Got Stories To Write Or Tell, Pratilipi Could Be Your Answer To Being The Textual Tik Tok Of India 

If you are a storytellers preferring to tell your stories in a nonvideo format, then a platform called Pratilipi that has raised fresh round of funding amounting to as much as Rs 105 crores, could be your answer to being the Tik Tok with respect to creating, sharing, and even reading stories on the web – on the go. Pratilipi currently lets you publish your stories (irrespective) of genres in as many as 10 Indian vernaculars along with English.  

Is Pratilipi the textual Tik Tok of India? 

Pratilipi, available both as a web service as well as an application (app) for Android smartphones and tablets, lets you read stories/books that you have been wanting to read and the best part here is that reading and consuming stories/books are totally free – reminds of YouTube. There is a collection of both fiction as well as non-fiction books, essays, and stories across all possible genres. 

There is also a newly-added audio stories that narrates a story to you while you are engrossed in other work.  

You could also write your own story/book on the platform and you should create a custom log-in credential to begin writing your stories to the world. Along with your book, your author profile is also displayed along with the number of views your works have garnered –  YouTubish?. 

Pratilipi also evokes Tik-Tokish memories as there are short stories that writers have written and you could also write (on the former); again, Tik Tok is a short video sharing platform that lets you make and release small video content pieces.  

Pratilipi with its collection of stories – also composed by budding authors deserving recognition, could compete with similar services considering the fact that it could be used as a platform by the content entrepreneurs preferring to showcase their offerings to the world; and yes, the platform currently has no advertisements (ads) on the platform, and is reportedly seeking to monetise writers and help outstanding writers bag bigger offers from filmmakers and mainstream publishers. Currently, the platform has more than 100,000 authors and 800,000 published works.

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