here’s a copy of our press release.
We’ve just sent out a newsletter letting you all know about our latest news, including our first DailyLit Reader Survey, which has only nine questions. For those of you who missed our newsletter, here it is below.
Dear DailyLit Reader,
We’ve just celebrated our first birthday here at DailyLit–and what a birthday it’s been! We’re approaching 1000 titles, have over 25 publishers on board, and our site’s features continue to expand.
-Celebrate the sultry days of summer with a free Harlequin romance novel on DailyLit! From now until August 31, SPANISH BILLIONAIRE, INNOCENT WIFE–written by one of Harlequin’s most popular authors, Kate Walker–is available for free from DailyLit. Whether you’re a dedicated romance reader or a first-timer, we hope you’ll enjoy this free taste of love and lust all summer long.
-Acclaimed management guru Tom Peters is now on DailyLit: 100 WAYS TO SUCCEED/MAKE MONEY is now available for free and gives you a tip each day–phrased in Peters’ singularly irreverent voice–to help you be your best in business and in life.
-We’re excited to announce group reading via Twitter. Starting June 16th, Cory Doctorow’s DOWN AND OUT IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM; Tom Peters’ 100 WAYS TO SUCCEED/MAKE MONEY; and Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will be delivered for free in installments via short text messages and links using Twitter. Don’t know a tweet from a cheep? Click here for more information, and let the countdown begin!
-We’ve also recently launched our first book ever that was available via DailyLit prior to its hardcover release. Check out the political thriller, HOUSE RULES, by Mike Lawson.
-We’re delighted to announce that we’ve welcomed Bill Seitz to the DailyLit team as Chief Technology Officer. His expertise will drive our development of technical initiatives and expand the innovative ways in which you can interact with DailyLit.
-DailyLit is getting a makeover! Our e-mails will soon be looking prettier with the launch of HTML which will allow us to feature images and designs. You’ll also be able to adjust the size of the text for easier reading.
-We’d like to know: how do you DailyLit? We’ve launched our first DailyLit Reader Survey, and we hope you’ll head over and let your voice be heard.
Thanks for reading with DailyLit. We hope you’ll help make our second year as successful–and fun!–as the first.
We’re excited to announce that we’ve just released a brand new title by one of Harlequin’s most popular authors that is now available for free throughout the summer via DailyLit. Spanish Billionaire, Innocent Wife, part of the Harlequin Presents series, was written by Kate Walker, and will be free through August 31, 2008. Here’s a press release announcing the details.
Thanks to all the folks at Harlequin, including Brent Lewis, Malle Vallik and Aideen O’Leary-Chung, for making this happen.