http://blog.dailylit.com Bit by Bit Tue, 13 May 2008 13:33:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/05/13/wikipedia-tours-now-available/ 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 ... http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/05/12/tom-peters-success-tips-now-available-for-free/ 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, ... http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/05/12/dailylit-welcomes-bill-seitz-as-cto/ 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 ... http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/04/28/dailylit-launches-the-koran/ 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 ... http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/04/17/london-book-fair-rocks/ 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. http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/04/14/fieldwork-national-book-awards-finalist/ DailyLit is off to the London Book Fair tomorrow to meet with publishers and agents from around the world. Cheerio chaps! http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/04/11/going-to-london/ 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 ... http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/04/10/first-serial-release-dailylit-rules-with-house-rules/ 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! http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/03/02/39/ 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 ... http://blog.dailylit.com/2008/02/23/doing-the-dailylit-dance/