Free Access to Books, Articles, and Stories on Your Mobile Phone
May 15th, 2008 MobileFreak
I was reviewing all the great mobile websites submitted by you, our readers, in our mobile website contest back in September, and found a few gems I had not uncovered yet. Today’s mobile website is all about getting more out of your mobile phone.
Wattpad is a free service that provides access to user-generated (or submitted) text content. The primary benefit is access to high quality text content that is readily available at any time, and content can be stored for off-line reading later. Upon logging in, users immediately see the most popular stories/books/articles. The community aspect is real, in that users submit, vote, and comment on the various books, stories, and articles submitted.
While Wattpad prohibits the uploading of other people’s copyrighted material, how that is enforced is a tricky question. I do hope they take that policy seriously and put some weight behind it before this becomes a bigger issue for them. It seems to be a bright team behind Wattpad, so I fully expect they have thought that through and vetted it with their attorneys.
This gives me yet another reason to believe that Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader will not be a long-term success. Can there really be a need for yet another device exclusively for reading text? Doubtful.
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You could check out http:www.booksinmypone.com they package books as java programs for cell phones give them away. You can install from your PC or if you have internet on the phone then you only need a few clicks from mobile.booksinmyphone.com to get reading. All their stuff is Public Domain or Creative Commons - no user generated content.
Good find Joe! Here are those links for anyone too lazy to copy & paste:
http://www.booksinmyphone.com
mobile.booksinmyphone.com