A published book that is based on and largely contains
text messaging sentences as they were typed
out on a cellphone. Cellphone novels are usually
authored by women, are in the first person and are read like a personal diary.
Cellphone novels are popular in Japan, because the nature of the Japanese
language, where a complete sentence in Japanese can be a single verb, is more
compatible with short text messaging sentences.
Sky of Love Review Based on a novel circulated to over 11 million readers via a Japanese cell phone network and published in paperback in 2006, yarn expertly pushes the right buttons to dial distaff teens.
Text Messaging Abbreviations This Quick Reference Guide provides an overview and examples of text messaging abbreviations and smilies.
Thumbs Race as Japan's Best Sellers Go Cellular Whatever their literary talents, cellphone novelists are racking up the kind of sales that most more experienced, traditional novelists can only dream of.
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