Wattpad

Wattpad Research:

• The introduction of Apps: In a recent blog we have discussed the relevance of apps in the current digital publishing industry. Thus, apps can provide publishers with a new and effective way not only to satisfy the needs of the end readers but also increase the distribution of their digital edition. Different sectors including the entertainment one have successfully used apps to connect with the audience in a more engaging way. Likewise, apps can allow publishers to reach the growing number of mobile devices and tablets users in a new and more effective way.

• Self-publishing: According to this article ‘Self-publishing has now moved into mainstream online channels through the growth of ebooks and the surge of independent digital publishing platforms developed and supported by retailers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble and the entry into publishing by Apple and Google’. Thus, self-publishing has opened new and exciting opportunities to distribute digital content; which was unimaginable some years ago. In a blog section, we have discussed the growth of self-publishing.
• https://www.3dissue.com/digital-publishing-industry/

 

• http://popcornreads.com/ereaders/the-effect-of-e-books-and-e-readers-on-publishers/

 

• “How wattpad changed publishing in the phillipines”
  - The publishing system over there is not as established. But it doesn’t change the desire of the people. People still love to read, and people still love to write. But without an established system, the outlet doesn’t exist for those people. So in the case of the Philippines, one thing quite interesting is, as you may know, it’s also a bilingual country. So some of the Filipino writers, they actually started writing in our English community first, and then they realized, hey, I can actually write in Tagalog. So some of the writers, they started to write Tagalog stories, and then grew the community from there … each country has their own stories, but what we’ve seen in common is the storytelling is very universal.
  http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/how-wattpad-changed-publishing-in-the-philippines/76181

 

• “Wattpad catalyzes the reader-writer relationship with push notifications every time a new chapter is added to an existing work.”REAhttp://tkbr.ccsp.sfu.ca/pub802/2015/01/more-horsepower-to-wattpad/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattpad

• Publishing beyond wattpad https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/articles/202746340-What-If-I-m-Contacted-by-a-Publisher-

• CASE STUDY: EMILY BENET: http://www.publishingtalk.eu/case-studies/emily-benet-wattpad-success-story/ (HARPER COLLINS)

  

• Future of publishing industry: wattpad http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/10/the-book-publishing-industry-of-the-future-its-all-about-content297/

• After,Wattpad & web fiction http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/technology/web-fiction-serialized-and-social.html?_r=0

• How fanfiction has changed publishing: http://news.sky.com/story/985755/online-fan-fiction-changes-face-of-publishing