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Using Technology To Get Kids Hooked On Reading

One app allows users to read fast-paced short stories right on their smartphones in the form of text messages between two people.

CBS New York

6 years ago

nineteen-year-old my Keshawn McGuigan says the first time he heard about the apt hooked he was sold the name really wraps it all up and it hooks you into the story that's because the app allows users to read fast paced short stories right on their smartphones and in the form of text messages between two people because you're actually going through these texts and it's almost as if you're like texting he's like running away from a killer or something since its released three years ago the rise in
popularity of chat fiction apps like hooked has led to published authors like Cale apparent to take the leap into the new format the biggest challenge was coming up with a story that kind of fit the parameters of this style of writing millions of users have already read her first hook story a thriller that took Kayla a fraction of the time to write compared to her novels honey please ignore it until I get home how am I supposed to do that it's getting louder don't go down there hooked has toppe
d Apple's App Store three times and more than 20 million people have downloaded the free app users also have the option to subscribe for a fee and unlimited reading that almost feels like you're actually going through what the characters are going through Mikey also reads tap it's one of a handful of other chat fiction apps geared to Millennials he says while he's hooked on the new style he has no plans to stop reading good old-fashioned books Kenneth Craig CBS News New York

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