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We set out to create a better way to read on-line; our goal was to make something different, engaging, intelligent and digital. The concept was born, as many good ideas are, on a crumpled cocktail napkin late one evening in 2006, and we’ve been working to build it ever since. Our intent: build an experience that is simultaneously a book group, a computer, and a book.
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We set out to create a better way to read on-line; our goal was to make something different, engaging, intelligent and digital. The concept was born, as many good ideas are, on a crumpled cocktail napkin late one evening in 2006, and we’ve been working to build it ever since. Our intent: build an experience that is simultaneously a book group, a computer, and a book.
We believe firmly that people want to read, annotate and discuss, right there, immersed in the text. That’s the best time to talk about a book. We also respect the solitary side to reading: people should have the chance to tune out the community. We wanted it to be attractive, too; to be an experience. It was designed for the laptops people carry to their coffee shops, and meant for the network, not the desktop.«Less
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| Name: | BookGlutton.com |
| Product URL: | http://bookglutton.com/ |
| Description: | BookGlutton is the best way to read thousands of free books right in your browser. Access all your favorite books online, from anywhere, with friends around the world. Shared annotations and proximity chat in each book make reading a more social experience. Share your books and notes with friends, and discuss your favorite characters and lines right in the book itself. Be a Book Glutton now. |
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