McSweeney's - McSweeney's - ebook for iPhone and iPad// by 2009-2010 McSweeney's and Russell Quinn
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP TEN APPS OF THE YEAR.Stories. Short films. Interviews. Comics. Readings. Bad advice. All delivered straight to your iPhone. No more lonely moments.--- Start now and receive: The current week's item; plus Raw Water, a story by Wells Tower ---HOW IT WORKSEach week you’ll receive exclusive multimedia — stories, films, readings, interviews, art — plus new humor pieces from our website everyday. Your app purchase gets you six months of weekly Small Chair content. We’ll use Push Notifications to let you know each time a new piece is ready.CONTRIBUTORS SO FARSpike Jonze, Chris Ware, Jonathan Ames, Maurice Sendak, Miranda July, James Franco, Nicholson Baker, Wells Tower, Catherine Keener, Joe Loya, Jessica Anthony, a deep-sea spatulator and more.WE MADE AN APPIt’s true. We did. And here it is: The Small Chair, a weekly selection from all branches of the McSweeney’s family. One week you might receive a story from the upcoming Quarterly, the next week an interview from the Believer, the next a short film from a future Wholphin. Occasionally, it might be a song, an art portfolio, who knows. None of this material will be available online and it’s all pretty sure to be good stuff.The app will also deliver the daily humor from our Internet Tendency, specially formatted for the iPhone, along with news, updates, and announce-ments. This feature will remain active and free, even if your Small Chair subscription expires.No longer will T-Pain be your only salvation on trains, during lunch, and through all the other empty gaps in a day. Allow the Small Chair to fill your moments of solitude, moments of together-ness, moments of intolerable boredom.Your app purchase includes the first six months of weekly excitement — a half-year of surprises, all delivered straight to your pocket. McSWEENEY'SMcSweeney’s is an independent publishing house based in San Francisco. Our converted laundromat is home to the Quarterly (mostly short fiction), the Believer (monthly interviews, reviews, columns, and essays), Wholphin (DVD quarterly of short films by Miranda July, Spike Jonze, Alexander Payne, and others), and books by authors including Nick Hornby, William Vollmann, and Michael Chabon. Find out more and watch a screencast of the app at:http://iphone.mcsweeneys.netBy McSweeney's and Russell Quinn © 2009-2010 McSweeney's and Russell Quinn
