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]]> By: Revenue for content providers vis-à-vis new media « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-2133191 Revenue for content providers vis-à-vis new media « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace) Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:31:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-2133191 [...] we are back where we started. Suggest going to Japan to learn a few tricks. They seem to be willing to buy books written on and for mobiles, with the authors making small fortunes in the [...] [...] we are back where we started. Suggest going to Japan to learn a few tricks. They seem to be willing to buy books written on and for mobiles, with the authors making small fortunes in the [...]

]]> By: ‘the prevalence of writing like this will water down Japanese literature.’ : albinoalbinism http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-2050848 ‘the prevalence of writing like this will water down Japanese literature.’ : albinoalbinism Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:34:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-2050848 [...] 何故だか急にケータイ小説があちこちで取り上げられているのは「恋空」が映画化された記念にみんなでキャンペーンでも始めたのだろうか。切込隊長も2回に渡って取り上げていたし、TechCrunchで紹介されたSydney Morning Heraldの記事は世界中をびっくりさせているようだ。その他Techmemeもいいが、Blog Nationがよくまとまっているかも。 [...] [...] 何故だか急にケータイ小説があちこちで取り上げられているのは「恋空」が映画化された記念にみんなでキャンペーンでも始めたのだろうか。切込隊長も2回に渡って取り上げていたし、TechCrunchで紹介されたSydney Morning Heraldの記事は世界中をびっくりさせているようだ。その他Techmemeもいいが、Blog Nationがよくまとまっているかも。 [...]

]]> By: Dear Apple, I miss my thumbs http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1997986 Dear Apple, I miss my thumbs Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:51:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1997986 [...] would Apple try to change the way an entire generation text messages, anyways? For example in Japan half the top selling books are written on mobile phones. Let me ask you a question, which side of this keypad would you prefer to use if you want to text [...] [...] would Apple try to change the way an entire generation text messages, anyways? For example in Japan half the top selling books are written on mobile phones. Let me ask you a question, which side of this keypad would you prefer to use if you want to text [...]

]]> By: [Notas Soltas] Edição do Aquecimento Local | guspim.net http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1920822 [Notas Soltas] Edição do Aquecimento Local | guspim.net Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:57:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1920822 [...] dos factos que mais me surpreendeu nos últimos tempos foi saber que no Japão metade dos livros no top de bestsellers são escritos em telemóveis. Sim, perceberam bem, não me enganei são mesmo ESCRITOS e não lidos [...] [...] dos factos que mais me surpreendeu nos últimos tempos foi saber que no Japão metade dos livros no top de bestsellers são escritos em telemóveis. Sim, perceberam bem, não me enganei são mesmo ESCRITOS e não lidos [...]

]]> By: Made in DNA http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1836880 Made in DNA Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:45:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1836880 "I can’t see anyone in Western nations waking up tomorrow and seeing mobile phone composed novels on the top seller lists, but usually Japan is years ahead on many tech fronts; mobile phone data services were available and popular in Japan years ago as the rest of us are only now catching up." While certainly I agree with this first part (no one in the West is going to wake up to a bestseller mobile novel), but I disagree with you on the "but usually". After a decade of living in Japan, I can tell you that the Japanese are NOT ahead of the West technologically, but what most Westerners perceive as advancement is glitz (ie. they are just very good at making things blink in various shades of 'wow'). The Japanese are complete end-users with no idea how to manipulate the world around them. Mr Jose Miguel Cansado makes a very good point, the Japanse are special in their habits, and this is because they don't expect anyone else but the Japanese to understand Japanese people, culture or ways. While this is certainly not the case, it is an island nation of isolation. Japanese cell-phones don't even work overseas because they work on a completely different protocol; one that the Japanese purposely built to keep non-Japanese cell phone competition OUT of the market. Finally as for the reasons to why Japanese "mobile phone data services were available and popular in Japan years ago as the rest of us are only now catching up": they are way behind in personal computer technologies and usage. Most Japanese familiies didn't even own a single computer until the early 2000s. Most Japanese over the age of 25 rarely touch the family computer at home. Yes, they may know how to use one, and probably use one at work, but they don't use computers for leisure, like in the West. “I can’t see anyone in Western nations waking up tomorrow and seeing mobile phone composed novels on the top seller lists, but usually Japan is years ahead on many tech fronts; mobile phone data services were available and popular in Japan years ago as the rest of us are only now catching up.”

While certainly I agree with this first part (no one in the West is going to wake up to a bestseller mobile novel), but I disagree with you on the “but usually”. After a decade of living in Japan, I can tell you that the Japanese are NOT ahead of the West technologically, but what most Westerners perceive as advancement is glitz (ie. they are just very good at making things blink in various shades of ‘wow’). The Japanese are complete end-users with no idea how to manipulate the world around them.

Mr Jose Miguel Cansado makes a very good point, the Japanse are special in their habits, and this is because they don’t expect anyone else but the Japanese to understand Japanese people, culture or ways. While this is certainly not the case, it is an island nation of isolation. Japanese cell-phones don’t even work overseas because they work on a completely different protocol; one that the Japanese purposely built to keep non-Japanese cell phone competition OUT of the market.

Finally as for the reasons to why Japanese “mobile phone data services were available and popular in Japan years ago as the rest of us are only now catching up”: they are way behind in personal computer technologies and usage. Most Japanese familiies didn’t even own a single computer until the early 2000s. Most Japanese over the age of 25 rarely touch the family computer at home. Yes, they may know how to use one, and probably use one at work, but they don’t use computers for leisure, like in the West.

]]> By: Jose Miguel Cansado http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1830549 Jose Miguel Cansado Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:43:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1830549 I often fly to Tokyo for work. People there commute mainly on train. Japan has the best railway system in the world. Trains are so punctual you can actually use them to set your watch time. It is considered impolite - and it is forbidden- to speak on the phone in trains, buses or restaurants. Yet, around 80% of the people in a wagon are using their clam shell phones, mainly for email. SMS is not common and it is replaced by email, which Japanese will access more often on their handsets than on PC. With so much time spent in commuting, the mobile phone becomes a Personal Entertainment device - email, imode, games, music, and BOOKS as reported by TC!!. KDDI, second mobile operator, sells millions of songs every month directly to the phones of their customers, being the main competitor to iTunes in Japan. You can also find people in the train watching TV on their phones, not only unicast, but broadcast too. Technicians installing TV at home, will use their handsets to check channel reception. In summary, Japan is very special in their habits. Successful concepts in Japan, may not be exportable. e.g. imode did not quite succeed overseas. I often fly to Tokyo for work. People there commute mainly on train. Japan has the best railway system in the world. Trains are so punctual you can actually use them to set your watch time.

It is considered impolite - and it is forbidden- to speak on the phone in trains, buses or restaurants. Yet, around 80% of the people in a wagon are using their clam shell phones, mainly for email. SMS is not common and it is replaced by email, which Japanese will access more often on their handsets than on PC.

With so much time spent in commuting, the mobile phone becomes a Personal Entertainment device - email, imode, games, music, and BOOKS as reported by TC!!.
KDDI, second mobile operator, sells millions of songs every month directly to the phones of their customers, being the main competitor to iTunes in Japan.

You can also find people in the train watching TV on their phones, not only unicast, but broadcast too. Technicians installing TV at home, will use their handsets to check channel reception.

In summary, Japan is very special in their habits. Successful concepts in Japan, may not be exportable. e.g. imode did not quite succeed overseas.

]]> By: ls http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1827912 ls Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:12:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1827912 My mind is further blown by the pasted quote of the author saying she first wrote a novel on her mobile phone when she was in junior high. Japanese phone technology may be ahead of the US and Europe, but that far ahead? Or are Japanese bestselling authors only a year or two out of junior high? My mind is further blown by the pasted quote of the author saying she first wrote a novel on her mobile phone when she was in junior high. Japanese phone technology may be ahead of the US and Europe, but that far ahead? Or are Japanese bestselling authors only a year or two out of junior high?

]]> By: masa http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1823760 masa Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:29:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1823760 I am from Tokyo. >One book, Koizora (Love Sky) about high-school girl who is bullied, >gang-raped, becomes pregnant has sold more than 1.2 million copies since being released. Hey, the story line of Koizora is totally different... A sixteen-year-old girl named Mika falls in love with a classmate boy named Hiro, and they live happily in their school life. One day Hiro's ex-girlfriend harasses Mika out of her jealousy again and again, and finally gets some guys to rape her... With all his regrets about his helplessness, Hiro promises Mika to stay close and live together forever to take care of her. She keeps a baby with him and they make up their mind to bring up a baby on their own. However, another tragedy tears them apart... I am from Tokyo.

>One book, Koizora (Love Sky) about high-school girl who is bullied, >gang-raped, becomes pregnant has sold more than 1.2 million copies since being released.

Hey, the story line of Koizora is totally different…

A sixteen-year-old girl named Mika falls in love with a classmate boy named Hiro,
and they live happily in their school life.

One day Hiro’s ex-girlfriend harasses Mika out of her jealousy again and again, and finally gets some guys to rape her…

With all his regrets about his helplessness, Hiro promises Mika to stay close and live together forever to take care of her.
She keeps a baby with him and they make up their mind to bring up a baby on their own.

However, another tragedy tears them apart…

]]> By: Lars http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1813579 Lars Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:18:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1813579 I have two quick points.. - This 'news' is so old.. suprised the TC crowd didn't know..?!? The 1st mobile phone novel award ceremony was held here over a year ago: http://wirelesswatch.jp/2006/11/28/japans-1st-mobile-phone-novel-awards/ - Furqan (#42) and several other point to the mass transit angle, while that does - to some degree - have merit.. there are several detailed studies that show consumption and usage patterns between city dwellers in Tokyo and people in rural Hokaido (read: no subway there) are almost identical. As for this comment: "Translation, mobile applications in Japan are ahead of the US, but they won’t be coming the the US any time soon." I seem to recall Wired saying something to that effect about camera-phones in 2001.. 8-) I have two quick points..

- This ‘news’ is so old.. suprised the TC crowd didn’t know..?!? The 1st mobile phone novel award ceremony was held here over a year ago:
http://wirelesswatch.jp/2006/1.....el-awards/

- Furqan (#42) and several other point to the mass transit angle, while that does - to some degree - have merit.. there are several detailed studies that show consumption and usage patterns between city dwellers in Tokyo and people in rural Hokaido (read: no subway there) are almost identical.

As for this comment:

“Translation, mobile applications in Japan are ahead of the US, but they won’t be coming the the US any time soon.”

I seem to recall Wired saying something to that effect about camera-phones in 2001.. 8-)

]]> By: Jim Treacher http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1812173 Jim Treacher Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:05:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1812173 It's easy to spot a cellphone novelist. His thumbs look like Popeye's forearms. It’s easy to spot a cellphone novelist. His thumbs look like Popeye’s forearms.

]]> By: Phil http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1812161 Phil Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:00:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1812161 It also suggests that half of Japanese bestsellers are written by people who don't even think of themselves as authors, and who write stuff on the subway on the way to work. This can work sometimes, but over half the bestsellers? Again, it suggests a culture that loves the energy/enthusiasm of a first draft, or of something rapidly updated on websites, more than it appreciates finely-crafted, well-structured, professionally-written stories. It also suggests that half of Japanese bestsellers are written by people who don’t even think of themselves as authors, and who write stuff on the subway on the way to work. This can work sometimes, but over half the bestsellers? Again, it suggests a culture that loves the energy/enthusiasm of a first draft, or of something rapidly updated on websites, more than it appreciates finely-crafted, well-structured, professionally-written stories.

]]> By: Phil http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1812152 Phil Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:57:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1812152 Sure, you can write a book on a mobile phone. But I don't believe you can write a good book on a mobile phone. Editing would be too difficult. What this article suggests to me, is that the Japanese love crappy novels that are really just first- or second-drafts. Sure, you can write a book on a mobile phone. But I don’t believe you can write a good book on a mobile phone. Editing would be too difficult. What this article suggests to me, is that the Japanese love crappy novels that are really just first- or second-drafts.

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1811874 Mike Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:59:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1811874 I lived in Japan a long time and the story is totally believable. Japanese language is well suited for typing on a mobile phone. Trains are so packed it can sometimes be impossible to read a book or a newspaper, which is why the phone is great for reading/writing on trains. I lived in Japan a long time and the story is totally believable. Japanese language is well suited for typing on a mobile phone. Trains are so packed it can sometimes be impossible to read a book or a newspaper, which is why the phone is great for reading/writing on trains.

]]> By: Henry Hutton http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1809128 Henry Hutton Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:38:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1809128 Great post, Duncan. Here at Lulu we've also seen this happening in the European region, so the wheels on this phenomenon are beginning to roll outside of Japan. I see this as a potentially disruptive phenomenon in the global user-generated content space, especially as individual creators begin to monetize their content for mobile distribution. Cool Stuff! Great post, Duncan. Here at Lulu we’ve also seen this happening in the European region, so the wheels on this phenomenon are beginning to roll outside of Japan. I see this as a potentially disruptive phenomenon in the global user-generated content space, especially as individual creators begin to monetize their content for mobile distribution. Cool Stuff!

]]> By: Furqan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1808951 Furqan Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:30:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1808951 This is unlikely to map well to the US, but possibly to Europe. Main reason is that mass transit is much more popular in Japan than in the US which gives people time to read on their phone. In the US, most people drive to work or even if they do take public transport they are most likely on an underground subway with no cell coverage. Translation, mobile applications in Japan are ahead of the US, but they won't be coming the the US any time soon. This is unlikely to map well to the US, but possibly to Europe. Main reason is that mass transit is much more popular in Japan than in the US which gives people time to read on their phone. In the US, most people drive to work or even if they do take public transport they are most likely on an underground subway with no cell coverage. Translation, mobile applications in Japan are ahead of the US, but they won’t be coming the the US any time soon.

]]> By: Adam Martin {Fat Man} http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1808843 Adam Martin {Fat Man} Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:49:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1808843 Yikes, people are so hung up on the typing aspect, when the gristle of the story is the fact people are reading novels on their phones. In an age where the traditional publishing industry ponders it's future peddling hardbacks nobody reads, this presents a new business model and means of capitalization. I have an iPhone, I make sure to access my favourite blogs when I have wireless access in the office, I then use the Underground to get home and read the cached blogs on the phone during my journey. It's not such a leap of faith to imagine reading a novella or comic in the same fashion, at least not in Europe. I'm not writing a Christmas mobile novella bestseller called 'My Thumbs Are Sore And Other Lovers'. Yikes, people are so hung up on the typing aspect, when the gristle of the story is the fact people are reading novels on their phones. In an age where the traditional publishing industry ponders it’s future peddling hardbacks nobody reads, this presents a new business model and means of capitalization.

I have an iPhone, I make sure to access my favourite blogs when I have wireless access in the office, I then use the Underground to get home and read the cached blogs on the phone during my journey. It’s not such a leap of faith to imagine reading a novella or comic in the same fashion, at least not in Europe.

I’m not writing a Christmas mobile novella bestseller called ‘My Thumbs Are Sore And Other Lovers’.

]]> By: Camila http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1807918 Camila Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:08:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1807918 I would like to see if it's possible to take place in Western countries. They (Japanese culture and others) have the advantage of not depending on an alphabet to build words like us, so maybe their language system is much more suitable for this kind of thing. I would like to see if it’s possible to take place in Western countries. They (Japanese culture and others) have the advantage of not depending on an alphabet to build words like us, so maybe their language system is much more suitable for this kind of thing.

]]> By: Jim Sweeney http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806802 Jim Sweeney Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:09:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806802 If you told me just five years ago that 3 out of 5 people around me would be actively text messaging conversations while watching TV, eating dinner or driving their cars, I would have seriously doubted it. And I would have been wrong. While it is not likely that our culture is in any immediate danger of its citizens writing or reading novels from their cell phones, it is not so unlikely that we will be watching sports, movies and cartoons while placing bets, bidding on ebay, blogging or messaging as a means of filling every potentially empty moment of our day. c'est la vie... just not for me. Every once and a while I just prefer to do nothing more than ponder; preferably with a fishing rod in my hand. If you told me just five years ago that 3 out of 5 people around me would be actively text messaging conversations while watching TV, eating dinner or driving their cars, I would have seriously doubted it. And I would have been wrong.

While it is not likely that our culture is in any immediate danger of its citizens writing or reading novels from their cell phones, it is not so unlikely that we will be watching sports, movies and cartoons while placing bets, bidding on ebay, blogging or messaging as a means of filling every potentially empty moment of our day. c’est la vie… just not for me. Every once and a while I just prefer to do nothing more than ponder; preferably with a fishing rod in my hand.

]]> By: Novels written by cell phone? « Jack http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806665 Novels written by cell phone? « Jack Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:17:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806665 [...] Published December 3, 2007 Uncategorized I find this just absolutely bizarre - apparently half the top selling books in Japan are written on cell phones. This may not be as bizarre as you might at first think. First, realize that to write using a [...] [...] Published December 3, 2007 Uncategorized I find this just absolutely bizarre - apparently half the top selling books in Japan are written on cell phones. This may not be as bizarre as you might at first think. First, realize that to write using a [...]

]]> By: » mobile phone novels (keitai shousetsu) - not in the USA - John Andrews - johnon.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806651 » mobile phone novels (keitai shousetsu) - not in the USA - John Andrews - johnon.com Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:10:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806651 [...] TechCrunch (today’s version of Red Herring, according to some lol) is reporting that “In Japan, half the top selling books are Written on Mobile Phones”. (I am not sure if this headline is a play on the old “In JAPAN…. ” jokes, like the original, “In JAPAN, the HAND can cut like a KNIFE!” but I appreciated it anyway). [...] [...] TechCrunch (today’s version of Red Herring, according to some lol) is reporting that “In Japan, half the top selling books are Written on Mobile Phones”. (I am not sure if this headline is a play on the old “In JAPAN…. ” jokes, like the original, “In JAPAN, the HAND can cut like a KNIFE!” but I appreciated it anyway). [...]

]]> By: Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806623 Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:54:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806623 <strong>Mobile Phone Authoring...</strong> I can only type on my Blackberry for a few minutes before my thumbs start aching. I can't imagine how painful it would be to type out a 2- or 3-page document on it, which is why I cringed when... Mobile Phone Authoring…

I can only type on my Blackberry for a few minutes before my thumbs start aching. I can’t imagine how painful it would be to type out a 2- or 3-page document on it, which is why I cringed when…

]]> By: Miguel C. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806547 Miguel C. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:29:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806547 I'm surprised by the number of people who don't believe a novel can be written on a hand held device. To them, I'll say "Get out (of your country) more". The US is ages behind the rest of the world on mobile usage. On my recent trip to Italy, I've written all my travel journals (an indulgence for myself) on a palm pilot - no keyboard. I did not have to carry my laptop around for 3 weeks. I've seen for myself Blackberry addicts who can type faster than many of us can on a keyboard. Yes, it is easier writing on a computer, but writing on a mobile device is entirely possible. I’m surprised by the number of people who don’t believe a novel can be written on a hand held device. To them, I’ll say “Get out (of your country) more”. The US is ages behind the rest of the world on mobile usage.

On my recent trip to Italy, I’ve written all my travel journals (an indulgence for myself) on a palm pilot - no keyboard. I did not have to carry my laptop around for 3 weeks.

I’ve seen for myself Blackberry addicts who can type faster than many of us can on a keyboard. Yes, it is easier writing on a computer, but writing on a mobile device is entirely possible.

]]> By: Kay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806545 Kay Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:27:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806545 @Hadrien: Dostoevsky gives me the same experience on my mobile, so I'm willing to try it. :-) I've read at least a thousand pages on mobile. @Chris R.: You mean SMS? :-) @Hadrien: Dostoevsky gives me the same experience on my mobile, so I’m willing to try it. :-) I’ve read at least a thousand pages on mobile.

@Chris R.: You mean SMS? :-)

]]> By: Chris R. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806482 Chris R. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:48:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/02/in-japan-half-the-top-selling-books-are-written-on-mobile-phones/#comment-1806482 People write their best stuff on the go. People write their best stuff on the go.

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