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Byliner helps you live life to the fullest, discover great reads and access current information on books, TV shows with the aims to satisfying all your curiosities
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| Sep 11, 2014 | Vook buys Byliner, a premium web service for fiction & nonfiction stories | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! E-book publisher Vook has bought Byliner, a start... |
| Sep 11, 2014 | Vook buys Byliner, a premium web service for fiction & nonfiction stories | E-book publisher Vook has bought Byliner, a startup that publishes ad-hoc articles online and sells them to readers for a few dollars each. Vook chief executive Josh Brody acknowledged the news in a letter dated yesterday to Byliner authors... |
| Jul 30, 2014 | Tablo launches social features hoping to increase potential audiences for its authors | Publishing startup Tablo, which recently secured $400,000 of funding and aims to make publishing e-books as easy as writing a blog, has launched new features to encourage collaboration amongst authors. According to the Melbourne-based start... |
| Nov 28, 2013 | 5 non-mindless ways to avoid your annoying family on Thanksgiving | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Let’s play Annoying Family Bingo: Alcoholic Aunt.... |
| Nov 26, 2013 | Byliner Acquires Seesaw | Seesaw, a San Francisco, CA-based platform that allows users to get opinions from friends, has been acquired by Byliner, a San Francisco, CA-based subscription reading service and digital publisher of short fiction and nonfiction. The amoun... |
| Nov 25, 2013 | In Its First Acquisition, Byliner Buys Seesaw, The Startup Led By CoTweet Founders | Byliner, a startup offering a new approach to monetizing long-form journalism and fiction, just announced that it has acquired mobile developer Seesaw Decisions. Seesaw launched an app of the same name that allowed users to collect opinions... |
| Feb 28, 2013 | Byliner’s New Adventure in Publishing—A Talk with CEO John Tayman | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints In 1997, Outside magazine published a memorable non-fiction story by Peter Stark about what it feels like to freeze to death. The headline, awesomely, cribbed from Emily Dicki... |
| Jan 15, 2013 | Keen On… Byliner: A Million Reasons To Be Cheerful About The Future Of Online Publishing [TCTV] | Finally some good news about the future of publishing. Amidst all the doom and gloom about e-reading, one company – Byliner – is reinventing the business of selling online writing. As John Tayman, the company’s founder and CEO, told me, Byl... |
| Aug 17, 2011 | The Golden Era Of Books Isn’t Over. The Golden Era Of Books Is Now | “The golden era of books is over.” So begins Jeff Bercovici’s post on Fortune.com before he — somewhat self-contrapuntally — goes on to list the top earning authors of the previous year, including James Patterson ($84 million), Danielle Ste... |
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FAQ about Byliner
What has the press written about Byliner?
Parsers VC has collected 15 articles mentioning Byliner, among them “Vook buys Byliner, a premium web service for fiction & nonfiction stories” (Sep 11, 2014) and “Vook buys Byliner, a premium web service for fiction & nonfiction stories” (Sep 11, 2014).
Is Byliner still active?
Yes, Byliner is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 15, 2014.