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Write or Read, a New Site That Helps Writers and Readers Create Better Books
Writeorread.com is a subscription website for e-books that gives writers access to important metrics about their work;
currently in open beta the site needs to reach its crowdfunding goal of $10,000 on RocketHub by November 27th to fully launch.

Walnut Creek, CA (PRWEB)
November 04, 2013
Subscription services are all the
rage this year, and a new
initiative, Write or Read, aims to
help writers and readers forge a
closer relationship. Writer and ebook developer Sabrina Ricci
founded the site writeorread.com
to provide valuable metrics to
authors in order to boost their
chances of success.
"I want to help authors know what
happens after they hit the publish
button,” Ricci said. “Write or
Read's goal is to make data
accessible to all authors, and to
make it easy to directly connect
writers with readers," Ricci said.
The site welcomes books, poems,
articles, short stories, and more,
giving readers flexibility to
choose what they want to read.
Currently in open beta, Write or
Read needs to raise at least

$10,000 on the crowdfunding site
RocketHub by November 27 to
fully launch. In exchange for
funds, the site is offering stickers,
t-shirts, and even helpful courses
on how to make e-books.
“Our next steps are to implement
key features to make it even easier
for writers to publish,” Ricci said.
“This includes allowing authors to
crowdsource copy-editing, letting
readers rate books and message
writers, supporting EPUB3 books
with audio and video, and having
the ability to read offline.”
Write or Read is a subscription
site for e-books, aiming to create a
better, more direct connection
between writers and readers. The
site is currently in open beta, but
once fully launched, readers will
be able to access a wide variety of
works, including books, short
stories, poems, articles, and more.
Writers will be able to see key

E-Book Startup Zola Books
Secures $5.1 Million in Seed
Funding
New York, NY (PRWEB) November 04, 2013
Zola Books closed a $5.1 million seed round,
adding $3.9 million to $1.2 million previously
announced. The round includes a variety of
authors and prominent individual investors led
by Charles Dolan, founder of Cablevision and
HBO. The additional funds will be used to grow
Zola’s engineering and strategic partnership
initiatives.
Zola Books is an independent e-book retailer on
a mission to offer digital readers a better
experience by integrating the community that
produces and helps people find great books. For
example, Zola Books partners with independent
bookstores nationally; readers may make an
"Indie Pledge" to a store that then receives a
majority of the profit from their purchases on
Zola Books.
Gregory David Roberts (Shantaram), The RZA
(The Tao of Wu), and Martin Clark (The Many

analytics about their e-books, such
as basic demographics of the
readers, what percentage of their
books are actually read, and how
much time is spent reading. To
know more, please click the
following link http://www.rockethub.com/project
s/33620-support-write-or-readand-help-us-change-publishing.

Aspects of Mobile Home Living) joined the
round along with existing investors, authors
Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife),
Chandler Burr (The Emperor of Scent) and Josh
Bazell (Beat the Reaper).
Additional angel investors include Bob Kohn,
founder of eMusic; Jeff Pulver, an early investor
in Twitter and FourSquare; David Placek,
founder of Lexicon Branding; director Paul
Saltzman (Prom Night in Mississippi); Peter
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