Our Writers' Bloc is an online community that connects self-published authors directly with their readers and facilitates the distribution of digital content over multiple formats, including mobile phones and e-reader devices. We provide free contemporary literature for the digital generation.
OWB provides a platform for self-published authors to connect directly with readers by providing free e-versions of their work online. The benefit to readers is obvious - well it's FREE literature isn't it! What's the benefit to authors though?
NAME RECOGNITION: With so much competition for aspiring authors (from both the traditional and self-published market) providing work for free offers an opportunity to cut through the 'white noise' of competition and gain the attention of prospective readers.
BUILD A FAN-BASE: Linked to the above, providing work for free provides an excellent opportunity to gain some traction and build a fan base. By far the most highly-downloaded literature online is those works which are provided for free. Building a fan-base with some free work opens the gate for authors to monetize future/other works.
FEEDBACK: OWB seeks to engender a community spirit whereby readers and other authors feel free to opine and offer advice on the available works. This offers authors an excellent opportunity to improve and refine certain facets of their work/writing style before releasing their 'Gatsby'.
PURE UNADULTERATED VANITY: You're an exceptional writer and you'd very much like to inform as wide an audience as possible of this very important fact. This is perfectly fine, many of the great names in literature were rampant egomaniacs.