Magazines get in the digital long-form game
In a story for the New York Observer, Emily Witt shares journalist David Dobbs’ digital long-form success story. Working with The Atavist, his long-form piece about his mother’s affair with a flight surgeon during the Second World War sold a “healthy five-figure” number of copies through Kindle Singles. As Dobbs received a dollar for every […]
Posted on September 19, 2011 at 10:10 am by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: Byliner, Canadian Writers Group, digital rights, Gothamist, long form, The Atavist
Gothamist‘s venture into long-form
Joining other digital-only publications and projects, such as Byliner and The Atavist, that are hoping for a rebirth of long-form journalism online, Gothamist, a NYC news site, has announced it will pay a freelancer $5,000 to write a 5,000- to 15,000-word feature. A post on FishbowlNY pointed us to Gothamist‘s call for journalists who can […]
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:12 am by editor · 5 Comments · Tagged with: Byliner, digital, e-books, Gothamist, Kindle Singles, long form, The Atavist
