Cell Phone Novels

Now in Japan many new authors are writing their novels on there cell phone. 5 of the last 10 best selling novels were read on the cell phone. So it seems as if the pencial is obsoleat and the tumbs are taking a stand in the world of writing and books. A quote from this New York Times artcile is, "cellphone novelists are racking up the kind of sales that most more experienced, traditional novelists can only dream of." This can example how usually authors are losses the battle agaist cell phone novelist. A link for this is, Thumbs Race. Now books are being sold so you can read them on your cell phone which will cause a decrease in sales for actual books.

This can be a loss for authors and publisors. :(