A rage in China, Japan and Taiwan, novels over short-messaging system, SMS, are still a curious phenomenon in India. A novel, Cloak Room,which claims to be ‘India’s first SMS novel’, is doing the rounds across airwaves.
The modus operandi is: If a person’s reading time is between 10 pm and 11 pm, chapters of the novel would be delivered as SMS text during that time. The cost of the book would be billed in the monthly cellphone bill. (via ContentSutra)
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