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The author is an university student who enjoys reading and writing. He is the first to post a Japanese style short chapter format cell phone novel on Textnovel.com, (Secondhand Memories) and unbeknowst to him, becoming one of the most popular authors, and pioneering cell phone novels in North America.


ABOUT SECONDHAND MEMORIES

*Secondhand Memories is an online, serial, ongoing Japanese style cell phone novel. Secondhand Memories is the first true Japanese style cell phone novel ever written on textnovel.com, bringing the Japanese cell phone novel phenomenon to North America.

Started in January of 2009, written for fun, it has been over a year and surprising even to the author, the novel has become widely popular amongst readers of all ages all across the globe.

On October 24th, 2009, Secondhand Memories won the Reader's Choice award in the textnovel contest amongst other awards that led up to the finals. This also resulted in a literary agent contract with textnovel and now Secondhand Memories is heading to publication as soon as it is complete! In 2010, Secondhand Memories was chosen to be published part of an English textbook in Japan as a reading comprehension exercise as a way to get students interested in English. It will be used in high schools across Japan.

It is only thanks to readers like YOU that allows this project to be so successful! Now Secondhand Memories is the most popular cell phone novel in North America, pioneering the new genre, encouraging youth to once again to turn to books in a digital media age.

Written and meant to be read on cell phone in very short chapters (ranging 50-100 words) it is packed with beautiful language, drama and plot twists. Follow the story as it develops, one chapter at a time!

If you appreciate Jdrama, anime, japanese culture, a good read, inspiration, pondering about life or are just bored, please do check out the novel.

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ABOUT JAPANESE CELL PHONE NOVELS

*As of 6 years ago, youth all over Japan have become surprising engrossed in reading and writing novels, because of technology. Their cell phones.

Started by youth like Yoshi who wrote the first novel that was emailed out to readers, cell phone novels feature short and concise chapters, which leaves readers hanging for more. Now publishers have taken a part of the trend and forged websites where users can read+write on their cell phones or the web.

Known for dramatic and emotional storylines, aspiring novelists use simple, casual but delicate language that bring readers to a whole new world.

In Japan, these authors have even become published, top 10 of the bestsellers in Japan are all cell phone novels. Some novels eventually made it to the big screen, into tv dramas, anime and movies, sparking a new and heated revolution in Japanese publishing industry.

Will this phenomenon spread across the world? Time will tell.Read more info here!

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