Wattpad Writer Signs Publishing Deal

Wattpad’s Widely Popular Ebook “The Blind Truths About Vampires, Werewolves, Witches” Goes Into Print with Fan Created Cover Art Winner.

Toronto, Canada, October 7, 2009 –(PR.com)– Wattpad, the world’s most popular ebook community, today congratulates popular writer Abbie-Alex Stobbart. Under the pen name Redflame, Abbie-Alex has signed a major publishing deal. Redflame first published her ebook “The Blind Truths About Vampires, Werewolves, Witches” on Wattpad in the Spring of 2009. Within 4 weeks, the ebook has been read by 200,000 people on Wattpad. Redflame had been approached by book publishers since and now the popular ebook is on its way to the print publishing world.

“Since its debut on Wattpad earlier this year, The Blind Truths has stayed on top of Wattpad’s “What’s Hot” list for a record-breaking 4 consecutive weeks,” said Eva Lau, COO of Wattpad. “We would like to congratulate Redflame for signing her first print publishing deal.”

The Blind Truths generated a significant buzz within the Wattpad community. As a result, Wattpad organized “The Blind Truth Cover Art Contest”. The contest winning cover art, created by Caitlin Richardson, will be used in the print edition of The Blind Truths. More information about the contest is available at www.wattpad.com/contests.

Since founding in 2006, Wattpad has quickly become the destination of choice for writers to publish their works to millions of book lovers. Each month over 20,000 stories are published by thousands of emerging and established writers. More and more Wattpad writers are landing publishing deals that will be announced in the near future.

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