The Millions Turns Two

Today we're unveiling an exciting new feature at The Millions. Over the last seven-plus years, we have written about thousands of books. Knowing that people like to dig through the archives to read about the books we've covered, we've tried to create ways to make that easier, but until now our efforts had proven unwieldy to use and to manage. So, in an effort to solve this problem once and for all, we've spent several months putting together a new section that we are proud to show off today: The Millions Books and Reviews. That main page is an exercise in serendipity. Hit refresh and ten new random books will appear that have been mentioned on the site at some point in our history. Click on any one of those covers and learn more -- or hit refresh again. If you are looking for something more specific, browse by author using the alphabetical navigation at the top of the page. From those pages you'll be able to click through to any book and view The Millions' coverage of that book. You may notice that in some cases we have more than one listing for a book -- this is because over the years we may have linked to more than one edition of the book (paperback and hardcover, most commonly). We hope you find this new feature useful. Before I let you go check it out, I just wanted to thank our many readers who have supported the site. This support has allowed us to continue to innovate with features like this new section and hopefully provide a great experience for readers looking for book coverage online.

The Millions (virtual) back office is looking for some help again. The site continues to grow, and that means we have an opportunity to add two more book-loving people to our team. We are looking for someone who can help us with a few specific things. The new Millions intern will contribute to our "Curiosities" link blog and will help man (or wo-man) our Twitter feed, Facebook page, and Tumblr. Through those avenues, the interns we seek will have an audience of hundreds of thousands and will be introducing The Millions to new readers every day. In return for a very modest time commitment, our interns will also join a great group of creative thinkers and have the opportunity to get their work edited by the working writers among us and potentially see their pieces published at The Millions. As is the case with our crew of regulars, our intern will be compensated for the pieces he or she publishes on the site. Several past interns have also transitioned into other roles on our staff. The Details: Responsibilities: Posting to our "Curiosities" link blog Posting to our Twitter account Posting to our Facebook page Posting to our Tumblr Coming up with new ideas for fun ways to utilize the above Here's what we're looking for: A voracious reader - Our ideal candidate will be well-read and have a solid knowledge of contemporary fiction. A social media superstar - Again, Twitter, Facebook, (Tumblr, blogging, etc.) Experience with Wordpress is a huge bonus. Experience with Photoshop would be enticing, but is by no means required. More details: This isn't going to be anything close to a full-time gig. We're thinking 5-10 hours a week realistically, plus as much time as you want to spend writing for us. We think the internship would be a great fit for a college or grad student, but are certainly open to hearing from non-students of any age whose schedules will allow them to do this. We're looking for a one-year commitment, though we can be flexible on the duration. The Millions has no dedicated office, so this is a remote position and can be done from anywhere in the world. The position is unpaid, but any long-form pieces that you write for the site and are approved for publication will be compensated using the same system we use to compensate our regular writers. And there will most probably be some free books here and there and also opportunities to attend interesting literary events. Why should you do this? The Millions is read by hundreds of thousands of people every month. Our readership is a laundry list of influential, brilliant folks in the publishing and media industries as well as in academia, not to mention the most engaged, avid readers of literary work that you'll find anywhere. Aside from learning about how a site like The Millions operates, you'll have an opportunity to write for all these people, and you'll get experience running a Twitter account with 230,000 followers. How to Apply: Please send the following to [email protected] A resume Three sample Curiosities, using the format we use on the site If applicable and you are willing to share, we would like to see the following: Twitter account(s) you use; any Facebook pages you've had the opportunity to run for schools, publications, companies, etc.; your Tumblr(s) (Essentially, show us that you have experience using these, even if it's just your own sparsely followed, but very entertaining Twitter account.) In addition, show us the other cool stuff you are responsible for online, your blog, etc. The deadline is (slightly less than) one week from today: end of day 7/29. We look forward to hearing from you!