Byliner

There is so much stuff online that your chances of running across something interesting is common, but it is also quite common that you (as all of us) miss the vast majority of the things which you may have wanted to read, see, look over, or experience. AAs an example, I have invested some real effort in using RSS readers, (I have well over 500 RSS subscriptions…and growing), a number of iPad ‘magazine’ curation apps (such as Zite and Flipboard), and I regularly go through a lot of foreign newspapers (online, of course…with Google Translation).

If this is still not enough (whew), there is now Byliner. This is an aggregation of long form journalism, and it looks like Byliner is attempting to foster an online community of readers and submitters. For those of you who want more than Salon.com or the Atlantic this is a great site to get in on (near the ground floor too!).

Need a Really Good Read? Byliner Has 30,000 Suggestions
http://mashable.com/2011/06/21/byliner-stories

Byliner wants to give you, the intelligent reader interested in magazine-quality articles, a few good reads.

This startup is already a publisher of high quality, long-form journalism, and Tuesday, it is launching its community-focused website to find readers something good to peruse.

Byliner.com, now in public beta, is a digital magazine rack of new and classic nonfiction magazine stories curated by the site’s editors. It features more than 30,000 articles sorted in a variety of ways and personalized for each reader.

Readers can turn to Byliner.com to find, discuss, and share feature articles by their favorite authors and to view articles by subject matter, popularity, or recency.

Users can also search for writers and articles, submit links for consideration, follow their favorite writers, share stories, and discover writers similar to the ones they already enjoy.