Plympton, Inc.
| Parent company | Plympton, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Jennifer 8. Lee and Yael Goldstein Love |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Boston, San Francisco |
| Official website | www |
Plympton Inc. is a literary studio founded in 2011 by Jennifer 8. Lee and Yael Goldstein Love. Plympton focuses on publishing serialized fiction for digital platforms,[1] and launched its first series in September 2012 as part of the Kindle Serials program announced by Jeff Bezos.[2][3]
Of those original series, the installments were divided into installments of between 8,000 and 25,000 words,[4] and were distributed digitally via e-book reader. New installments were automatically updated on readers' devices.[5]
At the 2013 TOC Conference, Plympton announced its new partnership with DailyLit, a leading online publisher and distributor of serialized books through short e-mail installments.[6][7] DailyLit founders Susan Danziger and Albert Wenger became investors and advisors for the newly merged company.[8]
Plympton revamped the DailyLit website in November 2013. It is now working with authors like National Book Award winner Julia Glass and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett.[9] Through DailyLit, Plympton also co-created a project called Recovering the Classics, which crowdsourced covers for books in the public domain[10] and continues to sell them through the Harvard Bookstore and the Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.[11]
In March 2014, Plympton launched Rooster, a mobile reading service for iOS7.[12] For $4.99 per month, Rooster distributes notable fiction in short installments corresponding to the average, 15-minute commute. Users can customize how often and at what time their installment will arrive, as well as text size, font style, background color, and amount of content displayed (they can skip to future installments if desired).[13][14][15] The app's slogan is "Well-Read in Minutes a Day."[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Denison, D.C. (2012-09-08). "Boston literary start-up lands Amazon deal". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ Bosman, Julie (2012-09-30). "E-Books Expand Their Potential With Serialized Fiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ Tate, Ryan (2012-09-10). "Pulp Fiction 2.0: Cheap Thrills for Your Kindle Are Publishing's Latest Cliffhanger". Wired. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ Ha, Anthony. "Plympton Is A Studio For Serialized Fiction, And Yes, It's Collaborating With Amazon". TechCrunch. AOL Inc. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ Faircloth, Kelly. "What the Dickens? How Plympton Plans to Revive Serial Fiction". Betabeat. The New York Observer. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- ^ "DailyLit, Plympton Join Forces". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ Danziger, Susan. "DailyLit Joins Forces with Plympton". DailyLit. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ Lee, Jennifer 8. "A Pairing for Valentine's Day: Plympton Joins Forces With DailyLit". Plympton, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Reid, Calvin. "DailyLit Debuts Revamped Website". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Abrams, Dennis. "Recovering the Classics: DailyLit Gives a Facelift to Public Domain Titles". Publishing Perspectives. Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Graham, Bradley. "Recovering The Classics". Politics & Prose Bookstore. Politics & Prose Bookstore. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Rooster".
- ^ Dunne, Carey (March 11, 2014). "Ex-New York Times Writer Develops An App To Get Busy People Reading More". Fast Company. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ^ Charles, Ron (March 10, 2014). "New Rooster app crows about good books, young and old". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ^ Fiegerman, Seth (March 10, 2014). "Rooster App Is Like a Book Club for Busy People". Mashable. Retrieved March 15, 2014.