DailyLit

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DailyLit
StatusAcquired by Plympton, Inc.
Founded2006
FounderSusan Danziger and Albert Wenger
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters location Mamaroneck, NY
Official website www.dailylit.com

DailyLit was an online publisher founded in 2006 by Susan Danziger and Albert Wenger. The site distributed stories in serial installments via e-mail and RSS feed which were designed to be read in under five minutes. [1] [2] At the O'Rielly Tools of Change for Publishing (TOC) Conference in 2013, it was announced that the company would be acquired by Plympton, a literary studio that publishes serialized fiction for digital platforms. [3] DailyLit's founders continued after the acquisition as advisors. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Chapter One". Daily Candy. Daily Candy, LLC. November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  2. Kincaid, Jason (December 24, 2008). "DailyLit Emails Your Favorite Books In Bite-Sized Chunks". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  3. "DailyLit, Plympton Join Forces". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  4. Lee, Jennifer 8 (February 13, 2013). "A Pairing for Valentine's Day: Plympton Joins Forces With DailyLit". Plympton. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Ha, Anthony (February 13, 2013). "Plympton Acquires DailyLit In A Serialized Fiction Team-Up, Susan Danziger And Albert Wenger Become Investors". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 7, 2024.