I have had a few people asking me the progress on Type Aloud, my brand-spanking-not-yet-released-but-still-new writing (and reading) community on the Internet. The past couple of weeks have been hectic regarding personal obligations, but I am still on track for having a beta release by the end of the month. Here is what you can expect for the totally awesome beta release (for those of you that sign up for early access):
- The ability to create stories (with chapters) and poems.
- Discussing stories and poems in an organized fashion with the rest of the community.
- The ability to become a fan of an author and get notified about what they are reading, writing and commenting on.
- Categorizing and searching stories and poems via genre specific tags, e.g. Fantasy and Sci-Fi.
I am about 70 percent finished with the initial release candidate (the above features are all included). I am hoping to hit a December 1st beta release date for early access and a January 1st beta release date for everyone else. I will be turning off early access sign ups during the initial beta period but will allow each user that has signed up to invite a select number of other users before the January 1st launch.
You can follow @typealoud on Twitter to receive the most up-to-date information as I write it. For the launch of the service we will be raffling off an Amazon Kindle, but there will be more information about that as the time grows near!
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