Summer is in full swing and readers all over are polishing off novels, digging into magazines and bringing their tablets to the beach. Ever wondered about the numbers behind summer reading season? Take a look at our new infographic!
How did your reading stack up this year? Let us know your favorites on Twitter—and don’t forget to share our stats with a friend who loves to read on holiday.
On the blog, we often write from the content creator’s point of view. However, we are just as interested in the reader’s perspective because we are avid readers on the Calaméo team and we regularly read content submitted by our users. The reading experience that we offer on our platform is unique: it’s neither a PDF nor an ebook. Here are 4 great reasons, among many others, to read on Calaméo:
A huge advantage of digital publishing is that you can find all the content published on public mode by our community directly online on our platform. Publications are available from anywhere, at any time. No need to bring stacks of magazines, brochures, and books with you to read on the train!
From fashion magazines to poetry collections, you can discover content from every genre on Calaméo. In addition, content creators who publish on our platform come from all over the world: enjoy the latest excerpt of a novel from a Brazilian publishing house, for example.
🔎 READ: What content can you publish with Calaméo? To give you an idea of all the types of content that are published on the platform.
Speaking of publishing houses: a large number of them have an account on our platform and regularly update their pages with excerpts of their new releases. So it’s really easy to find the latest releases from your favorite publishers and read excerpts before potentially buying the book.
Yes, reading on Calaméo is free, and so is our Basic account! In addition, a Basic account not only enables you to read, but it also allows you to publish your own content on the platform and to download content (if the content creator allowed it). So don’t wait any longer, join the Calaméo community today!
Did you know? Over half of Brits would like to write a book! Luckily for them, and all other aspiring writers, it has never been easier to write, self-publish, and share your literary creations thanks to digital publishing platforms like Calaméo. Today, we will share our quick guide on how to write and publish your first short story with Calaméo.
Often less intimidating than writing a novel, many aspiring authors choose to start by writing short stories. Far from being easy, however, short stories have genre-specific requirements which differentiate them from novels.
To write your short story, you need to follow a few major steps. As you will see, it’s not the writing that will take the most time, but rather the preparation and proofreading that will be the most time-consuming tasks.
The short story is a specific genre with its own constraints. Here are our tips to make writing a short story easier:
Publishing your content on Calaméo requires only a few steps and offers many advantages.
In your word processor, make sure you choose a layout that is comfortable for your readers to read. Think of your design as a real book: the font must be legible. Avoid serif fonts and ensure that the font size is large enough to read on a screen (including mobile!).
💡 TIP: Make sure you export your document in a format accepted by Calameo.
Putting your short story online is quick and easy on Calameo: it’s just one click away! Thanks to our unique technology, your documents are transformed in just a few seconds into superb flipbooks suitable for reading everywhere.
Our Editor tool enables you to enrich your publications with multimedia. Easily add videos, audio tracks, images, and both internal and external links to turn your short story into a unique reading experience!
Once your short story is published on Calaméo, you can share it with the entire world. Embed it in your website or blog, create a digital library, share it on your social media pages, send it via email…you have so many choices!
💡 TIP: Don’t have an idea for a story to tell? Start with the writing exercise we suggested in Calaméo Magazine #8: the Space issue.
Share all your literary creations with the world today by creating your free Calaméo account!
