in the world of digital publishing, there are several players who have completely changed the model in the industry. Amazon's KPD has opened an ocean of possibilities to thousands of authors for self-publishing; Kobo, another popular one, has been able to open up the global market to produce and sell ebooks in almost all languages; and Wattpad, which has rethought the whole concept of how a story can be published, by giving authors and readers the same space in which to connect and follow the same process of writing and developing both a short story and a short story. novel.
These different actors do not occupy all the space, so there is still room for other alternatives, apart from the fact that we really do not know what the next models of the future for publication will be. Now Sweek enters the scene directly to make it difficult for Watppad, the platform par excellence to connect authors and readers with millions of users around the world. Sweek has quite a few similarities visually and operates quite similarly to which it takes all the honors in this type of platforms and apps, although this does not mean that it is not looking for its own space. Apart from the web, it also has an Android app.
What is Sweek?
Sweek is a platform that mainly allows authors to create and launch stories through an Android app that connects readers so that they can discover new writers, follow the work of those with whom they have enjoyed their publications, share the content discovered through the most popular social media channels and much more. The idea of the company is that its model is valid both for short stories and those novels of greater length in reading.
It is for this very reason that Sweek search for authors and readers to increase the community that has to be created. It will cost you to reach the millions that Wattpad has, but it is presented as an interesting alternative. We will also have to see how it evolves to find its own space, since Mybestseller, the self-publishing company that launched this platform, claims that they have launched something that had not been done before.
Sweek has his own Android app and its web space where you can create your own account or log in with Facebook credentials. It will be up to you to choose one option or another, but to quickly know what this platform is about, with Facebook you will be ready to even start writing.
The Android app
Sweek has a well-designed Android app that uses Material Design to take us through all its nooks and crannies. After logging in with Facebook or a registered account, we access the main screen from which we have four tabs at our disposal: "Popular", "Featured Authors", "Undiscovered" and "Categories". The tabs go hand in hand with other types of apps and services with the most read readings for "Popular" or the most read authors from the next one. The categories allows us to access from classics, crime and mystery, education and teaching or fantastic among many others.
If we enter the reading of any available work, we access a screen in which a lower bar appears that allows us to like, follow the author or share in other apps or networks. If we explore the reading, that quick access bar disappears in order to discover the details of the reading that we are about to obtain.
Being in its beginnings, it is that Hispanic authors are being introduced to access more readings in our language. Of course, the app is perfectly translated into Spanish, so it will be a matter of time. Finally we have options from the configuration for choose in which languages we want to read, edit the profile and some more details. From that panel you can also access your favorite authors and stories and it becomes almost the central axis for the user.
You have it available for free on Android, while the iOS version is expected to be released soon.
Sweek is less popular than Wattpad (the site of mediocrity), however the content is adequate and clean.