GigaomLongform journalism startup Byliner is in trouble and says its future is unclear
Byliner, which seemed like a promising startup for a new form of journalism when it launched in 2011, has apparently hit a rough patch. Read more »
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Byliner, which seemed like a promising startup for a new form of journalism when it launched in 2011, has apparently hit a rough patch. Read more »
On Thursday, Amazon launched a new series on Kindle Singles that will feature long interviews with famous people. The first one is with the president of Israel and was produced in… Read more »
Barnes & Noble will start commissioning original works for Nook Snaps, its e-singles section. For the first 60 days, authors keep 100 percent of the royalties; after that, the royalty rate… Read more »
The Atlantic is launching an ebooks division that will publish e-singles and curated collections of content from the magazine’s archives. The first e-single is only available through Amazon’s Kindle Singles store… Read more »
E-singles — stories somewhere between 5,000 and 30,000 words, usually nonfiction, and sold as inexpensive ebooks — are the format for our time. Here’s why. Read more »
Two startups that publish original longform journalism are experimenting with subscriptions that give readers access to all of their titles for a set monthly fee. Byliner is offering its stories through… Read more »
Serial fiction has existed online for awhile, but with Kindle Serials, Amazon hopes to reinvent the format, in part by offering all episodes for a flat price. Serials may require a… Read more »
Buzz Bissinger should have been excited when Starbucks selected his Byliner e-single, “After Friday Night Lights,” as its free “pick of the week.” But then Amazon responded. Turns out being a… Read more »
The top-ten list of bestselling Kindle Singles includes a number of big-name writers. But how is the format working for writers who don’t ha… Read more »
When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) launched the Kindle Singles program a little over a year ago, nobody knew whether there was a market for e-books th… Read more »