How We Got 10M Teens to Read Fiction on Their Phones (medium.com) 11 points by fortenforge 9y ago ↗ HN
[–] valuearb 9y ago ↗ This story mad me sad. A/B testing fiction? Chat stories? The new world wasn't made for me.
[–] Rangi42 9y ago ↗ "Chat stories" with "comic-book inspired" young-adult plots, made to be read on mobile phones... Sounds like they've reinvented Japanese cell phone novels[1]. Sci-fi/fantasy YA plots are also common to light novels [2].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_phone_novel [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novel
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[ 6.2 ms ] story [ 13.7 ms ] thread[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_phone_novel [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novel