UK use of the Wattpad eBook service via Java-enabled mobile phones and other devices increased by more than 140% in the third quarter of 2009 according to new data released by the service this week. Although user of Java-supporting handsets represent just 2% of the total accessing via this method, this compares … [Read more...]
Wattpad author signs print deal
October 8, 2009
An eBook read by more than 200,000 users of the Wattpad.com self-publishing site is to go into print after author Abbie-Alex Stobbart, who uses the pen name Redflame, signed a major publishing deal. The print version of “The Blind Truths About Vampires, Werewolves, Witches” will sport a cover by created by Caitlin … [Read more...]
Wattpad service adopts EPUB
September 29, 2009
eBook social media service Wattpad has become the latest eBook player to announce support for the EPUB format, following Google Books and Sony in adopting the XML-based standard. The site publishes eBooks written by users which can then be read via Wattpad's website, mobile site or through applications for mobile … [Read more...]
