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Lit-Era.com Promises a Paid Alternative to Wattpad

15 August, 201617 August, 2016eBookstore, Writing2 Comments

Wattpad has carved a niche for itself as a community where writers can publish a work in sections, polishing it as they go, before putting the work up for...

How to Read on Android Wear

31 January, 201617 August, 2016e-Reading Software, Tips and Tricks5 Comments

Last night's post on the PDF-reading app for your smartwatch got me thinking about the general difficulty in finding information about reading on smartwatches. Sure, there's the single post here or...

Are Readers Really That Conservative?

27 January, 201617 August, 2016Editorials, Publishing7 Comments

A few days ago Livemint published a long interview of John Makinson, the chair of Penguin Random House (he was also the head of Penguin when it engaged in the...

Wattpad Releases a Windows 10 App; Kobo, Kindle, & Others Release Updates

23 December, 201512 May, 2017e-Reading SoftwareLeave a comment

Wattpad announced a new app today, and a whole host of other developers have released updates (mostly for their iOS apps). First up is the Windows 10 app which...

Publisher and Bookseller Partner to Solve the Unwanted Gift Problem

21 December, 201517 August, 2016RetailLeave a comment

A German trade publisher has partnered with a bookseller and come up with a new twist on the idea of book vending machines, one which will give German readers...

Wattpad Now Lets Authors Trick Out Their Stories With GIFs, Youtube Embeds

20 November, 201517 August, 2016content creation, Web PublishingLeave a comment

Ever looking for new ways to help writers tell stories, Wattpad has released a cover-making app, and earlier this year they added background soundtracks as an option. And now:...

Book Club App Novellic is Poised to Threaten Goodreads, BookLikes

12 October, 201517 August, 2016Book Culture, e-Reading Software7 Comments

A new book club platform by the name of Novellic is launching soon with plans to challenge Goodreads. From the press release: The new multiplatform app and web service...

Explainer: What is Fanfiction?

7 October, 201512 May, 2017Editorials, WritingLeave a comment

Consider yourself a stranger to fanfiction? It’s unlikely. If you’ve read E.L. James' 50 Shades of Grey (2011) then you already have at least one title under your belt....

Hooked is a New Take on Flash Fiction

17 September, 201517 August, 2016e-Reading Software3 Comments

Our next example of techies trying to fix that which is not broken by inventing that which already exists is Hooked, a new iPhone app from Telepathic (also available for Apple's Apple Watch)....

Facebook’s Internet.org Launches in Indonesia, Brings Wattpad And Controversy With it

20 April, 201517 August, 2016Uncategorized5 Comments

Facebook's Internet.org charity has come under increased criticism of late but that hasn't stopped its expansion plans. On Friday Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Internet.org app was now available in Indonesia, a country...

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