Time Tidbits: Thin Reads

If you like reading, but are like me and have a serious crunch for time, you might want to check out e-book singles. They're shorter than full-length ebooks, but still contain good stories. They're often a great value too. I had the chance to interview Howard Polskin, who recently launched Thin Reads, to learn more.



Thin Reads LLC is the world’s first and only website devoted to e-book singles, a rapidly growing sector of the digital content market.   E-book singles are written works of short fiction or non-fiction longer than a magazine article but shorter than a book.  Thin Reads features original reviews of e-book singles, interviews and profiles of authors writing e-book singles, and news and commentary about the e-book single market including an exclusive weekly analysis of the best-selling fiction and non-fiction e-book singles sold at Amazon.  Thin Reads also features its own database of more than 800 e-book singles available dating back to 2010.  The database includes title, publication date, publisher, author, description, length, and retail platform.

Howard Polskin has covered and analyzed media trends his entire career. Before founding Thin Reads in early 2013, he worked as a journalist, on-camera media commentator, corporate communication strategist and event producer. Among the companies he’s worked for are CNN, Sony, the American Society of Magazine Editors and MPA, the Association of Magazine Media. He was a digital leader for the magazine industry and produced several digitally themed conferences including four on tablets and e-reading. Polskin is also a member of the Advisory Board for Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications.