Novel written by thumb (Agencies) Updated: 2004-07-14 08:59
A Chinese author has written a novel meant to be read in 70-word chapters
transmitted by cell phone text message.
"Outside the Fortress Besieged," the story of an extramarital affair,
consists of 60 such chapters totaling about 4,000 words, the Xinhua News Agency
said.
"The plot develops just like that of an ordinary novel," author Qian Fuchang
was quoted as saying.
The potential market is huge: 皇冠体育app has the world's biggest mobile phone
market, with more than 300 million users. They are avid buyers of services that
send news, sports, horoscopes and other material by mobile phone message.
Qian's employer, the Guangdong Literature Academy in the southern Chinese
province of Guangdong, is planning an auction to sell the novel to short message
services.
"The novel, which contains all literary elements, will be a real literary
work," said Xie Wangxin, the academy's vice chairman.
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