**Who You will Hear**

Guest: John Rodzvilla (Professor in digital publishing at Emerson College)

Co-host: Luna Tang (Cloud Services Delivery Manager at Klopotek)

Co-host: Dwayne Parris (Senior Consultant at Klopotek)

In the first episode for 2022, prof. John Rodzvilla joins us to discuss digital storytelling, fiction apps, gamification, and how all of these are impacting the publishing world. Digital storytelling and fiction apps have grown considerably over recent years in many forms. John interprets some of the major representatives in the world, such as Tapas, Hooked, Wattpad, Swoon Reads, and Choices, Episodes. He also explains the evolution of how we read, create, purchase, and stay connected is changing how writers think about content creation and how they engage with readers and users. In the end, John shares his projection on gamification, education, and how a new publishing model is about to be created by the future generation of publishers.

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