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 »
Amazon’s interview with President Obama is now available free in the Kindle Store. Read more »
When President Obama gives a jobs speech from Amazon’s Chattanooga warehouse on Tuesday, he’ll also provide an interview that Amazon plans to publish as a Kindle Single tomorrow. 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 »
Amazon is bringing Kindle Singles — “compelling ideas expressed at their natural length” — to the United Kingdom. The U.K. store will include new e-singles from popular British authors, as well… Read more »
Kickstarter-funded science and technology journalism startup Matter is releasing its first story Wednesday for $0.99. It’s available as a Kindle Single and can also be downloaded from Matter’s website. Matter was… 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 »