Just as it can be addictive to be in a real world bookstore or library, it's the same on the Web. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes addictive bookstore library
The subscriptions were working so well, and on top of that, we saw the success of Netflix and Spotify and thought, 'We can create a similar kind of experience for books.' Trip Adler bookcreateexperience Change image and share on social
The original idea was to make it easy to publish content on the Web and find an audience. What we learned from publishers is that the thing they want the most is more readers and more revenue. Trip Adler audiencecontenteasy Change image and share on social
I was talking to my dad, who's a neurosurgeon. He had this academic paper he wanted to publish. Journals take about 18 months to publish a paper, and he just wanted to get things up there. Trip Adler academicdadjournal Change image and share on social
I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales. And she was an actress, so she used to act out for me the different characters in all these fairy tales. Mike Myers actactresscharacter share on social
'Star Wars,' 'Doctor Who,' 'Forgotten Realms,' even 'Firefly' and 'The X-Files' have shared world novels and other media. I can't help but notice these settings have large shelf space in bookstores, so their publishers and authors are getting something right. David Conyers authorbookstoredoctor share on social
Collections collect collectors. It doesn't work the other way around. A certain object misses its own kind and communicates that to some person who surrounds it with rhyming items; these become at first a quorum, then a selective, addictive madness. Allan Gurganus addictivecollectcollection share on social