Atavist Books, the digital-first book publishing joint venture founded and funded by IAC and film producer Scott Rudin, will shut down operations on December 31 and no longer publish new works. The software and media enterprise The Atavist will continue, however, and will take over Atavist Books’ assets along with IAC — which has a minority stake in The Atavist. In fact, Atavist, Inc. just closed another $2 million debt/funding round in which IAC once again participated. Atavist Inc. ceo and founder Evan Ratliff told us, “While that partnership [with Atavist Books] won’t continue, Atavist itself is currently stronger than ever, and we’re […]