DailyLit Blog

Wikipedia Tours Now Available

Susan — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:33:43 +0000

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.

Tom Peters’ Success Tips Now Available for Free

Susan — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:21:33 +0000

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.

DailyLit Welcomes Bill Seitz as CTO!

Susan — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:22:33 +0000

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!

DailyLit Launches The Koran

Susan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:31:31 +0000

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.

London Book Fair Rocks!

Susan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:14:24 +0000

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!

Fieldwork: National Book Awards Finalist

Susan — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:00:46 +0000

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.

Going to London

Susan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:55:20 +0000

DailyLit is off to the London Book Fair tomorrow to meet with publishers and agents from around the world. Cheerio chaps!

First Serial Release: DailyLit Rules with House Rules

Susan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:07:11 +0000

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.

Where in the World …

Susan — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:07:35 +0000

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!

Doing the DailyLit Dance!

Susan — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:33:09 +0000

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.