I've been reading about cellphone novels. Have you heard of these? You can actually read a novel not only over your cellphone - but written BY someone using their cellphone to create it! This absolutely amazes me. Cellphones have such tiny keypads, you need to be really determined to write a cellphone novel!
Cellphone novels first started in Japan and are also available in China. They are starting to be popular in the USA but are primarily known through Asia. The very first cellphone novel was published in Japan, in 2003 on a cell phone by online writer Yoshi called Deep Love about a teen prostitute in Tokyo. An interesting fact: In 2007, five out of the ten best selling novels in Japan were originally cell phone novels.
I found a great website if you want to write a cellphone novel and share it with others. You can write your cellphone novel and then load it onto Textnovel and then people can read it. This is a great opportunity for new writers - as just about everyone these days has a cellphone and certainly most use them for more than just making telephone calls!
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