Bookpad.site
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Reading platform, social networking service |
| Available in | English, other 28 available languages. (actual count of: 17 languages) |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Jomar Balmores |
| Parent | STC |
| Website | https://www.bookpad.site |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | September 2020 |
| Current status | Active |
Bookpad.site is a writing community in which users are able to post academics, articles, comics, stories, fan fiction, and poems, either through the website or the mobile app. This gives people the chance to have their creative works available to a wider audience. Bookpad.site describes itself as “the best place to discover and share stories.” It is a repository for user-uploaded electronic texts. The content includes work by undiscovered writers, published writers, new writers, with all users being given an equal chance to write popular works. Users are able to comment and share stories or join groups associated with the website. Around half of the users are Philippines-based; other users come from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and other countries.[1]
History and Development[edit]
Bookpad.site originated in 2020, as the result of a collaboration between STC and JRB Group. The site was created in 2020 by student Jomar Balmores as a depot for underrated stories that rotates around popular genres today.[2]
Awards[edit]
In November 2020, Philippine-based Bookpad was selected as the hottest local online reading platform in the country at the Mobile Viewers Awards. In the same year, founder and CEO Jomar Balmores was also recognized as a top Filipino website maker.[3]
Types of Stories Published[edit]
My Wife Is My Father's Mistress (by @ilocanogamin ) - General Fiction / R-18
Hate You To Date You (by @endlessvision ) - Teen Fiction
Dark Secret (by mxgchef) - Fantasy / Mystery
Beating The Heroine At Her Own Game (by Rika Fujiwara/Ponkinchi Hoshimado) - Comic
Before I Break The Rules (by @nightrose) - Short Story/Random/Fantasy/R-18
Ellandra (by TS Alexander) - Science Fiction
Poems Of Jahd (by @Jahd) - Poems
Usage[edit]
Statistics[edit]
As of November 2020:
- 51% of its traffic and usage comes from Android devices, while
- 39% of its traffic comes from Windows, and the 5% comes from iPhone
- the site has 50 thousand monthly users,
- there are over 100 story uploads in total,
- 89% of pageviews by browsers comes from Chrome, while
- the 4% comes from Safari, and the remaining 7% are other browsers.[4]
Contests[edit]
Bookpad.site holds several contests a year and one major one. The large annual contest is called "The Flique Awards". In 2019, The Flique Awards was introduced by @endlessvision and it has four entry levels (Popular, Rising, Hot and Undiscovered) to allow special chances of winning for every type of writer. Contests are open to anyone who has a story inside or outside of Bookpad.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Ford, Linela (8 November 2020). [shorturl.at/myCFJ "What is Bookpad.site | Discover Bookpad"] Check
|url=value (help). The Website Archieve | Bookpad. The Literary Platform. Retrieved 20 November 2020. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help)[dead link] - ↑ Omega Diaz, Henry (1 November 2020). [shorturl.at/axCL1 "History of Creation | Bookpad.site"] Check
|url=value (help). Pinoy Break | The Flasher of Truth. The Government Page. Retrieved 11 November 2020. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help)[dead link] - ↑ Ford, James (20 October 2020). [shorturl.at/ltJ56 "Bookpad founder wins the Mobile Viewers Awards 2020"] Check
|url=value (help). Inquirer. Inquirer News. Retrieved 20 November 2020. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help)[dead link] - ↑ Gray, Liam Alex (18 November 2020). [shorturl.at/auBI0 "Bookpad Users and Statistics"] Check
|url=value (help). The Manila Times. The Manila Times. Retrieved 20 November 2020. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help)[dead link] - ↑ Liam, Muhammad Jim (11 September 2020). [shorturl.at/qryJ8 "Writing Contests on Bookpad.site"] Check
|url=value (help). The Info Manager. Retrieved 20 November 2020. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help)[dead link]
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