Digital Publishing Platform Readership Launches

Today sees Readership - a new digital publishing platform - open for submissions. Writers seeking publication can upload extracts of their work to the site, where readers can cast a critical eye over the opening line, the first chapter and/or the second chapter, then decide if they're interested enough to read more.

Voting no invites the reader to leave feedback for the author. Voting yes asks for a donation of the reader's choosing towards the cost of publication, in theory proportionate to how much they like what they read.