Sentences with phrase «wattpad reader community»

I started getting feedback from the Wattpad reader community and some of the people who provided feedback seemed to be more experienced in writing, so they would help me out with grammar corrections or advice on how to build a character, add descriptions, and to fine tune my writing.

Not exact matches

When Wattpad launched in 2006 as an online — and now mobile — community for readers and writers to share free books, CEO Allen Lau and his team were working out of a drab cubicle farm in Toronto's north end, with bankers and accountants for neighbours.

I've been chatting with Radish authors on Twitter and it looks more boutique than the massive Wattpad with a good community of supportive readers on Radish.

Sure there are social media platforms like Goodreads, Wattpad, Facebook groups etc. and then there are the «real» opportunities that are so much harder to facilitate and organize (and pay for e.g. expense vs profit) like community or regional events and networks as you point out above, but I feel really strongly that the most important thing for an author to do in order to build a loyal paying (italics) fanbase / readership is to produce good quality works that are publicized properly and to spend time interacting with those of your readers who you know buy your books because they came to you in the first place.

Wattpad, the world's largest community of readers and writers, has partnered with the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) to launch the event's first Online Festival.

With thousands of new stories added every day, an incredibly active community of readers, and the ability to read on your computer, phone, or tablet, Wattpad offers a truly social, and entirely mobile reading experience.

In an interesting transition from the days when self - publishing was the tactic of the unloved and unaccepted, there has been a shift in self - publishing — even non-sale self - publishing, such as through reader / writer communities like Wattpad — that has made it the «slush pile» of publishing.

In the second collaboration, Sourcebooks will be a presenting prize sponsor for Wattpad's 2013 Watty Awards, a program that showcases the community's most popular content as voted by Wattpad's thriving community of active young adult readers.

Much like the Wattpad community in which readers sign up to follow an author whose work they enjoy, Senserial's readers will be notified of new content without having to remember to go looking for titles.

That global community of users that Wattpad can humbly boast of is 65 million strong, and the site contains more than 400 million author - uploaded stories for readers to enjoy.

Social media, blogging, crowdfunding, book coupons, multi-author initiatives, and reader communities like Goodreads and Wattpad are tools that have something to offer authors who want a boost in getting the word out about their books.

Red Room's members can automatically migrate their accounts over to Wattpad and join the community instantly, seeking out new readers and new book discussions as they also post and share their work with the users who spend a combined 6 billion minutes a month reading on Wattpad.

Winning stories will be chosen by theme, rather than by category or genre, and the jury will be made up of experienced readers and writers who are active in the Wattpad community.»

Wattpad, who is also working with BiblioCrunch, is an online reading community that allows authors to post their work to the 14 million Wattpad users, promoting book discovery and encouraging the growth of a reader fan base.

Wattpad, long the industry standard as a community for both readers and authors, has found a way to alleviate some of the hardship.

While Wattpad is a free community, by teaming up with BiblioCrunch authors can post their work to Wattpad directly from BiblioCrunch's existing platform, saving time while reaching out to readers.

«Wattpad is such a welcoming and highly engaged community of readers.

What about sites like Wattpad, where writers can also build a community of readers, use social networks, and add additional content?

Beta readers can be found in reading / writing communities online (Wattpad, local writing communities like this one!)

Whether on a writing community such as FictionPress or Wattpad, or a Meetup group that focuses on critiquing fellow writers» work in person, it's a vital step of the writing process to share your works - in - progress with beta readers.

Wattpad is the world's largest eBook community, and a platform for remarkable writers, just like you, to connect with readers, collaborate with fellow authors, and expand your fan base.

Canada's Wattpad claims it has the world's largest community of readers and writers, with 85 % of its users accessing its 75 million stories via mobile.

Eighteen million readers and writers around the world spend 4.5 - billion minutes a month publishing, collaborating and skimming text on Wattpad, the biggest under - the - radar e-literature community on the web.

Wattpad, which describes itself as the world's largest online community of readers and writers, has raised $ 17 million from a group of venture funds led by Khosla Ventures.

Although it is far from being a household name, Wattpad has built a global community of writers and readers, and Lau said it wants to expand that community even further.