Plympton, Inc. Explained

Parent:Plympton, Inc.
Founded:2011
Founder:Jennifer 8. Lee and Yael Goldstein Love
Country:United States
Headquarters:Boston, San Francisco

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Denison. D.C.. Boston literary start-up lands Amazon deal. 26 October 2012. The Boston Globe. 2012-09-08.
  2. News: Bosman. Julie. E-Books Expand Their Potential With Serialized Fiction. 26 October 2012. The New York Times. 2012-09-30.
  3. News: Tate. Ryan. Pulp Fiction 2.0: Cheap Thrills for Your Kindle Are Publishing’s Latest Cliffhanger. 26 October 2012. Wired. 2012-09-10.
  4. Web site: Ha. Anthony. Plympton Is A Studio For Serialized Fiction, And Yes, It’s Collaborating With Amazon. TechCrunch. AOL Inc.. 26 October 2012.
  5. Web site: Faircloth. Kelly. What the Dickens? How Plympton Plans to Revive Serial Fiction. Betabeat. The New York Observer. 26 October 2012.
  6. Web site: DailyLit, Plympton Join Forces. Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 27 February 2013.
  7. Web site: Danziger. Susan. DailyLit Joins Forces with Plympton. DailyLit. 27 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130216011923/http://blog.dailylit.com/2013/02/13/dailylit-joins-forces-with-plympton/. 16 February 2013.
  8. Web site: Lee. Jennifer 8. A Pairing for Valentine’s Day: Plympton Joins Forces With DailyLit. Plympton, Inc.. 27 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130217072039/http://plympton.com/2013/02/13/a-pairing-for-valentines-day-plympton-and-dailylit/. 17 February 2013. dead.
  9. Web site: Reid. Calvin. DailyLit Debuts Revamped Website. Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC.. 26 November 2013.
  10. Web site: Abrams. Dennis. Recovering the Classics: DailyLit Gives a Facelift to Public Domain Titles. Publishing Perspectives. Publishing Perspectives. 26 November 2013.
  11. Web site: Graham. Bradley. Recovering The Classics. Politics & Prose Bookstore. Politics & Prose Bookstore. 26 November 2013.
  12. Web site: Rooster.
  13. News: Dunne. Carey. Ex-New York Times Writer Develops An App To Get Busy People Reading More. March 15, 2014. Fast Company. March 11, 2014.
  14. News: Charles. Ron. New Rooster app crows about good books, young and old. March 15, 2014. The Washington Post. March 10, 2014.
  15. News: Fiegerman. Seth. Rooster App Is Like a Book Club for Busy People. March 15, 2014. Mashable. March 10, 2014.

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