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Announcing Launch of The Intellectual Devotional II

I’m pleased to announce that DailyLit has just launched a sequel to the first Intellectual Devotional series on DailyLit — The Intellectual Devotional II.

The Intellectual Devotional has proved to be one of DailyLit’s most popular series.  It’s based on the bestselling Intellectual Devotional series by David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim and features daily lessons drawn from one of seven fields of knowledge: History, Literature, Philosophy, Mathematics & Science, Religion, Visual Arts, and Music. Readers have consistently raved about this series.

You can read more about The Intellectual Devotional II (and sign up for it) here.  And if you missed the first in The Intellectual Devotional series, you can find it here.

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DailyLit is the leading publisher of serialized books in digital form. Selected to be the #1 Book Website by the Sunday Times, DailyLit has sent over 47 million book installments. DailyLit’s books and series are all free and feature bestselling and award-winning titles. Installments can be read in fewer than 5 minutes and can be read wherever you receive email, including on any computer, Blackberry, or iPhone.

Reads for the Holiday Season

The following was written by Bailey Thomas, DailyLit’s Editorial Intern:

For years, my parents made it a habit to read ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas with my brother and me before they sent us off to bed on Christmas Eve. Even though there are ten years between the two of us, we loved spending the evening with the family. This is one of the reasons I love holiday literary tradition so much–words continue to bring families together.

Another reason I always loved the holidays while I was in school was that I had a few short but interrupted weeks in which I could read whatever I chose. I was always that person who saved up novels over the semester to read over the break (although I usually picked up more books than I could read in two or three weeks). I guess that’s part of why I got an English degree, right?

As we step into winter, though, it’s easy to let the chill melt away with stories like A Christmas Carol or The Gift of the Magi at your fingertips. Whether you plan to stick with timeless classics like those in our Holiday Reads category or you prefer more contemporary reads, tales of holiday cheer are a great way to keep yourself in the spirit of the season.

Do you have any books you make a habit of reading during the holidays? Or, on the other hand, do you have any books you’ve set aside for the holidays so you’ll have more time to read?

DailyLit Launch of The Wisdom of (Steve) Jobs

This week DailyLit launched The Wisdom of (Steve) Jobs to commemorate a man whom some have called a “visionary” and “the pioneer of the personal computer revolution” (he’s the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple). After hearing of his death this past month, I watched a video of his speech at Stanford University’s graduation. I knew then that I wanted to create and launch a series that featured his words, which I found so inspiring.

I hope you’ll enjoy The Wisdom of (Steve) Jobs on DailyLit — and if you have a chance, watch his moving graduation speech.

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DailyLit is the leading publisher of serialized books in digital form. Selected to be the #1 Book Website by the Sunday Times, DailyLit has sent over 47 million book installments. DailyLit’s books and series are all free and feature bestselling and award-winning titles. Installments can be read in fewer than 5 minutes and can be read wherever you receive email, including on any computer, Blackberry, or iPhone.

DailyLit Launches The Intellectual Devotional

In case you missed it in yesterday’s newsletter, DailyLit has just launched The Intellectual Devotional on DailyLit. I’ve wanted to launch this series for a number of years, and, thanks to one of the co-authors, David Kidder, I’m thrilled to finally feature this series on DailyLit.

Here’s what the authors say about The Intellectual Devotional:
“Millions of Americans keep bedside books of prayer and meditative reflection — collections of daily passages to stimulate spiritual thought and advancement. The Intellectual Devotional is a secular version of the same — a collection of daily lessons that will inspire and invigorate the reader. Each nugget of wisdom is drawn from one of seven fields of knowledge: History, Literature, Philosophy, Mathematics & Science, Religion, Visual Arts, and Music.” Since these lessons can literally come on a daily basis, DailyLit is a natural format in which to read this series.
We’re launching this series with 100 lessons from The Intellectual Devotional blog, The Devoted Intellect, and plan to launch a number of additional lessons in the coming year.

I hope you’re as excited by the launch of The Intellectual Devotional on DailyLit as I am.

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DailyLit is the leading publisher of serialized books in digital form. Selected to be the #1 Book Website by the Sunday Times, DailyLit has sent over 47 million book installments. DailyLit’s books and series are all free and feature bestselling and award-winning titles. Installments can be read in fewer than 5 minutes and can be read wherever you receive email, including on any computer, Blackberry, or iPhone.

DailyLit Launches Fashion Classics

I am excited to announce the launch of Fashion Classics on DailyLit. In just 10 installments, this mini-course gives you the stories behind the most legendary fashion items. Given my own fashion sensibility (OK, naiveté), it was a great way for me to learn more about pieces I’ve seen (and even worn) for years.

The author, Alexandra Suhner Isenberg, has worked for a number of major fashion companies, including Burberry and Sonia Rykiel, and is the voice behind the Searching for Style blog, where she shares her thoughts on all things fashion and design.

Now, if only my mom didn’t dress me for years in my brothers’ hand-me-down Lacoste polo shirts…

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DailyLit is the leading publisher of serialized books in digital form. Selected to be the #1 Book Website by the Sunday Times, DailyLit has sent over 47 million book installments. DailyLit’s books and series are all free and feature bestselling and award-winning titles. Installments can be read in fewer than 5 minutes and can be read wherever you receive email, including on any computer, Blackberry, or iPhone.

DailyLit Launches MBA Mondays II

I am thrilled to announce that DailyLit has just launched a sequel to the popular MBA Mondays series written by the well-known venture capitalist, Fred Wilson. MBA Mondays II continues the series that puts business school lessons in your inbox.

To make it easy for DailyLit readers, those of you who signed up for the initial MBA Mondays series are automatically being sent this sequel.

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DailyLit is the leading publisher of serialized books in digital form. Selected to be the #1 Book Website by the Sunday Times, DailyLit has sent over 47 million book installments. DailyLit’s books and series are all free and feature bestselling and award-winning titles. Installments can be read in fewer than 5 minutes and can be read wherever you receive email, including on any computer, Blackberry, or iPhone.

Happy Birthday, Agatha Christie! Love, DailyLit

In honor of Agatha Christie’s birthday today, DailyLit is featuring two of her works available on DailyLit (for free, of course):

-The Mysterious Affair at Styles (77 parts)
Here’s a description:
This is Agatha Christie’s first novel and the debut of her infallible detective Hercule Poirot. In the midst of World War One, a group of guests at an old mansion in the countryside find themselves caught up in a murder plot. Someone has been poisoned to death and the killer is at large among the visitors. Who could it be? Who else may lose their lives before the killer is caught? Luckily, Hercule Poirot is on the case and, as befits the best murder mysteries, a tangled web of secrets and dark motives is revealed as Poirot’s brilliant methods bring him closer and closer to the truth.

-Secret Adversary (102 parts)
Here’s what it’s about:
Down on their luck and without any prospect of employment, Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley come up with a plan for financial success: to form their own detective agency. To their surprise, Tuppence is offered a job right away. To protect her identity, she uses a pseudonym, borrowing a name that she and Tommy had heard at random in a conversation in town. When Tuppence tells her potential employer, Mr. Whittington, that her name is “Jane Finn,” however, he begins acting strangely and makes Tuppence promise to keep a certain mysterious piece of knowledge secret in exchange for money. Tuppence has no idea what this knowledge might be, but clearly there is more to Jane Finn than either she or Tommy ever could have imagined. With a strong appetite for a good mystery, Tommy and Tuppence embark on a quest to figure out just who Jane Finn might be and exactly what top-secret information she might have. The two rookie detectives are in for a wild ride, certainly more than they ever bargained for on their first case. Try to keep up with them as they navigate a newfound world of intrigue, conspiracy, and danger.

Happy birthday, Agatha Christie!

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DailyLit is the leading publisher of serialized books in digital form. Selected to be the #1 Book Website by the Sunday Times, DailyLit has sent over 40 million book installments. DailyLit’s books and series are all free and feature bestselling and award-winning titles. Installments can be read in fewer than 5 minutes and can be read wherever you receive email, including on any computer, Blackberry, or iPhone.

Happy Birthday, Mary Shelley!

Today is Mary Shelley’s birthday. To celebrate, DailyLit is highlighting her masterpiece, Frankenstein. With 84 installments, if you start today (and read multiple installments a day), you may finish by Hallowe’en.

Happy birthday, Mary Shelley!

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DailyLit is the leading publisher of serialized books in digital form. Selected to be the #1 Book Website by the Sunday Times, DailyLit has sent over 40 million book installments. DailyLit’s books and series are all free and feature bestselling and award-winning titles. Installments can be read in fewer than 5 minutes and can be read wherever you receive email, including on any computer, Blackberry, or iPhone.

Celebrating Goethe

Given that today is Goethe’s birthday, I thought I’d highlight his Sorrows of Young Werther on DailyLit (which comes in fewer than 50 installments). You can read it in English here or, if you’re feeling ambitious, in its original German here.

For you math wizards, given that Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in 1749, how many candles would he have on his cake today?

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DailyLit is the leading publisher of serialized books in digital form. Selected to be the #1 Book Website by the Sunday Times, DailyLit has sent over 40 million book installments. DailyLit’s books and series are all free and feature bestselling and award-winning titles. Installments can be read in fewer than 5 minutes and can be read wherever you receive email, including on any computer, Blackberry, or iPhone.

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Auf Wiedersehen!

Assuming all goes well, I’ll have arrived in Germany early this morning (I’m writing this post in advance given my for-certain-bleary-eyed-state after any night flight).

So, I thought I’d take this time to highlight books by German authors on DailyLit (from the brothers Grimm to Thomas Mann to Friedrich Nietzsche). You can even read books in their original German here. I’m afraid my German isn’t quite up for it (maybe one day I’ll get to the Oberstufe); how about you?

Viel Spass!

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DailyLit is the leading publisher of serialized books in digital form. Selected to be the #1 Book Website by the Sunday Times, DailyLit has sent over 40 million book installments. DailyLit’s books and series are all free and feature bestselling and award-winning titles. Installments can be read in fewer than 5 minutes and can be read wherever you receive email, including on any computer, Blackberry, or iPhone.

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