Aishwarya talks to Devashish Sharma (Head of Wattpad India) about how Wattpad is redefining entertainment through storytelling and self-publishing.

Devashish says that Wattpad is like the world’s largest book club, by connecting writers and readers and building social communities. It creates a space for people to write about everything from small town stories to body positivity and LGBTQ themes. Aishwarya and Devashish bond over fanfiction and growing up with Shah Rukh Khan and Harry Potter. They discuss Bollywood cult films like Welcome and Hera Pheri. How much did Wattpad grow during the pandemic? What is sports romance? Tune in to find out!

Mentions: 

• Baking With Boys by Aanchal Budhiraja
• The Cricketer’s Ex-Wife by Amrita
• Human Untouched by Sydney Carvahall

Devashish is the Country Head for Wattpad - a global entertainment company. Our apps let our 90 million monthly users discover and share stories from science fiction to romance and everything in between. Leveraging the data and insights from more than 1 billion story uploads, our studios then partner with the entertainment and publishing industries to turn the best stories with built-in audiences into movies, TV shows, books, and new forms of digital media.

‘The Book People’ is brought to you by Bound, a company that creates stories and helps individuals and brands tell their stories. Writer and booklover Aishwarya Javalgekar interviews people whose lives and careers revolve around books. Read more: https://boundindia.com/the-book-people-podcast/

Soundtrack: Fork and Spoon  

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