The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers


Mobile, Multimedia, And An Audience Of Voracious Readers. Talking Wattpad with Ashleigh Gardner

August 07, 2017

Forget print. Look at the rise and rise of mobile reading and writing, especially amongst Millennials. In today's show, Ashleigh Gardner talks about the latest developments from Wattpad.
In the intro, I talk about how Amazon KDP Select has moved to KENPC v.3 and some of what authors are saying about it, lessons we can learn from the Forbes richest author list, plus the expansion of Ingram's ipage which might help indies sell more print books.
Plus, please help with my next non-fiction book by completing The Healthy Writer questionnaire by 14 Aug and be in to win a copy of The Successful Author Mindset.
This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo ecosystem. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors.
Ashleigh Gardner is the head of partnerships at wattpad.com, the world's largest platform for discovering, reading and sharing stories.
You can listen above or on iTunes or Stitcher or watch the video here, read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and full transcript below.
Show Notes

* Catching up with what's changed with WattPad in the last few years

* Genres that do well on the platform

* How to use Wattpad as a marketing platform for your books

* More about the Tap app from WattPad

* On WattPad Studios and finding books to bring to TV and film

* On data, VR and AR and how WattPad sees themselves using these futuristic tools

You can find wattpad at www.wattpad.com and Ashleigh on Twitter @AshleighGardner.

Transcript of Interview with Ashleigh Gardner
Joanna: Hi everyone I'm Joanna Penn from TheCreativePenn.com and today I'm here with Ashley Gardner. Hi Ashleigh.
Ashleigh: Hi Joanna.
Joanna: Thanks for coming on the show, and it's been ages, but just a little introduction.
Ashleigh is the head of partnerships at wattpad.com, the world's largest platform for discovering, reading and sharing stories. Now Ashleigh, what's so crazy is you were on this show in 2014, I can't believe how many years it's been.
Ashleigh: I know.
Joanna: And we've seen each other for years at various conventions, haven't we? Back in the days when Kobo had really good parties, but then they stopped the budget for that. But anyway, back in 2014,