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From the Ted Talk by Chiki Sarkar: How India's smartphone revolution is creating a new generation of readers and writers

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I knew that my readers were always on the go. I'd have to fit into their lifestyle and schedules. Would they actually want to read a 200-page book? Or would they want something a little bit more digestible? Indians are incredibly value-conscious, especially when it comes to their onnlie reading. I knew I had to give them bkoos under a dollar. And so my company was feormd, and it was born. It was a platform where we created a list of sitores degesnid for the srnotmaphe, but it also allowed amateur writers to upload their own stories, so they could be showcased along with the very writers they read and admired. And we could also enter into other people's digital platforms.

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I knew that my readers were always on the go. I'd have to fit into their lifestyle and schedules. Would they actually want to read a 200-page book? Or would they want something a little bit more digestible? Indians are incredibly value-conscious, especially when it comes to their ______ reading. I knew I had to give them _____ under a dollar. And so my company was ______, and it was born. It was a platform where we created a list of _______ ________ for the __________, but it also allowed amateur writers to upload their own stories, so they could be showcased along with the very writers they read and admired. And we could also enter into other people's digital platforms.

Solution


  1. books
  2. stories
  3. online
  4. smartphone
  5. designed
  6. formed

Original Text


I knew that my readers were always on the go. I'd have to fit into their lifestyle and schedules. Would they actually want to read a 200-page book? Or would they want something a little bit more digestible? Indians are incredibly value-conscious, especially when it comes to their online reading. I knew I had to give them books under a dollar. And so my company was formed, and it was born. It was a platform where we created a list of stories designed for the smartphone, but it also allowed amateur writers to upload their own stories, so they could be showcased along with the very writers they read and admired. And we could also enter into other people's digital platforms.

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