Chinese have a novel idea
Coming to a mobile phone near you: a novel.
A Chinese author has written a novel meant to be read in 70-word chapters transmitted by mobile 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 potential market is huge: China has the world’s biggest mobile phone market, with more than 300 million users. They are avid buyers of services that send news, sports and other material by mobile phone message.
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