DailyLit is an
online publisher
An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to being online only was the computer mag ...
founded in 2006 by Susan Danziger and
Albert Wenger. The site distributes stories in serial installments via e-mail and
RSS
RSS ( RDF Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed that allows users and applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many di ...
feed. The installments are designed to be read in under five minutes.
The first stories released through DailyLit were ''
Pride and Prejudice
''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...
'' and ''
The War of the Worlds
''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by ''Pearson's Magazine'' in the UK and by '' Cosmopolitan'' magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was i ...
''.
In 2009, the DailyLit founders launched an industry group called the Digital Publishing Group. Its aim was to help publishers access and use digital tools more effectively.
At the O'Rielly Tools of Change for Publishing (TOC) Conference in 2013,
it was announced that DailyLit would begin a new partnership with
Plympton
Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to P ...
, a literary studio that publishes serialized fiction for digital platforms.
DailyLit founders Susan Danziger and Albert Wenger became inventors and advisors for the newly merged company.
It was also announced that the ''WinkPoke'' short story series would be the first new installment released on the DailyLit platform.
References
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External links
Official website
Online publishing companies of the United States