The project, known as Insta Novels, is part of the NYPL’s goal to reach beyond its walls and convince more people to read books.In pursuit of this mission, the institution has turned to one of ...

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Lobash says Insta Novels have gotten 300,000 reads so far. This summer, the designers won Webby Awards for best feature and the best use of Instagram Stories.

Does it actually work? I was eager to try NYPL’s Insta Novels when it came out, but I have to admit that I struggled to finish the whole of part 1 of Alice in Wonderland.There’s no doubting ...

The Insta Novel has been conceived as thing like a gateway drug for non-Instagram-based reading. The NYPL hopes it will encourage Instagram users to seek out “traditional” e-books, either by ...

Insta Novels is just one example of how libraries, now celebrating National Library Week in the US, are leaning on social media to connect with patrons in the digital era.

Last year the New York Public Library launched Insta Novels, a project bringing classic novels to Instagram Stories in an attempt to reach a new generation of readers.

The New York Public Library is posting classic novels and short stories to its Instagram account. The service, dubbed ‘Insta Novels,’ will be available to users of the photo- and video-sharing ...

In Christina Dalcher’s novel Vox, another futuristic novel about misogyny, a “right-wing regime elected by the Bible Belt about year before the book’s action begins has affixed word-counters ...

The popularity and ubiquity of online fan fiction (fan-written fiction created based on existing narratives) cannot be overstated. While often relegated to a niche in internet culture, assigned the ...