I received an email from psicom publishing last 2012 inviting me to publish diary ng panget and thats it. Bukas na lang kita babastedin published under psicom publishing, inc. Wattpad books, wattpad stories, teen fiction books, war, boys, joy, baby boys. In the noisy, everchurning world of nonstop social media. I dont think wattpad would fall into the published before category though. The biggest challenge for all authors and publishers, especially selfpublishers, is getting their books noticed by readers. Indie author dianne greenlay shares wattpad success story. Psicom publishing found its big wattpad story in haveyouseenthisgirls diary ng panget. Pop fiction was born out of summit books mission to bring literary hopefuls to a wider, bookreading audience.
I wrote in various forums and sites, using different usernames and then i somehow landed in a website called wattpad, i registered there and posted diary ng panget and other stories of mine. My husband is a mafia boss by yanajin, diary ng panget 3 by haveyouseenthisgirl, diary ng panget 2 b. I believe if the story was good enough, they would take a chance on publishing it if it was written well. I love you since 1892 published under abscbn publishing. There are benefits to keeping a full work on wattpad, even when a book deal has been reached, so be sure to discuss this with any. Campus nerd to campus princess published chapter 74. Wattpad published books, wattpad book covers, wattpad books, wattpad stories, pop fiction books, tagalog, free reading, book publishing, writing a book. Wattpad bills itself as the best place to discover and share stories. D and dec 31, 2009 share your writing with the supportive wattpad community features. Psicom sweetest lie by arabellarey shopee philippines. If you have trouble reading the graph captions, the blue bar is 2010, the orange is 2011 and red is 2012. Good day readers, wattpaders and certified popfictionatics. All pop fiction, adult fiction, cloak and sizzle books under summit media.
Im sure some folks will argue with me, but in my opinion, wattpad is a platform where readers can get a birdseye view of the authors writing process. In february 2015, wattpad launched a second standalone app called after dark. Despite attracting million readers to her serialized novel, lifes a witch, on the online writing community wattpad, aspiring young adult novelist brittany geragotelis decided to selfpublish. Jun 09, 20 i wrote in various forums and sites, using different usernames and then i somehow landed in a website called wattpad, i registered there and posted diary ng panget and other stories of mine. How to use wattpad to get a book deal publishing talk. Serialization is a huge part of the platform, so you post chapters or new parts of the story. Psicom publisher arnel gabriel says the clear advantage of wattpad is that it is free and you can. They are taking two of the most viewed stories and selling them on amazon, ibooks and kobo.
Silician baby published under psicom publishing inc. See more ideas about popular wattpad stories, wattpad books and wattpad stories. The voiceless series is a series of musical drama novels by a wattpad author under the name of haveyouseenthisgirl. Among them is diary ng panget, a series of romantic comedy novels written by college student denny and published by vivapsicom publishing corp. Get your story discovered have your own story to tell. In this guest post rowena wiseman explains how writers can use wattpad to reach a whole new audience. How to use wattpad as an author with ashleigh gardner. Wattpad boasts a number of success stories of ya writers landing traditional publishing deals after using their platform brittany geragotelis, beth reekles. How a site for posting stories is changing philippine publishing. Check out the novels on wattpad to see whether its the right platform for your writing.
The film adaptation of the first book was released on. Oct 10, 2014 when you upload to wattpad, you retain all rights to your original work. Jan 28, 2015 how to use wattpad emily benets top tips. Read hot and popular stories about psicom on wattpad.
Wattpad connects a global community of 80 million readers and writers through the power of story. The new books already have professional cover designs and have been professionally copyedited. See more ideas about pop fiction books, wattpad, wattpad published books. It eventually became the countrys bestselling book and a topgrossing movie. What wattpad can and cannot do for you how to publish fiction. Dec 8, 20 this are the popular wattpad stories that i had read for long years. Mar 29, 2015 the best of the bests stories in wattpad hard copied into books under pop fiction.
Are these stories the rare exception, or can crowdsourced publishing increase a writers chances of receiving a book deal. If you get a zillon reads and pull your books down after signing a deal with your mainstream house, wattpad wont stop you. Middle grade books are much easier to format than easy readers or picture books, especially if they include spot illustrations only or no illustrations at all, but still so tricky to distribute. How to publish a story on wattpad and get a lot of comments and readers. Today, im going to talk about how you can use wattpad to market your book and market yourself as an author. To stay by jonaxx teen fiction wattpad, wattpad books, best wattpad stories, book. Summit books then found their second crossover hit from wattpad in. Download stories and books to the app so you can read offline personalized recommendations of stories to read stay connected to your stories with a newsfeed of updates and comments from friends sync all your stories and ebooks between your phone, tablet, and. Imagine, your story on the homepage, millions of viewers and comments, showed all across the world. Wattpad provides the opportunity for writers to solicit feedback on their worksinprogress from the kinds of readers who might pick their books off the bookstore shelf. Oct 24, 2010 this could be a good thing and a bad thing at the same time. Anna renee todd born march 20, 1989 is an american author who is best known as the author of the after series.
Books shelved as filipino wattpad books viva psicom. This could be a good thing and a bad thing at the same time. How wattpad ceo allen lau changed filipino books and movies. Producing both print and ebooks, wattpad books will launch its list in september 2019 with. It first appeared on wattpad and was later published as a paperback by psicom publishing inc. If you want to become a wattpad celebrity writer, great. This is not like being published by a commercial publisher where you assign all or part of your to that publisher. Good, that it sparked an interest in the genre and story. Viva psicom publishing corporation viva psicom is a publishing company jointly owned by viva entertainment and the gabriel family.
You can either publish it for free, and get a wide readership. Ranging from childrens books, humor books, cookbooks, comics, novels. Amazon goes head to head with wattpad in battle for fanfic. In this guest post rowena wiseman explains how writers can use wattpad to reach a whole new audience wattpad is the worlds largest community of readers and writers with over 30 million people using the platform. After dark gives readers access to thousands of romance stories written by published. How to publish a story on wattpad and get a lot of. Online writing site wattpad is launching a free app that offers romance writing for adults, called after dark. The original, unedited story was first posted on the online literary site wattpad. Get it discovered through the power of community and technology on wattpad. Kaira chaves was afraid to love again after having her heart broken. Lihams illustration social media to be published under psicom publishing inc. She started publishing on the social storytelling platform wattpad. Psicom books php 150, php 195 voiceless viva psicom php 150 pop fiction books php 195 my previous video. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
See more ideas about best wattpad stories, wattpad stories and wattpad. Its not a publishing platform, more of a social network. Wattpads hockeystick graph shows its user base doubling every six months over the past two years or so. Wattpad can be an excellent marketing tool if you know how to use it. Many, if not most authors who selfpublish for the first time make. I have already written 6 more books 3 books for each of two new series, which ill be publishing over the next 12 months. Nov 20, 2016 the focus of wattpad cuts out the competition from other forms of media and puts you in a position to compete against only other books. Manga version by haveyouseenthisgirl on or after september. Fictions, fan fiction, a joke book and a guide on promoting with a lot of html stuff in it, these are the books you can read free on wattpad click on the book cover to read the book. Last weekend, my novel, quintspinner a pirates quest, surpassed the incredible number of a half a million reads on wattpad, the free online app.
It is into printing and publishing books in varied fields. A month after its release, shes dating the gangster shot to the top of national book stores. Ya author with huge wattpad fan base tries selfpublishing. May 03, 2014 canadian based wattpad is getting into the publishing game. If you are to publish a book on wattpad can you still publish. That said, it is growing and changing and its worth exploring the different categories. Wattpad has quite a young audience and the most popular genres include ya and fan fiction.
Suw charmananderson takes a look at writing site wattpad and asks. Feedback submissions have a whopping 10,000character limit. Online community wattpad has a large and dedicated following around the world. Her charming secret is available on amazon paperback and most ereaders. The following are the books i published on wattpad.
It was founded in 1990 by arnel jose gabriel as a small desktop publisher, which later evolved into publishing the first filipino wholly owned trade newspaper, the nowdefunct philippine it update. Discover the worlds mostloved social storytelling platform. If a story is published on wattpad, can it still be. In case you missed it, i blogged about wattpad on monday and why youfiction writer extraordinaireshould consider spending some time on this unique platform. In the philippines alone, over 100 books that have been published traditionally originated from wattpad, lau says. However, if you dont get the following nine basics right first, you could be wasting a lot of your time, energy and money.
Jan 31, 2014 wattpad has 24 million users, the majority are readers, with only 10% authors. Sizzle is a summit books imprint and publisher of popular erotic romance stories written by filipino wattpad authors. In the us, online storytelling platform wattpad is launching a publishing division called wattpad books. Today, im going to try to convince you to try something new. Apr 23, 2016 wattpad is a completely free readers platform where authors can post their serialized stories. After all the years they had spent fooling around each other they manage to settle thing and step on to. Download it today to start reading or writing original stories. On january 24, 2019, wattpad launched publishing division wattpad books led by wattpad studios publishing deputy. A film adaptation of her work was released in april 2014.
Dec 08, 2014 and while wattpads reader comments tend to be short and sweet, writeon is designed for indepth critique. Salamin under vivapsicom featured as wattpad presents tv movie 2016. May 01, 2017 however, if you dont get the following nine basics right first, you could be wasting a lot of your time, energy and money. Nov 24, 2014 i feel like all childrens books tend to be lumped together in discussions of indie publishing, when each category of childrens books is so distinct. It turns out the philippines is a nation of readers and writers after. The best way to take your wattpad book out to the rest of the world is through an amazon kindle edition. I already have a professional website and an active newsletter. Ive heard that only 10% of these users are writers, making it 90% of readers looking for their. Average session length is 30 mins, and 85% read via mobile devices. To write a story, go to the my works section in your profile tab. Manga version by haveyouseenthisgirl on or after september 17.
When you are writing a story and you are sure you are done and want to publish it, there is this button at the bottom of the text box that says save and publish. If a story is published on wattpad, can it still be publsihed. Jul 25, 20 drawing on her own success story, indie author dianne greenlay explains why she thinks all selfpublished writers should try using wattpad to increase the discoverability of their books. Angelic sin with images wattpad books, wattpad published. How i went from 350 to 10,000 reads on wattpad in a month.
It all began when shes dating the gangster, an online story posted in s teentalk forum was picked up, edited, and published by summit books in march of 20. Wattpad is a website or app for readers and writers to publish new user generated stories in. Pop fiction is a summit books imprint and publisher of bestselling stories written by your favorite filipino wattpad authors. The story was split into two books by psicom publishing inc.