Introducing Towerbabel – an online collaborative writing and
publishing platform
We all have stories to tell. Ever since the writing system was invented in
ancient civilizations, people have been recording stories on clay tablets,
scrolls, codexes, manuscripts and the like. These are early forms of books.
We are now at the Internet age, with the emergence of social media and
mobile devices, it’s become ever easier to share and distribute information to
the mass. However, very little has been created from the writers’ perspective
and solve their needs in writing and publishing. That's why we created
Towerbabel, with the vision that digital platform is more than just a
distribution channel, instead, it can facilitate the way we create content and
help you to reach your target audience more easily.
At the heart of our platform is the focus on helping aspiring writers to
improve their craft and bringing them and their works to readers. While writing
is often viewed as a solitary experience, producing a book is never a lonely
endeavor. Even with self-publishing, you will need alpha/beta reader, editor,
book cover artist, book marketer, etc in order to become successful. We want to
be your partner in your writing career and help you along the way.
On Towerbabel, we design our platform to help authors to grow. The
challenge for many independent authors, especially first time aspiring writer is
the lack of feedback they get on their works. As part of our strategic plan to
grow with our authors, our Editor Georgina Parfitt is now providing free book
review to selected books on Towerbabel. The review will be posted on Towerbabel
and Goodreads. The feedbacks from authors are positive. Check them out from our
recent blog post.
The other focus is to help you to get exposure and build an online
presence. By registering an account and publishing your books on Towerbabel,
you are creating an extra channel to market yourself which also serves as a
showcase of your writings online and will help you to get more followers. You
may take Author JJ Kendrick's Towerbabel Profile page as reference. And as
mentioned by Hugh Howey, bestselling author of WOOL, giving away content is an
essential way for authors to find their readers. Our platform let you run
giveaways campaign with ease by adding or removing chapters any time after you
post. See how authors use Towerbabel to promote their books creatively
here.
We also make writing and creating content online a breeze. Instead of
typing up in Microsoft word and emailing the docs around, you can write directly
on our beautifully designed writing pad. You can drag and drop a photo or embed
a video within the text for rendering a richer reading experience. If you have
an existing documents or text files, you can import them as well. Everything is
stored on the cloud so you can work on any device, any time so long as you have
Internet access.
Anthony Chan
Product Manager
Tel: (852) 9309 7035
Skype: anthonycyl
Twitter: @anthonycyl
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