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I love platforms like Tapas that make great content available. I have two questions: how do you source your stories, and how much curation is involved?
@davidyhlee Hey David,
Before I answer let me just say we're huge fans of Shakr here! We just started using it for marketing videos and I personally love the simplicity and the final product. Good stuff!
As far as your questions go:
1) We primarily source our literary/book stories through our awesome VP of Content, Adrienne Horsley. Adrienne is in constant talks with authors, agents, and publishers almost daily. So, in the coming weeks when you start to hear some of the big name authors and publishers we've been able to sign you'll know who we have to thank. As far as comic and illustrated stories go, Tapas primarily sources those through Tapastic, which is our free and open, web-based, comics platform.
2) Curation on Tapas happens in a number of different ways. For books, each book is read by someone on the content team before it's allowed on the platform. Sometimes a book is read by multiple members if someone asks for a second opinion. Then, once a book is made live, the content team decides which books to spotlight and which collection(s) the book belongs in. As far as comics go, since Tapastic is an open platform, it's much less restrained in terms of what makes it onto the comics side of Tapas. However our Editor in Chief, Michael Son does a great job managing those stories and highlighting the best work he discovers in a "New and Noteworthy" collection.
I already used it when it was called Tapastic, and I'm a big fan from the start. Been following Sarah's scribbles and the Awkward Yeti from since then. Really cool to see Tapas on PH.
@gillesbertaux Yeah, Sarah Scribbles and The Awkward Yeti are pretty great. We actually just released a series by The Awkward Yeti called Medical Tales Retold which is definitely something worth checking out. It's super easy to find too. Right on the Home Page.
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Very much intrigued to use it. I use Line Webtoon to find and read comics on my phone. It looks pretty similar to Line Webtoon, though unlike Line, it features books as well. I am more interested to become a publisher on your platform. I have checked the Publish on Tapas page but it doesn't say much about the criteria.
@inantweets Hi Iftekhar,
The criteria depends on the format. If we're talking literary work, Tapas is a closed platform that is curated (meaning we have an internal review process that all books go through before they make it on the platform). However, you can always email us at submissions@tapasmedia.co to begin the discussion regarding what you have and if it would be a good fit for the platform.
If it's a comic or illustrated story, you can become a member of Tapastic over at www.tapastic.com. Tapastic is an open platform for comics and other illustrated works where you can upload your stories for free. Once they're on Tapastic they can be read on Tapas too!
Hi all,
Josh with Tapas here. First of all, thank you to Bram so much for hunting us! Tapas is a new, free, marketplace for stories delivered in bite-sized pieces (5-10 minute read times) by professional writers for your mobile phone. It also has a free comics section powered by the Tapastic web comic platform. Between books and comics we literally have tens of thousands of great stories ready for everyone to get on their phones right now! Give it a try and let me know what you think.
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