The Fourth Time is the Charm: Wattpad to Interrupt Stories With Adverts
Wattpad styles itself a community, but it has the same problem as any other site which hosts content: money. Over the past few years the social reading...Continue reading
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Lit-Era.com Promises a Paid Alternative to Wattpad
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...Continue reading
How to Read on Android Wear
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...Continue reading
Are Readers Really That Conservative?
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...Continue reading
Kobo Adds New Section for eBooks Originally Published on Wattpad
Authors have long been relying on the Wattpad community to help refine their stories before formally publishing them, and now Kobo is drawing on that connection. The...Continue reading
Wattpad Releases a Windows 10 App; Kobo, Kindle, & Others Release Updates
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...Continue reading
Publisher and Bookseller Partner to Solve the Unwanted Gift Problem
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...Continue reading
Wattpad Now Lets Authors Trick Out Their Stories With GIFs, Youtube Embeds
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...Continue reading
Book Club App Novellic is Poised to Threaten Goodreads, BookLikes
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...Continue reading
Explainer: What is Fanfiction?
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...Continue reading
Hooked is a New Take on Flash Fiction
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...Continue reading
MacGuffin is a Writing Community that Combines Audio, Short Works
Between Wattpad, Jukepop, Widbook, Fanfiction.net, and other sites, there's no shortage of places to post and or read short works. But UK-based Comma Press thinks all...Continue reading
Wattpad Releases Amazingly Useful iWatch App
With a screen measuring under 2" diagonally, there isn't much that you can do with a device like Apple's smartwatch but that hasn't stopped some reading...Continue reading
Facebook’s Internet.org Launches in Indonesia, Brings Wattpad And Controversy With it
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...Continue reading
Wattpad Partners with SoundCloud to Add Soundtracks to eBooks
Wattpad rolled out an update for its Android app yesterday which adds new options for audio soundtracks. The app lets creators embed clips from Soundcloud in their stories, and...Continue reading