Wasn’t the Internet supposed to obliterate our attention spans, turning all reporting into easily digestible tidbits? Not according to longform.org Co-Founder Max Linsky, whose SXSW presentation will discuss the optimal delivery method for longform stories and how publishers are harnessing innovative technologies to breathe new life into longform journalism.

really good discussion @ the Death of the death of #Longform Journalism bit.ly/gS9ACO (@ev_rat & @maxlinsky )

For years, conventional wisdom held that for text to work online, it had to be short and digestible. Nobody had the time to read 5,000 words on a web browser, and fewer still were willing to pay for the privilege. But at the same moment that many publishers scaled back their longform work, or abandoned it altogether, a new audience of readers emerged thanks to innovative apps like Instapaper, Read It Later, and Readaility.

If you aren't familiar with @Atavist, be: It'll change the way we consume & produce #longform journalism atavist.net #SXSW

Longform.org posts new and classic non-fiction articles, curated from across the web, that are too long and too interesting to be read on a web browser. We recommend enjoying them using read later services like Instapaper and Read It Later and feature buttons to save articles with one click.

"Tools like The Atavist & Kindle Singles are like movies for writers. They now have equity in their story." -- @maxlinsky #longform #SXSW

"I think in today's world, what we've seen is that people are hungry for bits of information," Engelberg said. "Mediocre long-form journalism falls by the wayside in this kind of world, but superb long-form journalism, I think, has a secure place in the future of writing."

"The most popular #longform articles aren't breaking news, they're stories with a long lifespan." @Longreads #SXSW

"We're just scratching the surface of #longform journalism online. It's letting outside audiences discover new stories." @Longreads #SXSW

RT @brainpicker: "There's a trend in magazines wherein stories assigned are shrinking. What used to be 5000 words is now 3000." @ev_rat #longform #SXSW

Chair Linsky: Can you sell advertisers a better kind of reader (more engaged, longer page view)? Audience member: "Not yet" #longform

RT @brainpicker: "Advertising on the web is instantaneous. But there's an untapped opportunity around #longform, high-engagement content." @readability #SXSW

When will publishers think, "let's do a #longreads article instead of 23rd slideshow b/c economics make sense? #longform via @tgeisenheimer

'Traffic' is different than 'audience.' Traffic is big and shallow. Audience pays and sticks around. #longform

head trip at a journalism panel: writers are as frustrated as creatives at getting good work funded sanely & to find it's market #longform

Amazon has launched Kindle Singles, one-off pieces of non-fiction and journalism which are typically much shorter than a novel, but longer than a magazine article. The Singles can be read on any of the many Kindle platforms, from the Kindle itself through smart-phones to Amazon’s desktop Kindle client, and they are priced accordingly, from $1 to $5.

Fundamental question about self-publishing content through Kindle Singles, other distribution channels: Who’s editing? #longform

Self-publishing doesn't mean self-editing and self-fact-checking. #longform