I've worked with many large and small publishers, and nearly all of them love the value that Instapaper provides to their readers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Instapaper wouldn't be of as much value if it weren't for these mobile and e-reader devices. They give you a separate physical context for reading.
Instapaper is much bigger today than I could have predicted in 2008, and it has simply grown far beyond what one person can do. To really shine, it needs a full-time staff of at least a few people.
With Betaworks' drive and resources now behind it, I'm confident that Instapaper has a very bright future. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do.
I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.
For most of my career I illustrated books for other people.
Being with a small publisher has been huge. They bat for me for everything.
All our reporters and editors now work seamlessly in print and online. This integration has transformed the way we work. I believe this is vital to the success and growth of newspapers.
Print-on-demand and electronic self-publishing options have made it easy for anyone to set up a business as a publisher whether they know what they're doing or not.
My publishers are wonderful because they have let me write what I wanted to. They're wise enough to know that, with any author who's not simply writing formulas - who's trying to create something new - pressuring them to do something for market purposes almost always backfires. I can't imagine working under those circumstances, actually.
With Instapaper, I can take a few months off. I can't stop publishing 'The Magazine' for two months and work on something else.