BRYAN BATTEN
Founder/CEO
Entitle Books
 
Bryan Batten is head of eBook subscription company Entitle Books, which is based in Wilmington. The company offers subscriptions to members who receive 2 eBooks a month for $9.99.
 
Reads The Wall Street Journal, StarNews, Fast Company, Entrepreneur Magazine and Inc.
 
When online, checks out EntitleBooks.com, Mashable, TechCrunch, Twitter, WbLiveSurf.com (includes surf reports and weather conditions for Wrightsville Beach), AVC.com (venture capitalist Fred Wilson’s blog) and Pando.com (a news site for the startup community).
 
Favorite book is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Just finished reading An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski “and that was a great book.” Also reads Brad Thor’s novels for mystery and thriller books.
 
Apps arsenal includes Moves, which tracks personal daily physical activity; Starbucks’ app; Hotel Tonight, which “allows you to book really discounted last-minute hotel rooms”; app for Sonos, a music system that plays through the house; and Spotify music streaming service.
 
Most-used devices are his iPhone and iPad mini – “great devices that I do most of my work on now.”
 
Find online at Twitter.com/bryanbatten