Copia, a social networking, retailing and e-reading platform, is teaming up The Blaze, a news and information network owned by conservative commentator Glenn Beck, to offer a combination of news, entertainment, community and content specifically curated by editors from The Blaze. The new venture is being launched with the release of Occupy: American Spring, The Making of a Revolution, a new e-book by Buck Sexton released via the Copia platform.
The new venture will offer readers of the The Blaze an online community hosted on the Copia platform that will allow them to form book clubs, get exclusive Blaze editions of content and offer access to curated content and staff annotations from The Blaze editors. Using Copia, consumers can engage The Blaze staff, start discussions and more, all in the margins of their e-books.
Ben Lowinger, executive v-p of Copia Interactive, said, that, “merging the thoughts and ideas of The Blaze’s impressive personalities and dedicated readership into the margins of some of the most enlightening and discussion-generating content of our time, Copia will create the type of compelling and differentiating experience The Blaze is known to represent.”
President of The Blaze, Betsy Morgan, said, “The Blaze is committed to utilizing the latest technology to help our readers engage with our stories. We are looking forward to working with Copia on the the launch of this new books vertical as we continue to build an online community for readers of The Blaze.”
