Google won't break into your home. You'll invite them in.

Apple already had everyone's billing information from iTunes... you could buy things just by typing in your password... That, for the first time, brought very, very easy payment to the modern software world. That, more than anything, is why there is a business for paid apps.

Emphasizing and rewarding length over quality results in worse writing and more reader abandonment.

People will pay for something they like because they want to ensure its future.

With a Web and iPhone app, I try to find new and tiny ways to delight my customers. They may not notice, but it helps drive goodwill and makes your product remarkable.

One reason I love the Kindle, more so than the iPad, is that on the Kindle you can't do anything else but read. It's the best, because it does the least. It doesn't even show a clock.

I've worked with many large and small publishers, and nearly all of them love the value that Instapaper provides to their readers.