<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
online	O
platform	O
that	O
allows	O
people	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
publish	O
original	O
stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Naver	O
Corporation	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
acquiring	O
Wattpad	B-Application
;	O
the	O
deal	O
was	O
completed	O
in	O
May	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
has	O
a	O
monthly	O
audience	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
90	O
million	O
users	O
,	O
who	O
can	O
directly	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
writers	O
and	O
share	O
their	O
opinions	O
with	O
fellow	O
readers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
has	O
stories	O
available	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
50	O
languages	O
,	O
and	O
nearly	O
300,000	O
writers	O
from	O
35	O
countries	O
take	O
part	O
every	O
year	O
in	O
the	O
largest	O
writing	O
competition	O
,	O
The	O
Watty	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
publishing	O
division	O
named	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Books	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
"	O
guesswork	O
"	O
out	O
of	O
publishing	O
for	O
authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Allen	O
Lau	O
and	O
Ivan	O
Yuen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
based	O
in	O
Toronto	O
,	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
had	O
announced	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
over	O
17,000	O
e-books	O
from	O
Project	O
Gutenberg	O
making	O
them	O
available	O
to	O
mobile	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
June	O
2009	O
Wattpad	B-Application
press	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
had	O
been	O
downloaded	O
over	O
5	O
million	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
launch	O
on	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
App	I-Application
World	I-Application
in	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Android	I-Application
in	O
June	O
2009	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
iPad	I-Device
in	O
April	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
8.1	I-Protocol
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
Version	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
has	O
more	O
than	O
90	O
million	O
users	O
who	O
collectively	O
spend	O
15	O
billion	O
minutes	O
each	O
month	O
using	O
Wattpad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2018	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
more	O
than	O
400	O
million	O
fanfiction	O
uploads	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
had	O
received	O
almost	O
USD	O
$117.8	O
M	O
in	O
funding	O
from	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
received	O
$3.5	O
M	O
in	O
total	O
funding	O
from	O
its	O
current	O
investors	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
W	O
Media	O
Ventures	O
,	O
Golden	O
Venture	O
Partners	O
,	O
and	O
Union	O
Square	O
Ventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
raised	O
$17.3	O
M	O
from	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
venture	O
funds	O
led	O
by	O
Khosla	O
Ventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
announced	O
$46M	O
in	O
the	O
Series	O
C	O
funding	O
led	O
by	O
OMERS	O
ventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
announced	O
USD	O
$51M	O
in	O
funding	O
from	O
Tencent	O
Holdings	O
Limited	O
,	O
BDC	O
,	O
Globe	O
Telecom	O
's	O
Kickstart	O
Ventures	O
,	O
Peterson	O
Group	O
,	O
Canso	O
,	O
and	O
existing	O
investor	O
Raine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
Toronto-based	O
Wattpad	B-Application
was	O
selected	O
as	O
the	O
hottest	O
Digital	O
Media	O
company	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
at	O
the	O
Canadian	O
Innovation	O
Exchange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
's	O
most	O
followed	O
author	O
worldwide	O
,	O
Jonaxx	O
,	O
hailed	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Queen	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Pop	O
Fiction	O
Queen	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
from	O
the	O
Philippines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
signed	O
a	O
contract	O
with	O
Pop	O
Fiction	O
,	O
an	O
imprint	O
of	O
Summit	O
Media	O
,	O
to	O
print	O
Filipino	O
Wattpad	B-Application
stories	O
in	O
the	O
Philippines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
publishers	O
from	O
the	O
Philippines	O
also	O
publish	O
stories	O
from	O
Wattpad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
some	O
Wattpad	B-Application
stories	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
adapted	O
into	O
teleseries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Filipino	O
television	O
network	O
TV5	O
,	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Wattpad	B-Application
and	O
Life	O
is	O
Beautiful	O
Publishing	O
Company	O
launched	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Presents	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
Wattpad	B-Application
stories	O
turned	O
into	O
TV	O
dramas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
stories	O
aired	O
on	O
the	O
show	O
are	O
usually	O
those	O
that	O
were	O
published	O
by	O
LIB	O
Publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ABS-CBN	O
also	O
made	O
several	O
adaptations	O
of	O
Wattpad	B-Application
stories	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
My	O
App	O
Boyfie	O
"	O
by	O
Noreen	O
Capili	O
(	O
noringai	O
)	O
,	O
starring	O
James	O
Reid	O
and	O
Nadine	O
Lustre	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
coming-of-age	O
series	O
Bagito	O
starring	O
Nash	O
Aguas	O
,	O
Alexa	O
Ilacad	O
and	O
Ella	O
Cruz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pop	O
Fiction	O
's	O
best-selling	O
book	O
,	O
She	O
's	O
Dating	O
the	O
Gangster	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
Bianca	O
Bernardino	O
(	O
SGWannaB	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
Wattpad	B-Application
original	O
,	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
Wattpad	B-Application
story	O
adapted	O
into	O
a	O
full-length	O
motion	O
picture	O
starring	O
Kathryn	O
Bernardo	O
and	O
Daniel	O
Padilla	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liza	O
Soberano	O
and	O
Enrique	O
Gil	O
also	O
starred	O
on	O
the	O
film	O
Just	O
The	O
Way	O
You	O
Are	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Wattpad	B-Application
story	O
"	O
The	O
Bet	O
"	O
by	O
Ilurvbooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GMA	O
Network	O
has	O
also	O
started	O
making	O
adaptations	O
of	O
Wattpad	B-Application
stories	O
via	O
Luv	O
Is	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
stories	O
turned	O
into	O
dramas	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
TV5	O
but	O
the	O
stories	O
are	O
longer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
Wattpad	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
second	O
standalone	O
app	O
called	O
"	O
After	O
Dark	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
chat	O
stories	O
app	O
called	O
Tap	O
,	O
which	O
offers	O
stories	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
text	O
messages	O
as	O
if	O
reading	O
a	O
private	O
conversation	O
on	O
someone	O
else	O
's	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
13	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
introduced	O
"	O
Next	O
Beta	O
"	O
to	O
a	O
few	O
select	O
countries	O
for	O
early	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
planned	O
a	O
fast-follow	O
launch	O
for	O
Next	O
in	O
Spanish-speaking	O
regions	O
and	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Team	O
announced	O
the	O
ending	O
of	O
the	O
Next	O
Beta	O
program	O
after	O
results	O
from	O
the	O
program	O
showed	O
that	O
"	O
Wattpadders	O
are	O
ready	O
for	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
funds	O
writers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
suffered	O
a	O
huge	O
data	O
breach	O
that	O
exposed	O
almost	O
270	O
million	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
incident	O
exposed	O
extensive	O
personal	O
information	O
including	O
names	O
and	O
usernames	O
,	O
email	O
and	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
,	O
genders	O
,	O
birth	O
dates	O
and	O
passwords	O
stored	O
as	O
bcrypt	B-Algorithm
hashes	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
on	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
researchers	O
at	O
Risk	O
Based	O
Security	O
discovered	O
that	O
a	O
threat	O
actor	O
from	O
an	O
unknown	O
source	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
breach	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
sourcing	O
of	O
over	O
278	O
million	O
password	O
credentials	O
and	O
email	O
addresses	O
,	O
with	O
breakdown	O
analysis	O
suggested	O
that	O
Gmail	B-Application
,	O
Yahoo	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Outlook	B-Operating_System
accounts	O
were	O
mostly	O
affected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Corporation	O
has	O
since	O
investigated	O
and	O
patched	O
the	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
Naver	O
Corporation	O
in	O
a	O
$600	O
million	O
cash-and-stock	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
will	O
remain	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Canada	O
and	O
under	O
its	O
current	O
leadership	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
section	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
Featured	O
Story	O
list	O
,	O
which	O
promotes	O
content	O
reviewed	O
and	O
approved	O
by	O
staff	O
and	O
an	O
editorial	O
review	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Famous	O
authors	O
like	O
Margaret	O
Atwood	O
,	O
Paulo	O
Coelho	O
and	O
R	O
.	O
L	O
.	O
Stine	O
have	O
also	O
joined	O
Wattpad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
also	O
encourages	O
the	O
writers	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
their	O
audience	O
and	O
promote	O
their	O
stories	O
across	O
social	O
media	O
websites	O
like	O
Twitter	O
,	O
Facebook	O
,	O
YouTube	O
and	O
Instagram	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
has	O
increased	O
in	O
popularity	O
among	O
many	O
fandoms	O
,	O
who	O
take	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
to	O
craft	O
their	O
own	O
fan	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
large	O
popularity	O
amongst	O
the	O
One	O
Direction	O
fandom	O
and	O
the	O
app	O
's	O
readers	O
,	O
the	O
story	O
became	O
the	O
most	O
read	O
book	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
,	O
having	O
achieved	O
just	O
under	O
10	O
million	O
unique	O
readers	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
and	O
been	O
read	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
billion	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
crafting	O
a	O
spot	O
for	O
fanfiction	O
alongside	O
its	O
other	O
genres	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
prioritizes	O
its	O
teen	O
readers	O
and	O
gives	O
the	O
platform	O
a	O
twist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deputy	O
General	O
Manager	O
,	O
Ashleigh	O
Gardner	O
,	O
added	O
the	O
following	O
about	O
the	O
genre	O
:	O
"	O
What	O
’s	O
unique	O
about	O
Wattpad	B-Application
is	O
that	O
fanfic	O
is	O
treated	O
like	O
any	O
other	O
genre	O
,	O
living	O
alongside	O
other	O
forms	O
of	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fan	O
fiction	O
is	O
the	O
third-largest	O
category	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
,	O
closely	O
behind	O
Romance	O
and	O
Teen	O
Fiction	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
also	O
fan	O
fictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
hosts	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
writing	O
contests	O
each	O
year	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
annual	O
Watty	O
Awards	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
writing	O
competition	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contests	O
are	O
open	O
to	O
anyone	O
who	O
has	O
a	O
Wattpad	B-Application
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2012	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Margaret	O
Atwood	O
,	O
Canadian	O
poet/novelist/literary	O
critic	O
,	O
held	O
the	O
"	O
Wattys	O
"	O
:	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
poetry	O
contest	O
offering	O
a	O
chance	O
to	O
poets	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
to	O
compete	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
categories	O
,	O
either	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
Enthusiast	O
"	O
or	O
a	O
"	O
Competitor	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
has	O
formed	O
ties	O
with	O
publishing	O
houses	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
help	O
Wattpad	B-Application
authors	O
to	O
receive	O
compensation	O
for	O
their	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
branch	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Studios	O
,	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
connect	O
popular	O
writers	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
publishing	O
and	O
film	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
has	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
teamed	O
up	O
with	O
publishing	O
groups	O
such	O
as	O
Sourcebooks	O
to	O
help	O
Wattpad	B-Application
authors	O
receive	O
book	O
deals	O
,	O
and	O
get	O
their	O
work	O
into	O
hard	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
traditional	O
publishing	O
houses	O
such	O
as	O
Random	O
House	O
and	O
HarperCollins	O
have	O
approached	O
popular	O
Wattpad	B-Application
writers	O
to	O
negotiate	O
publishing	O
deals	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
website	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
springboard	O
into	O
the	O
more	O
traditional	O
publishing	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
launched	O
publishing	O
division	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Books	O
led	O
by	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Studios	O
 '	O
Publishing	O
Deputy	O
Manager	O
Ashleigh	O
Gardner	O
,	O
with	O
operations	O
managed	O
by	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Studios	O
 '	O
Publishing	O
Director	O
Deanna	O
McFadden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
Books	O
acquisitions	O
uses	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
their	O
Story	O
DNA	O
Machine	O
Learning	O
technology	O
(	O
algorithms	O
)	O
learning	O
with	O
human	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
human-and-digital	O
acquisitions	O
team	O
look	O
to	O
Wattpad	B-Application
's	O
large	O
and	O
existing	O
digital	O
library	O
(	O
over	O
half	O
a	O
billion	O
titles	O
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
select	O
notable	O
material	O
for	O
publication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Books	O
leader	O
Ashleigh	O
Gardner	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
combat	O
bias	O
inherent	O
in	O
human	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
data	O
is	O
then	O
compared	O
to	O
analyses	O
of	O
other	O
books	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
and	O
in	O
the	O
public	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
's	O
first	O
list	O
consists	O
of	O
six	O
young	O
adult	O
novels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
hopes	O
to	O
publish	O
18	O
titles	O
in	O
their	O
2020	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
Wattpad	B-Application
Books	O
,	O
Wattpad	B-Application
announced	O
partnership	O
with	O
Anvil	O
Publishing	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Philippines	O
 '	O
leading	O
publishers	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
Bliss	O
Books	O
,	O
a	O
YA	O
imprint	O
with	O
Filipino	O
Young	O
Adult	O
and	O
romance	O
fanatics	O
as	O
their	O
target	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originated	O
as	O
a	O
story	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
where	O
it	O
won	O
a	O
Watty	O
Award	O
for	O
"	O
Most	O
Popular	O
Teen	O
Fiction	O
"	O
in	O
Wattpad	B-Application
's	O
annual	O
writing	O
contest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2012	O
it	O
had	O
amassed	O
over	O
19	O
million	O
reads	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
and	O
,	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Penguin	O
Random	O
House	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Forbes	O
,	O
Reekles	O
explains	O
what	O
drew	O
her	O
to	O
Wattpad	B-Application
:	O
"	O
I	O
loved	O
the	O
feeling	O
of	O
community	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
and	O
when	O
I	O
began	O
to	O
share	O
,	O
I	O
liked	O
the	O
anonymity	O
of	O
it	O
because	O
I	O
was	O
so	O
self-conscious	O
about	O
my	O
writing	O
and	O
had	O
n't	O
shared	O
it	O
with	O
anyone	O
before.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
has	O
also	O
signed	O
deals	O
with	O
Asian	O
distribution	O
partners	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
pan-Asian	O
streaming	O
platform	O
Iflix	O
to	O
co-produce	O
dozens	O
of	O
original	O
movies	O
based	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
stories	O
out	O
of	O
Indonesia	O
,	O
and	O
Singapore	O
's	O
Mediacorp	O
,	O
to	O
bring	O
Wattpad	B-Application
stories	O
to	O
Mediacorp	O
's	O
FTA	O
channels	O
such	O
as	O
Channel	O
5	O
(	O
with	O
exception	O
of	O
CNA	O
)	O
and	O
its	O
streaming	O
service	O
Toggle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
ViacomCBS	O
would	O
be	O
partnering	O
with	O
Wattpad	B-Application
to	O
produce	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
original	O
stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
,	O
with	O
AwesomenessTV	O
,	O
produces	O
Hulu	B-Application
's	O
popular	O
Light	O
as	O
a	O
Feather	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
study	O
,	O
online	O
writing	O
communities	O
like	O
Wattpad	B-Application
help	O
young	O
writers	O
learn	O
and	O
grow	O
their	O
craft	O
from	O
constructive	O
feedback	O
and	O
criticism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
similar	O
online	O
writing	O
communities	O
help	O
young	O
authors	O
build	O
and	O
construct	O
their	O
self	O
perception	O
as	O
writers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
establishes	O
an	O
audience	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
readers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wattpad	B-Application
offers	O
unique	O
features	O
that	O
other	O
writing	O
platforms	O
do	O
not	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
interactive	O
margin	O
commenting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
in	O
its	O
history	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
large	O
volumes	O
of	O
user-uploaded	O
material	O
hosted	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
was	O
copyrighted	O
material	O
created	O
by	O
authors	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
grant	O
republication	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
an	O
article	O
in	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
noted	O
,	O
"	O
Sites	O
like	O
Scribd	O
and	O
Wattpad	B-Application
,	O
which	O
invite	O
users	O
to	O
upload	O
documents	O
like	O
college	O
theses	O
and	O
self-published	O
novels	O
,	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
target	O
of	O
industry	O
grumbling	O
in	O
recent	O
weeks	O
,	O
as	O
illegal	O
reproductions	O
of	O
popular	O
titles	O
have	O
turned	O
up	O
on	O
them	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wattpad	B-Application
website	O
notes	O
,	O
"	O
We	O
do	O
not	O
welcome	O
upload	O
of	O
material	O
that	O
violates	O
its	O
copyright	O
terms	O
,	O
"	O
but	O
also	O
states	O
"	O
it	O
is	O
simply	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
screen	O
and	O
verify	O
all	O
posted	O
content.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
industry	O
criticism	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
2009	O
(	O
before	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
article	O
that	O
named	O
Wattpad	B-Application
as	O
a	O
vehicle	O
for	O
user-generated	O
e-book	O
infringement	O
)	O
Wattpad	B-Application
announced	O
an	O
"	O
Authors	O
In	O
Charge	O
"	O
program	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
authors	O
or	O
their	O
representatives	O
to	O
identify	O
and	O
directly	O
remove	O
infringing	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
program	O
is	O
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
"	O
authors	O
with	O
published	O
books	O
for	O
sale.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Authors	O
may	O
begin	O
their	O
stories	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
and	O
then	O
choose	O
to	O
publish	O
their	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
most	O
cases	O
,	O
the	O
work	O
on	O
Wattpad	B-Application
is	O
only	O
a	O
sample	O
to	O
ensure	O
funds	O
going	O
to	O
them	O
in	O
regard	O
to	O
their	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
