Indonesia as one of most populated country in the world has problem with "Reading". According to the fact that, Indonesian has low interest in reading. The libraries almost always empty, while their intention to buy a book is remain low. This fact was very bad for Indonesia, because Indonesia has to strength their "Reading Culture" to chase their slow movement in developing country, compare with Major Countries. This low interest in reading, made the growth of novel industry and number of writer was decreased in Indonesia.
Actually, Indonesia had great novel writer, since in colonial times. Class of "Balai Pustaka" in 1920s, with such very famous Novels. Through class of 1945, 1966, there were many legendary novel such as Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana, Hamka, Taufik Ismail and many more.
To answer this problem, there is interesting idea in mobile service , it is Cell Phone Novel. A cell phone novel, or mobile phone novel is a literary work originally written on a cellular phone via text messaging. This type of literature originated in Japan, where it has become a popular literary genre.
However, its popularity has also spread to other countries internationally, especially to China, Germany, and South Africa.
Chapters in cell phone novel usually consist of about 70-100 words each due to character limitations on cell phones.
Phone novels started out primarily read and authored by young women on the subject of romantic fiction such as relationships, lovers, rape, love triangles, and pregnancy.
However, mobile phone novels are gaining worldwide popularity on broader subjects but not be applied yet in Indonesia. Rather than appearing in printed form, the literature is typically sent directly to the reader via SMS text message, chapter by chapter.
Cell phone novels are downloaded in short installments and run on handsets as Java- based applications on a mobile phone. Cell phone novels often appear in three different formats: WMLD, JAVA and TXT.
The cell phone novel became a hit mainly through word of mouth and gradually started to gain traction in Taiwan, China, and South Korea among young adults. The movement also became popular in Europe and Africa.
This cell phone novel service will raise the number of good literature writer in Indonesia too. It will stimulate any of the online writers are university students. Cell Phone Novel can attract young readers, incorporating emergent events or trendy elementsfrom teen cultureinto their stories.
Cell phone novels can create a virtual world for teenagers via the mobile phone, or, more precisely, via text messages. As in virtual online computer games, readers can put themselves into first person in the story. Cell phone novels create a personal space for each individual reader.nowadays, a writer can write just about as easily, anywhere, as a reader can read and they are not only personal but portable.
The cell phone novel can changing reading habits in Indonesia; readers no longer need to physically go to a bookshop and purchase a book. They can go online using their cell phone, download a novel, and read it on their personal mobile phone anywhere, any time they wish. Similar to the e-book, its mobility and convenience saves time.
